Ask Julie Mansfield Smith
Little Elk Creek
Description
Everyone can say there is always that 'happy place' that allows us to embrace the moment and feel the ambiance that takes you into a peaceful sanctuary ... and this is one of natures best bounties offering exactly that. Simply breathtaking views lie atop this nicely timbered mountain retreat with lush meadows and 2 prolific, free flowing channels of water. Completely surrounded by public forestlands, this inholding has one mile each of Pine and Little Elk Creek frontage meandering through it for excellent fishing and personal enjoyment. This unique parcel provides year round recreation in Pine Creek Game Mgmt Area. FS 3990 easement road runs along Little Elk Creek for one mile then leads into thousands of acres of public lands for recreation unlimited. LOP tags available with four seasons of sporting include bear, elk, deer, turkey, to name a few, along with horn or mushroom hunting, bird watching, cross country skiing and star gazing galore. It comes complete with a groomed snowmobile route starting on NF Rd 3990 and beyond. Great horseback, mountain bike or ATV trails beckon you to go on an adventure and explore nature at its best. There is the paved Pine Creek road {NF39} access to boundary then turns into a well maintained dirt road pathway. Enjoy hearing the sounds of the rushing creek echo in the canyon as you walk or ride through this elevation that ranges from 2757 to 3689 feet. A beautiful mountain meadow is a potential building site overlooking the valley and trees below, where wildflowers are in full bloom. This truly is a one of a kind offfering in the finest recreational area in the state. Application is available for approval to build your off grid or solar getaway ... or bring a camp trailer and call it home. Hard to find any location like this offered on the market. This gem has been in the same family for mulitple generations and is a candidate for carbon credits. Nicely treed with good stands of Ponderosa, Douglas Fir, Western Larch, White Fir, Engleman Spruce, Lodgepole Pine. Timber estimate available. Enjoy peace, quiet and solitude with mother nature in the reknowned Hells Canyon National Recreation area. This off grid holding is about three miles from Baker-Copperfield Highway 86 which is maintained during winter. There is possibilities to subdivide for two properties with buyer to verify current building regulations. Closest structure (still off grid) is about 1 mile south. Timber, hunting, fishing, grazing or carbon offsets this holding for potential income. More than two miles of forest roads and river frontage roughly north/south and east/west run through property. Clean title (there are forest road easements and exclusions). There are no utilities or structures. Property is not fenced, but some old barb wire does exist in some locations. The 1992 timber thinning cut sketch shows proposed logging roads which have not been maintained since that time. This also may have been the last time boundary corners were examined. There is no current survey. Section 16 of 640 acres is less due to some forest road running through property in T7S R47E WM TL400 surrounding the intersection of Forest Roads 39 & 3990. Property is located 14 miles from Halfway* and 58 miles from Joeseph*, with Brownlee Damn* and Oxbow* a short drive away on Hells Canyon State Scenic byway in Baker County. Taxes were $980 for 2023 and zoned TG (Timber/Grazing).
Buyer to provide prequalification before viewing. Broker to be present at all showings. Sellers ask Cash. Video and drone footage and photos compliments of Cliff Smith, FAA Licensed Drone Pilot with Final Approach Drone Videography.
*Oxbow is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States.[1] Oxbow is along Oregon Route 86 next to the Snake River near the Oxbow Dam on the Oregon-Idaho border, about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Halfway.[2] Oxbow is just south of the site of the former mining town of Copperfield.[2] Oxbow has a post office with a ZIP code 97840.[3]
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Brownlee Dam is a hydroelectric earth fill embankment dam in the western United States, on the Snake River along the Idaho - Oregon border
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(Washington County, Idaho in and Baker County in Oregon). In Hells Canyon at river mile 285, it impounds the Snake River in the 58-mile-long (93 km) Brownlee Reservoir .
*Joseph is located on the northeast tip of the state. It’s approximately 330 miles east of Portland (5 hours and 23 minute drive) and has an elevation of 4,190 feet. If you fly into Portland and rent a car, you will have a long drive on highway 84 along the Columbia river and through the plains of eastern Oregon.
*Halfway is a city in Baker County, Oregon, United States. The city took its name from the location of its post office, on the Alexander Stalker ranch, halfway between Pine and Jim Town. The population was 351 at the 2020 census.During the dot-com bubble, Halfway agreed to rename itself Half.com for a year as a publicity stunt for the e-commerce company of the same name.[6]
Additional Information
wildlife
- bear
- big game
- elk
- mule deer
- small game
- turkey
- whitetail deer
- other
recreation
- atv trails
- bike trails
- bird watching
- equestrian trails
- fishing
- hiking trails
- hunting
- public land access
- other
water access
- creek
rights
- other
