385.93 +/- Acre Farm overlooking Armuchee Valley

Kick-A-Prairie Farm in the Armuchee Valley of the Southwest Appalachians – This 385.93+/- acre farm offers great views looking across the Armuchee Valley and surround range from the 2 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom log cabin built in 2005. This home offers stainless steel KitchenAid Appliances, granite tops, soaring ceiling the dining/living room area, real field stone wood burning fireplace, full unfinished basement stubbed for a bath and garage door. On the property there are several barns, 3 small ponds (one needs dam work), fenced and crossed fenced pasture, small farm house built in 1903 (per tax records), seasonal creeks, and timberland. This property functions as a ranch and is surrounded Taylor Ridge, Strawberry Mountain, and Dick Ridge. It backs up to the Chattahoochee National Forest on Taylor Ridge for one and one quarter miles in southeast Walker County, Georgia. It surrounds both sides of a county maintained road for more than one half mile to its’ end. It abuts road 254 on the West. The property is comprised of 220+/- fenced and cross-fenced acres. There are over 5 miles of 4 stranded barbed wire fencing. -There are eight fenced pastures, ranging from 25-39 acres, and a number of smaller enclosures for working animals. -There are three barns, one with a tracked overhead crane. There are two additional pole barns. -There are three ponds and working wells. -Electricity, phone and internet are available on the property. The ranch presently serves an active cattle operation under the management of the former head of the Georgia Cattleman’s Association. In addition, there are 166+/- acres included in this property of forested land adjoining the Chattahoochee National Forest providing hiking, hunting, and timber opportunities in your own valuable forest. There are plentiful turkey and deer. Groundhogs routinely check for their shadows in winter. Long trail access is available via the Pinoti. There are wonderful views from a custom log house with 2 bedrooms plus loft (could be enclosed to make a 3rd bedroom) overlooking the Armuchee Valley and surrounding range. The house has 2 bedrooms and a loft, 2 ½ large baths, with a third full bath stubbed in the walkout basement where there is space for one or more additional bedrooms. There are stainless steel appliances and granite countertops in an open plan living-dining-kitchen space. There is a real field stone fireplace and chimney and unique ceiling fans and real antler chandelier. The basement is poured concrete with twelve foot high ceiling, currently serving as a garage and workshop. The wiring and piping are in for the additional heating and air and there is a stubbed in downstairs full bath. A second dwelling, Mrs. Orr’s original house, is ready for rehab, and with a little effort is quite habitable. The property overlies the Conasauga shale formation with the potential to yield access to valuable gas and oil mineral reserves. This geological formation is limited to the Northwest corner of Georgia. (Please do not enter the property without an appointment.)