This one ticks all the boxes for that recreational property you have been looking for! Just 75 minutes North of Grand Rapids, 3 ½ miles from Big Star Lake, and 7 miles West of Baldwin, lies this home on 10 square acres. The property lies at the end of a ¼ mile long, dead-end dirt road, maintained year round by the county. The 10 acres adjoins over 5,000 acres of the Manistee National Forest, with hiking trails and 2 lakes, all yours to enjoy. No motorized vehicles are allowed on this tract of the MNF, so it is quiet and private. The A-frame chalet cabin features a new main level kitchen with hickory cabinets, new range and refrigerator and built-in microwave, dining area and living room with wood stove, and a full bathroom and bedroom. Enjoy waking up to the wooded view with your morning coffee or tea from the fully glassed 3 season porch. A slider from the porch leads to your private 16 ft deck with built-in seating, where it’s not uncommon to see deer filtering through the wooded ravine in front of you. The 2nd level is home to the main sleeping quarters, with its own half-bath and laundry hook-up. There is an entrance from a deck into this room. The drop down stairs leads to a finished attic, with sleeping for 4. There are 4 heat sources for the home, so you will never get cold – a wood furnace, a wood stove, a propane furnace, and a new 32K BTU electric wall furnace. The 24 x 30 pole barn garage with cement floor houses all your recreational toys, and it has a wood stove for those cool fall evenings. It comes with an attached 8 x 24 attached covered area for seasoning your firewood, as well as an attached 10 x 24 covered picnic / grilling area. The 10 wooded acres is mostly mature virgin white and black oak, and it has never been timbered or select cut. The property is a main travel route for deer, lying between a feeding area and a bedding area. Multiple deer have been harvested on the property over the years, all within 100 yards of the cabin. - Reed Lake public access site is only 1.3 miles away, where you can boat, fish, and swim on the sandy beach on lazy summer days. - Big Star Lake is 3 ½ miles away. - The Pere Marquette River is 3 miles away at Bowman Bridge, where you can enjoy trout fishing on a Blue Ribbon Trout Stream. - If hiking is your thing, the North Country Trail is only 1.5 miles away. - A major ATV / Snowmobile trail is less than ¼ mile away from the property as well. - Ludington / Lake Michigan lakeshore is a quick 30 minutes away. - Groceries, gas, building supplies, restaurants, and a hardware store are only 10 minutes into Baldwin. This property can be fun 2nd recreational property, or a full-time residence. The possibilities of turning it into an AirBNB or VRBO are endless, as it could easily sleep 8 – 10 comfortably. Call to set an appointment to see this one-of-a kind property.
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