Pine Ridge Preserve: 654+/- Acres of Managed Pine, Mountain Views, and Outdoor Recreation in Franklin County, VA

Description

The best hunting properties have a way of becoming a permanent part of your calendar. Early mornings spent watching the ridgelines, afternoons checking food plots and following the logging roads, and evenings back at the cabin recounting what the day brought.

This property offers the setting for those traditions across 654+/- acres of rolling terrain in Glade Hill, Virginia. With extensive planted pine timber, established wildlife habitat, more than two miles of trails, and a rustic cabin, this is a property with the acreage and infrastructure to become a destination you'll look forward to returning to every season.

A Place to Put Down Roots

With more than 600 acres at your disposal, the property offers far more than a place to simply escape for the weekend. The rolling terrain, multiple access points, and extensive acreage create an opportunity to shape the property around the way you want to live. Establish a private family homestead with room for a garden, a few animals, and plenty of space to roam, or create a shared retreat where children, grandchildren, and friends can bring campers, set up their own small homesites, and enjoy time together without giving up their own space. For someone with a larger vision, the acreage may also offer the potential to divide and develop a private rural community, with generously sized homesites where future owners can build, hunt, grow their own food, and enjoy the freedom that comes with owning a little more land. Whether you envision one family place or a collection of homesites shared among people who value the outdoors, a property like this offers the scale and flexibility to make that vision your own.

A Substantial Timber Resource

Approximately 548 acres have been replanted with elite loblolly pine across several planting periods, including 10+/- acres in 2010, 66+/- acres in 2020, and an additional 472+/- acres in 2022. The planted stands create a substantial timber resource with long-term growth potential, while natural hardwood corridors and the creek bottom provide diversity throughout the landscape.

For buyers who appreciate the value of owning and managing timberland, this acreage offers an opportunity to combine a recreational property with a meaningful long-term investment. The property is enrolled in Franklin County's land use tax program for forestry, providing reduced county real estate taxes for qualifying acreage. Old logging decks scattered throughout the property may also provide useful staging areas or potential locations to consider for future improvements.

Millie Branch, Mountain Views, & A Place to Enjoy

Millie Branch flows for approximately 1.22 miles through the property before connecting with the Pigg River a couple of tracts away, adding a great natural water feature to the rolling terrain. The creek corridors provide a different setting from the planted pine stands and open food plots, with opportunities to enjoy the property in its various forms from one season to the next.

From many areas throughout the acreage, mid-to-long-range views extend out over the surrounding Blue Ridge foothills. A rustic cabin is situated on the property, giving you a place to kick back on the front porch after a day outdoors, enjoy the surrounding views, and begin planning how you would like to use the land in the years ahead. Electricity is routed to and within the property, providing an additional advantage for buyers considering improvements to the existing recreational setup or a more permanent use.

A Property Managed with Wildlife in Mind

Future wildlife population is a big part of the character of this property. Members of an active hunting lease have incorporated food plots throughout the acreage over the years, creating areas within the maturing timber that provide opportunities to observe and hunt the wildlife moving through the property. And with the right wildlife management plan in place, combined with the growing timber stand, this property could be a mecca in years to come. Whitetail deer, black bear, and eastern wild turkey found throughout the habitat offer a variety of hunting interests as the seasons change.

More than two miles of usable trails, consisting heavily of wide logging roads, provide access throughout the interior portions of the property. These routes make it easier to reach hunting blinds, travel between different sections of the timber and water features, and explore the rolling ridges without having to fight your way through the woods. Whether you're heading out before daylight, checking on the property during the off-season, or simply taking an afternoon ride to see what's moving, the established trail system makes the acreage more accessible and enjoyable.

Access to Enjoy the Acreage

Multiple gated entrances and paved road frontage along Truevine Road, Pigg River Road, and Potters Creek Road provide access from several directions. The layout offers flexibility when moving equipment, reaching different portions of the property, development planning, or managing future timber and recreational improvements. With the cabin setup, existing trails, and established access already in place, a new owner can spend less time figuring out how to reach the interior and more time getting acquainted with the land.

The property is located approximately 25 minutes from Smith Mountain Lake and 40 minutes from Philpott Lake, with Roanoke less than an hour away. The surrounding area offers ample opportunities to enjoy boating, fishing, hiking, and other outdoor recreation when you feel like venturing beyond your own property.

Expand Your Ownership to 1,174 Acres

This 654+/- acre eastern tract is offered individually or together with an additional 520+/- acre riverfront property (listing found here) located just over one mile away via Truevine Road. The 520-acre western tract features approximately 1.81 miles of Pigg River frontage, 1,878+/- feet of Walker Creek, and more than three miles of trails. Together, the two properties create a combined 1,174+/- acre landholding (full offering found here) with substantial timber resources, multiple waterways, extensive recreational opportunity, multiple ingress/egress options, and the flexibility to manage the separate, distinct tracts for different purposes.

This timber-heavy property transforms a simple hunting season into a long-standing family tradition - a place where a timber investment can grow alongside your enjoyment of the land, and where the rolling hills can serve as a familiar place to return to year after year. With large acreage, an established recreational foundation, and room to shape the property around your own plans, this Franklin County, VA offering is worth experiencing in person.

Shown by appointment only.

To schedule a showing or inquire about the property, please contact Justin Rolfe of Mossy Oak Properties Land and Luxury at 704-998-1013 / jrolfe@landandluxury.com.

Get To Know the Area:

• Join a Monday Night Jam at The Blue Ridge Institute & Museum: Explore traditions from years gone by, and enjoy getting to know some of the great local artists, musicians, and residents of the Blue Ridge region.
• Experience Moonshining History in Franklin County, VA: From Franklin County's bootlegging roots during the Prohibition era of the 1920s to modern-day depictions on the big screen, there's nothing watered down about the wettest county in the world!
• Cast a Line on the Pigg River: The Pigg River offers a diverse year-round angling experience, featuring stocked trout in its cooler sections and warm-water species like smallmouth bass in its scenic freestone and sand-bottom waters.
• Visit Roanoke, VA: Nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Roanoke, VA, offers a perfect blend of outdoor adventure, hiking, scenic drives, historic landmarks, arts and culture, craft breweries, local dining, family-friendly attractions, and a thriving downtown scene, making it a must-visit destination for nature lovers, history buffs, and weekend getaways.
• Hunt Turkeycock WMA: Expand your hunting area by heading into this rugged terrain with miles of gravel roads and dense hardwood forests, providing prime habitat for wild turkey, white-tailed deer, and a variety of other wildlife, while also featuring opportunities for birding, scouting, and off-the-beaten-path exploration.
• Cruise the Nearby Blue Ridge Parkway: Drive one of America's most scenic roads. Enjoy a leisurely excursion filled with nature's beauty through dense forests and atop mountain ridges. You'll find breathtaking overlooks, numerous hiking trails, and great spots for picnics.