Three icons that symbolize America: baseball, apple pie, and your own piece of land to use and manage. Start a homestead, build a cabin, hunt, and fish, teach your kids to plink cans with a .22, and ride trails. These are just a few of the things we enjoy in our great country. America was founded on the dream of land ownership, and if you’re ready for your own part of that American dream, you’ll surely want to take a closer look at this property in western Barry County. Draped across the hills northwest of Washburn, this parcel is accessed from Farm Road 1010, known locally as Bear Cave Road. After turning off the public road, a picturesque lane leads you into a quiet little valley meadow right in the middle of the tract. From this meadow, you can access the two tall ridges that form the majority of the acreage. Running east from the meadow is a long, gentle grade of nearly ½ mile in length that represents 200’ of elevation gain. Past management on this ridge has resulted in some dense hardwood understory vegetation, the kind that forms ideal bedding cover for mature whitetails. An old road just off the ridge crest provides easy access to most of the ridge, all the while affording amazing views of the rolling hills and hollows near Flag Spring Conservation Area, located just a few miles distant.

Coming back to the meadow, you can alternatively turn south. Here you’ll cross a scenic gravel-bottomed wet weather creek before starting up another ridge. Topping out on this ridge is awe-inspiring. With the top being mostly cleared, the views extend for miles in multiple directions. Cool breezes whisper across the clearing and your first thought will be of the sunsets you could enjoy from a porch swing. Electric service is located nearby, with a meter pole already set in the bottom meadow. In addition, there is a cased and capped well in the meadow that could provide water to livestock or a home. A small spring is located in the hillside just above the creek bed, offering additional water for animals and the possibility of a well source for a home.

In addition to the premier build site on top of the south ridge, the property offers some promising hunting as well. The rolling topography, combined with a few trails, dense understory vegetation, and mixed-age hardwoods is plenty attractive to the local whitetails, as suggested by the numerous tracks and rubs. And existing stands and blinds remain with the property, offering additional value and insight into deer travel patterns and good places for an evening sit.

This parcel is ideal for the buyer looking for a good property to hunt and/or build. It’s not far from Joplin and northwest Arkansas, so amenities are nearby. If you’re ready for your own piece of the American dream don’t wait – call Land Agent Scott Sudkamp at (417) 321-5427 to schedule a showing today.

Property Features

-Great mix of hardwood timber, cedar patches, and open meadows

-Property is partly fenced

-Great build site

-Power available

-Drilled well

-Wet weather creek

-Small spring

-Quiet location

-County road access

-Lots of deer sign

-Just ½ mile from Flag Spring Conservation Area (3,946 acres)

-30 miles to Bentonville, AR

-54 miles to Joplin, MO

-13 miles to, Cassville, MO

-Southwest R-V (Washburn) schools