This southeast Oklahoma ranch for sale is located in an extremely scenic and peaceful valley. Burris Valley Ranch has been used in the past as both a family getaway by the owners and in Christian ministry as a retreat and conference center. The ranch is located well off the beaten path but still on a very accessible county maintained gravel road in southerPittsburg County. The three ways to access the property by road include coming in near Daisy, OK from the west, near Sardis Lake from the east, or from Hartshorne near McAlester from the north. The ranch has a perfect mix of approximately 1,250+/- ac of bottom land and scattered hay meadows with 2.5+/- miles of Mud Creek meandering through the valley and the balance of the acreage mostly in timber covered mountains. The mix of grass pasture, hay meadows and wooded creek bottom are all positioned in the middle of two separate mountains within the Jack Fork Mountain range. The Lodge and Conference Center are tucked away amongst mature hardwoods and enormous towering pines just up the south facing slope of the northern mountain on the ranch.

Land:

Native pine and hardwood covered mountains that transition into sandy loam bottoms along the creek

Elevations from 640 ft at the creek to 1,460 feet on the tallest mountain

Magnificent views up and down the valley

Very secluded property with county road access

The current ranch manager grew up in Burris Valley and he told me the bottom land could run 300 AU's and cut grass hay to feed them. Cattle have not been run on the ranch in a couple of years leading up to the fall of 2012. In the summer/fall of 2012 before any cattle were put on the ranch approximately 1,000 round bales of hay were baled off the hay meadows. The bottoms have boundary fencing and some cross fencing but they are in poor to fair condition. Most of the mountain land does not have boundary fence but the good news is that trees rarely jump fences. With approximately 2,200 ac of timbered land on the mountains there is an opportunity for additional income by selectively harvesting some pine and possibly hardwood. With an improving housing market and decrease in the supply of housing inventory the timber market is starting to show signs of recovery making a future timber harvest look more and more appealing.

Water:

30 ponds are scattered all over the property

2.5+/- miles of Mud Creek travel through the middle of the ranch

Numerous wet weather drainages coming off the mountains

Rural Water

Spring Water for an additional water source to the Lodge and Conference Center

Improvements:

Lodge

4,047 sqft single story structure with 9 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms

4 Masonry Fireplaces

Full finished basement

Open Porch-overlooks the pool

Conference Center

2,640 sqft with 2 bunk rooms, 2 bathrooms, and a kitchen just off the gathering area

Large gathering area between the bunk rooms good for meeting or could be a game ro

Wrap around porch on three sides

In-ground pool between the Conference Center and the Lodge

80x60 3 bed 2 bath single wide mobile home

37x37 barn

25x33 shop

2-36x72 garages

4 grain silos

Numerous sheds and pole barns including

5 pole barns in the hay meadows

Positioned on the side of a mountain in a small clearing the Lodge and Conference center have been utilized for enjoyment by family and friends of the seller for years. These secluded improvements were built to house quests at the ranch who may have come to hunt and fish or simply retreat from the hustle and bustle of city life. Just outside the Lodge is a nice in ground swimming pool which is overlooked by the wrap around porch of the Conference Center. The Lodge has a total of nine bedrooms and ten bathrooms combined on both the main floor and in the full basement. Next door in the Conference Center there are two bunk rooms set up with three sets of bunk beds in each bunk room and a bathroom off of each room as well. In between the bunk rooms is a large gathering area that has been used for worship services and various gatherings in the past. Off to one side of this gathering area is a kitchen that provides a great space for preparing food and feeding a large group or just a nice coffee alcove to serve refreshments during a meeting.

The Lodge and Conference Center are located right next to each other and both are supplied with rural power and water as well as alternative sources for off the grid sustainability. Rural water lines pipe water to these improvements where its stored in a 1,000 gallon holding tank located in the Lodge. A natural spring on the side of the mountain has been used for years to capture spring water for use at the improvements as well so there are truly two separate sources of water available. Also located at the Lodge are two industrial sized electric generators for an alternative source of electricity. Just outside the Lodge are seven propane tanks linked together and used for all gas appliances, heaters and hot water tanks. Down the hill from the Lodge and Conference Center near the main entrance is a mobile home which could be used as a managers quarters. Also located in this lower clearing near the entrance are numerous enclosed shops and barns good for storing tractors, balers, and other various equipment as well as several open pole barns that could be used to store hay. Scattered throughout the hay pastures there are five additional pole barns for very convenient hay storage.

Wildlife/Hunting:

Whitetails

Eastern Turkeys

Wild Pigs

Dove

Ducks

Quail

The hunting can be extremely diverse because there is fertile soil down by the creek but also some really exceptional food plot locations hundreds of feet up in the Jack Fork Mountains that surround it. Up on the mountains are some very pretty hollows filled with hardwoods as well as numerous potential food plot locations on the ridges. These areas would be beautiful to hunt in during the fall as leaves are changing to yellow and gold on those cool crisp October and November mornings. The Whitetails are thick and especially so at dusk down in the bottoms as they emerge from various bedding locations around the creek. During the cool quiet mornings in the spring there is nothing better than making tracks in the heavy dew while pursuing an eastern tom as his gobble can be heard echoing up and down the valley . After you're done turkey hunting just hop on the buggy that's what I call my UTV and head out to the ponds to catch some fish. If pond fishing isn't enough for you then hook up the bass boat and head about 12 miles east over to Sardis Lake which is a Corp of Engineers reservoir that covers 14,360 acres and has 117 miles of shoreline. Here you can catch crappie, bass and catfish until your heart's content or tube and ski during the summer months. For all year hunting don't forget the wild pigs that are running up and down the creek. While this area is not really known for dove hunting they do migrate through and are a great way to spend a September evening after getting food plots ready for deer season.

Minerals:

Surface only

Taxes:

6,934.00

Property Summary:

This ranch could serve the wants and needs for a multitude of different buyers due to its diverse nature. There are opportunities for you to use the ranch for your family, a ministry tool or turn it back into a working cattle ranch supplemented by timber. A new owner could also commercially utilize the scenic and recreational resources year round by leasing out the facilities for company meetings. Any way you look at it this is a beautiful property in a very productive valley with multiple income streams available and the opportunity for more.