42 Acres in Flat Top, WV - $179,000
GLADE BRANCH HOMESTEAD
GLADE BRANCH HOMESTEAD
This amazing mountain property - once a vibrant family farm - now evidenced by the location where the family homestead once stood overlooking two creeks. The old spring house still can be seen as the place where the family kept their milk, buttermilk, and butter. What a great time to live. The old log barn just adds to the charming atmosphere and allows your mind to wonder and imagine how it was in simpler times.
Glade Branch Homestead is located in the beautiful mountains of Wild, Wonderful West Virginia. This 42-acre property has trails for ATV riding, beautiful mountain vistas, and amazing home or cabin sites. You dont want to miss this opportunity for privacy and seclusion in the Mountains of West Virginia.
This multi-use, residential development, and recreational opportunity is located to nearby Winter Place Ski Resort and the 70,000-acre New River Gorg...
This multi-use, residential development, and recreational opportunity is located to nearby Winter Place Ski Resort and the 70,000-acre New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
HIGHLIGHTS
42 +/- acre water-rich land is blessed with live water flowing from Mountain Creek, a blueline stream
An abundance of fruit trees are scattered around the property
Two blueline streams flow through and along the property
Bridges cross both streams
Enveloped by farms and woodland tracts offers privacy and insulation from the outside world
Proximity to Winterplace Ski Resort and the 70,000-acre New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Onsite electric, telephone, and cell phone with 5G coverage
Easy access to I-77, I-64, US Route 19 and US 460
Daily jet flights from the 3 nearby airports including Charleston, Beckley and Lewisburg
Exceptional fishing in the nearby mighty New River, the East Coasts whitewater rafting and watersports mecca
Land legacy of wildlife management and forest stewardship
Spectacular long-range views approaching 20 miles
Nice laying ground supporting forestry and recreation with the potential for numerous residential homes or cabin sites
Elevations range from 1948 ft. to 2064 ft.
Excellent year-round state-maintained access
Potential conservation value
Low taxes, low population density
Little or no light pollution offers unparalleled star gazing and planet observation opportunities
There are several types of mushrooms, medicinal plants, wild ginseng, ferns and mosses
The Hatfield-McCoy Trail is nearby
Exceptional regional wildlife populations of white tail deer, wild turkey, black bear, eagles, beaver, otter, mink, heron, duck raccoon, butterflies, muskie, bass & pike
Interior hiking trails and many established wildlife trails
OVERVIEW
The 42-acre +/- Glade Branch Homestead represents an opportunity to create a classic family ownership legacy for the next tenure, or to carefully craft a rural residential project for future home sites. Terrain is typical of the region and considered rolling to mountainous, with upland hardwood flats and ridges separated by narrow hollows that flank the lower lying drainage of the beautiful stream.
The property is near the heart of the recreation mecca of the Greenbrier River and New River Gorge, the property offers rural estate qualities with the upside potential for future residential development.
Mountain wildflowers can be enjoyed every spring and summer including the spectrum of mountain irises to daffodils. Spectacular long views from the upper reaches rival any in WV. There is little light pollution, and the night sky is filled with millions of stars for hours of serenity in your personal mountain retreat.
The ridges and high knobs tower above the valley floor with elevations approaching 2500'. Spectacular distant views from the upper reaches are reminiscent of the vistas in West Virginias northeastern highest mountains.
Not surprising, the trees, shrubs and pasture grasses are highly productive in producing tons and tons of oxygen while at the same time eliminating huge amounts of Carbon Dioxide; Natures way of reducing our Carbon Footprint.
LOCATION
Google Coordinates: 37.543052(N), -81.071290(W)
Address: Old School House Road, Flat Top, WV 25841. A 911 address is not assigned to a property without active residential structures.
