56810 Chipmunk Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 92284

BACK ON THE MARKET — Where the hi-desert slows down. Wake up to sunrise spilling over the eastern ridgelines and end the day under some of the darkest, most star-filled skies in Southern California. On 2.21 acres in Rancho Mesa, this 3-bedroom, 2-bath home delivers the combination buyers actually come to the high desert for: genuine rural quiet and elbow room, with town close enough that groceries, dining, and schools are an easy drive — on some of the best-maintained roads in the high desert, kept up year-round by the Rancho Mesa HOA. A small thing, until you've lived on the other kind. The house has the bones desert homes are loved for. Soaring cathedral ceilings and generous windows pull the light and the views in. A brick wood-burning fireplace anchors the living room, flanked by full-wall built-in bookcases. The kitchen runs on granite counters with a built-in microwave and dishwasher. The primary suite has its own bath with dual vanity sinks — and something you won't...