37799 Alder Creek Rd, Baker City, OR 97814

Modernized 1950’s farmhouse with a 3-bed one bath mezzanine level, a large sunroom at ground level and a one bed full bath with dressing room in a semi-finished basement. Situated just 11 miles from the tourist town of Baker City.Situated at an elevation of 3,500’ with true 4-season climate and nights so dark the Milky Way is always visible when no moon, the ranch boasts 160 acres (less 3 acres taken by county road) of fully fenced pasture, and three-quarters of a mile of Alder Creek that runs fast all year and is lined with huge Alder Trees, giving an abundance of firewood and water rights. There is a full-sized barn, corral, cow chute, several other smaller sheds for goats and chickens, a vegetable garden, fruit trees and a detached art studio/sewing room with 240v service for a pottery kiln.The hunting is first rate with elk, turkey and quail often around the house and migrating geese nest along the creek for a few weeks each year. As owner, you will get six land-owner tags. There are mussels and crawdads in the creek and Alder Creek Rd continues into the forest, so there is little passing traffic and thousands of acres of forest and BLM hunting land.The ranch has Income. There is yearly income from livery and pasture rental that last year was $5,320, and property taxes are low at just $1611 a year.A new septic system was installed six years ago when the contractor set the tank at a depth of five feet where county code says it should be three, so the new system may not be to code, but has worked flawlessly and has not needed pumping since installation.New 200-amp power to house and all barns and sheds, exterior security light and flood lights in barn, and Oregon Trail electric at only 7 cents a KWH!