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Homes with Acreage for Sale in Mt Pleasant, Utah
Mt Pleasant sits in the middle of Sanpete Valley at about 5,900 feet, with the Wasatch Plateau rising to the east and farmland rolling west toward the Sanpitch River. It's one of the few Utah towns where you can still buy a turn-of-the-century brick farmhouse on a couple of irrigated acres without writing a Park City-sized check. Acreage properties here range from in-town homes on 1 to 3 acres with mature cottonwoods and irrigation ditches, to working hobby farms on 5 to 40 acres out toward Indianola, Fairview, and the foothills below Horseshoe Mountain. Water rights, ditch shares, and pasture are part of the conversation on almost every rural listing.
Buyers drawn to land in Mt Pleasant are usually after a real rural lifestyle — room for horses, a few head of cattle, a hay field, a shop, or a large garden — not a manicured estate lot. Winters are cold and snowy (the valley regularly sees single-digit nights in January), summers are dry and warm in the 80s, and the growing season is short but workable for hay, alfalfa, and hardy gardens. Snow College in Ephraim is 15 minutes south, deer and elk hunting on the Manti unit is at the back door, and Salt Lake is roughly two hours up US-89. Browse the active acreage listings below to see what's currently on the market in and around Mt Pleasant.
April 2026 · Mt Pleasant market
Live from the Utah MLS — what's actually happening in Mt Pleasant right now.
Median sale
$399,000
6 closed in April 2026
Median DOM
30 days
listing → contract
Sale-to-list
99.3%
of final list price
Unsold inventory
40
active + pending
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Active listings
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Common questions
About homes with acreage in Mt Pleasant.
How much land do most acreage properties in Mt Pleasant include? ▾
Listings typically run from 1 to 5 acres inside or just outside city limits, with larger parcels of 10 to 40+ acres available on the benches and out toward Indianola and the Sanpitch foothills. The bigger ranches with water rights and pasture tend to sit north toward Fairview or south toward Spring City.
Do acreage homes in Mt Pleasant usually come with water rights or shares? ▾
Many do — irrigation shares through the Mt Pleasant Irrigation Company or secondary water rights are common on rural parcels and add real value. Always verify share counts and delivery schedules in the seller disclosures, since shares don't always transfer automatically with the deed.
Can I keep horses, cattle, or chickens on these properties? ▾
Yes. Most parcels over an acre allow horses and small livestock, and zoning in the surrounding Sanpete County areas (A-1, A-5, RA) is friendly to hobby farms and working ag. Inside Mt Pleasant city limits the rules are tighter, so confirm the zoning with the county or city before closing.
What's the price range for acreage homes here? ▾
Smaller in-town homes on an acre often start in the $400Ks, while updated homes on 5–10 acres with outbuildings and water typically run $600K to $900K. Larger ranches with significant pasture, barns, and water shares can clear $1M.
How's the commute from Mt Pleasant to the Wasatch Front? ▾
It's about 90 minutes to Provo and a little over two hours to Salt Lake via US-89 and US-6. Most buyers here are either retirees, remote workers, or families tied to Snow College in Ephraim and the local ag and trades economy rather than daily Wasatch Front commuters.
Is well water or culinary city water more common on acreage parcels? ▾
Inside the city you'll generally be on Mt Pleasant culinary water. Outside city limits, private wells are common for the house and irrigation shares or a ditch handle the pasture. Septic systems are the norm on rural lots since sewer doesn't extend far past town.