L9 Atateka Rd Chestertown, NY 12817

This property offers nearly 166 acres of Adirondack woods, featuring a perennial stream, beaver pond, and mature timber. It can be used as a recreational area or for building a home or camp. The Potter Brook Timberlands property contains mature native tree specimens, including white pine, hemlock, red and sugar maple, red oak, and yellow birch. Potter Brook, a perennial trout stream, flows through the property year-round. There is also a string of wetlands, including a beaver pond. The property has been under the same ownership for over a hundred years and has been managed for timber with professional foresters and loggers. The property is under Real Property Tax Law 480, which requires a 6% severance tax paid to the town when forest products are harvested. Trails from past timber harvests have become seeded in with white pine, hemlock, spruce, and fir saplings. Wildlife abounds on the property, including deer and grouse. The property is near Loon Lake (4 miles), Schroon and Brant Lakes (9 and 18 miles, respectively), Lake George and Lake Champlain, the Hudson and Schroon Rivers, and thousands of acres of State Forest Preserve. Access to the property is off Atateka Road with 22 feet of frontage, via a deeded right-of-way. It is less than 5 miles from the center of Chestertown, and 6 miles from exit 25 off I-87. The property is less than an hour from Saratoga Springs, just over an hour from Albany, 2.5 hours from Montreal, and under 4 hours from NYC. Nearby airports include Albany International (1+ hour), Plattsburgh International (~1.5 hours), and the smaller Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (< 45 minutes).