186 Acres in Elbe, WA - $1,525,000

This portfolio of 186 acres at Lutkens Farm, near the historic town of Elbe, is located within a twenty minute drive of Mount Rainier National Park main entrance. It is being offered in two parcels, one of which is a 106 acre timber tract with 2 million board feet. The other is 80 acre recreation development property, with the original farmstead. Lutkens Farm provides a rare opportunity to develop a first class year-round glamping and RV park complex having RV sites, tiny homes, and camp sites, all with full range of amenities, to take advantage of the growth of visitors to Mount Rainier, and limited supply of year-round accommodations.

In 2019, over 2.2 million visitors traveled to Mount Rainier National Park, an increase of 100,000 or 6% over 2017.

This 186 acre portfolio of two parcels provides opportunity to acquire Lutkens Farm in bulk, or in two parcels.

Lutkens Farm has been in the same family ownership since the 1890s when it was homesteaded by Charles Lutkens of Todendorf, Germany. Charles and his father Henry Lutkens were one of the founders of the town of Elbe, and built the historic Ev. Luth. KIRCHE Church by the Mt. Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum.

Auction Property #118 is a 106 acre tree farm with estimated two million board feet of Douglas-fir. Auction Property #119 is 80 acres, and has the original farmhouse, cabin, and shop, and views of Mt. Rainier with exposure along State Route 7, providing opportunity for glamping and RV Park complex, or use as a private estate.

Individual sales of Auction Properties #118 and #119 will be subject to lot line adjustment by Lewis County.

106 Acre Timber Tract with 2 Million Board Feet

Published Reserve: $630,000

This 106 acre timber tract would be created using a lot line adjustment with Auction Property #119. An easement for forest management will be provided from Lutkens Road by the shop to the existing rocked logging road system.

A timber cruise was conducted by Hopkins Forestry in July 2015. Please see Supplemental Information Package for Cruise Report. Total estimated volume was 1,780 MBF with the following species mix:

Douglas-fir 16+ DBH 594 MBF

Douglas-fir 10+ DBH 352 MBF

Western hemlock 8+ DBH 187 MBF

Western red cedar 25 MBF

Red alder 12 DBH 192 MBF

Red alder 8 DBH 148 MBF

Big leaf maple 12 DBH 190 MBF

Pulp mix 92 MBF

1,780 MBF

There is an estimated 15 acres of 15 year-old Douglas fir, and 3.5 acres of 35 year-old noble fir, in the northwestern portion of the property.

There has been no harvest on the tract since 2015, and it is estimated that 2019 volume is 2,000 MBF. The tract has proximity to domestic log markets south to Morton at Hampton Lumber, and to both domestic and export log markets west to Tacoma.

Elevation ranges from 1,200 to 1,800 feet. One-half the tract can accommodate ground-based logging, and one-half would use cable logging.

There is a rock pit on the property. Some work to improve the existing road system will be required. The Douglas-fir Site Index is III, with combination of east- and north-facing slopes. Washington Department of Natural Resources is adjoining owner to the north, and west, of the property.

80 Acre Recreation Development Tract

Published Reserve: $895,000

The 80 acre property has a strategic location for development of a year-round glamping and RV park complex. It has exposure along State Route 7, the major link to I-5 south to Portland, and proximity from State Route 7 west at Elbe to Tacoma and Seattle. It is less than a twenty-minute drive to the entrance to Mount Rainier National Park.

Property landscape is a combination of 35 acres of meadow bisected by East Creek, a fish-bearing stream.

The circa 1920 five bedroom two bath home, with shop and pioneer cabin, is located on a hillside above East Creek, and has additional land that could be incorporated into the park complex for a trail system and campsites.

Forest Resource (FR) zoning will allow development of an RV park, with conditional use and site plan approval. A community water and septic system will be required. Please see Supplemental Information Package.

Additional options are as a private retreat with construction of a new owner residence, and use of the ample fenced field for horses and development of horse facilities, including an indoor arena, or development of additional home sites as allowed under the FR zoning.