Elevation Range: 1948 ft. to 2064 ft. +/-
Drive Times:
Towns/Interstate Highway Exit
Athens and Concord University: 30 minutes
Blacksburg, VA and Virginia Tech: 1 hour 15 minutes
Beckley: 45 minutes
Princeton: 35 minutes
I-77 Camp Creek Exit 20: 20 minutes
Airports
Mercer County Airport, Bluefield: 50 minutes
Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beckley: 45 minutes
Recreation
Bluestone Lake: 45 minutes
Camp Creek State Park & Forest: 25 minutes
Pipestem Resort State Park: 40 minutes
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
There are fruit trees scattered around the property. There are fields that are slowly returning to forestland due to lack of recent use. Some work could restore them to active production. There is a blueline stream which flows through the property and a blueline stream that borders the property.
FOREST/TIMBER RESOURCES
The forests predominately well-drained upland terrain has led to a resource dominated by hardwood species. Overall, the species composition is highly desirable and favors Appalachian hardwood types, consisting primarily of White Oak/Chestnut Oak, Red Oak Group, poplar/Cucumber/Basswood, Sugar Maple/Soft Maple and a host of associate species.
Forest-wide, most stands are fully stocked, providing the next ownership with a great deal of flexibility in shaping their own silvicultural legacy. Stem quality forest-wide can be considered excellent with the forest containing an abundant amount of vigorously growing trees.
The timber component consists of various age classes ranging from 5 year to 120 year old stems, ranging in size of 4-28 dbh. The forest represents a quality hardwood resource with a small pine component and will be reaching economic maturity in the next 60 years.
The Red Oak group, White Oak group, Yellow Poplar/Basswood and the Maples, dominate the species composition. The remaining species are spread across a diverse range of species including Hickory, Beech, White Ash, Black Walnut, Hemlock and other associates. There is a component of young White Pine scattered throughout the forest, mainly in the areas that were once cleared for fields.
The recently harvested forest contains abundant pole size timber and growing stock.
A few trees are well over 100 years old and classify as Heritage Trees. These amazing trees have withstood the test of time and lend an air of grace and permanency to the property.
The forest is healthy and there are no signs of pest infestations of Gypsy Moth. The Emerald Ash Borer and the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid are present. The majority of the Ash and Hemlock trees are severely stressed and will die out over the next decade. There have been no forest fires in the recent memory.
The forest floor is home to several types of mushrooms, medicinal plants, wild ginseng, ferns and cool green mosses. One could spend a lifetime getting to know this inviting environ.
WATER
Glade Branch, a blueline stream, flows through the property from north to south and along the location of the old log barn and drains into Mountain Creek. Mountain Creek, a blueline stream, flows along the southern boundary of the property. Both Streams should have water flow nearly all year. Both streams have bridges for crossing.
MINERAL RESOURCES
West Virginia is one of the states in the US that has two ownership titles, those being SURFACE RIGHTS and MINERAL RIGHTS. A title search for mineral rights ownership has not been conducted. All rights the owner has will convey with the property. A mineral title search could be conducted by a title attorney at the same time when the surface title search is being conducted. It appears that some of the minerals may have been conveyed away by an earlier deed.
BOUNDARIES AND SURVEY
The property is being sold by the boundary and not by the acre.
UTILITIES
Electric - on site
Propane - available locally
Landline Phone - on site
Internet - may be possible through phone cable, satellite, or cell phone hotspot
Cable TV & Internet - DirectTV or Dish Network
Sewer - No public sewer available at this time. Septic system commonly used
Water - Drilled water wells are commonly used or develop springs
Trash Pickup - at curbside
Cell phone coverage is fair to excellent in this area
USPS and Overnight Couriers deliver to the area
ACCESS/FRONTAGE
The property is accessed by Old School House Road Rt. 19/2. The property road connects directly to Old School House Road. The access to the property is a four-season, state-maintained road.
ZONING
Mercer County is subject to some zoning and subdivision regulations. All prospective buyers should consult the County Commission and also the Health Department for details regarding zoning, building codes and installation of septic systems.
PROPERTY TYPE/USE SUMMARY
In addition to forestland and the old home grounds, the property had some fields during its active farm days. Those fields are slowly returning to forestland due to lack of recent use. Some work could restore them to active production.
(This is an estimation of current property use as determined from aerial photography. It is made subject to the estimation of property boundaries and any errors in the interpretation of land use type from the aerial photography utilized.)
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