Overview
Riverfront Land with Development Potential
This 276-acre property features a half-mile of North Fork John Day River frontage and borders BLM land with a grazing permit. The land includes LOP tags in the Heppner unit and is populated with elk, deer, cougar, bobcats, turkeys, and chukar. Steelhead and bass fishing are available, along with opportunities for hiking and horseback riding. Infrastructure improvements include a new PVC water line needing connection to the well, 600 feet of underground electrical wiring and a transformer, and a new 200-amp electrical panel with meter. An active septic permit and building permit are valid until 5-1-26. A cozy 400 sq ft tiny cabin has water and electricity. A metal shop includes a new 100-amp electrical panel, storage area, and a 400 sq ft bunkhouse in development with new windows, door, lights, insulation, board & bat siding, new electrical, ceiling fan, space and cadet heater, air conditioning, sink, washer and dryer hookups, land line phone, outhouse and well house, RV dump site/hookup. The property is treed with a garden area, grapevines, and apple, cherry, plum, and Asian pear fruit trees. It includes two domestic wells and 44 acres of water rights. Fenced and cross-fenced, the land is currently used as grass pasture for mules and could be reseeded for hay. Additional features include a 2-stall stable with tack room, a 48x60 hay barn, a large wood-covered horse feeder, a metal loafing shed, and a rain collection guzzler for wildlife. A road connects both tax lots. There is new 1/2 mile four-strand barbed wire fence and two new gates connecting all pastures. A new spring is undeveloped and confirmed with year-round water. The property is zoned EFU/MUR in Farm Deferral.