Highway 89 leads to this fantastic ranchette just twenty-five minutes from Great Falls, Montana. The private drive is encompassed by fragrant pastel lilac bushes splashing color against the green hillside. With 10+/- acres to be surveyed off with the home, there is room to roam and enjoy the rural setting. Belt Creek flows just on the other side of Highway 89. The spacious home boasts 3,752 square feet and offers multiple living solutions. The home is currently rented out, the upstairs as one unit and the full daylight basement as the second unit. The basement has a full kitchenette with a spacious patio that accommodates a separate renter or makes barbecuing and entertaining a breeze! Other highlights of the home include regal French doors opening up to the grand master bathroom. A wrap around deck hugs the home and gives ample space for taking in the views while relaxing. The mature cottonwood trees spread shade and help you feel secluded. The Little Belt Mountains command attention and provide hiking, hunting, fishing, camping, skiing, snowmobiling, and recreating. Make this rural ranchette a fabulous home or a way to add some income!Local AreaMany features make Belt, Montana a much-desired haven. For example, it attracts rugged competition from all over to participate in its annual rodeo and is still able to offer a small town feel and experience. Belt is home to the famous Harvest Moon Brewery that combines Montanas luscious grain with fresh and clean water out of local streams and wells to make a variety of beers sought after by connoisseurs from all over. You can find ample history throughout the town or in the Belt Museum housed in the old town jail! In addition, Belt is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and claims Montanas very first coal mine. Belts name comes from a nearby mountain, Belt Butte, that looks like it has a belt of rocks around it. The Highwood and Little Belt mountains provide areas for hiking, biking, camping, creek fishing, hunting, recreating, and the Sluice Boxes State Park is nearby as well. Great Falls is a mere 23 miles away and has an International Airport and prestigious medical facilities for your convenience.Area AttractionsBelt CreekOne of Montanas many hidden gems, Belt Creek flows through the central portion of the state. Perhaps one of the most beautiful sections of the creek is the Sluice Box Canyon section. It is an 8 mile stretch that displays stunning limestone formations with sheer cliff walls that climb for hundreds of feet. In the deep pools, fish for rainbow or brown trout. You can also catch cutthroat or brook trout. Willow, cottonwood, chokecherry and wild roses grow along the banks while the scenery unfolds and captivates.Little Belt MountainsThe Little Belt Mountains are a section of the rugged Rocky Mountains. They lie mostly in the Lewis and Clark National Forest. The unspoiled nature is used for logging and recreation. The mountains have been mined for silver since the 1880s and for sapphires since 1896. The famous Yogo sapphire is mined near Yogo Creek. The highest peak of the range is Big Baldy Mountain towering at 9,175 feet. Ponderosa pines and Douglas-firs predominantly fill the forest providing cover for black bear, elk, white-tailed and mule deer. Rifle and archery hunting is excellent, and during the fall, hunters orange can be spotted trekking up the trails. The hum of motorized vehicles can often be heard as it is a popular sport here as well.Showdown Ski AreaSki in the heart of Montana at Showdown Ski Area and the Silver Crest Nordic Trail System that consists of weekly groomed trails for cross-country skiing or snowshoeing. The Kings Hill Snowmobiling System is considered to be one of the finest in Montana and has over 200 miles of marked and groomed trails.