50 Acres in Alden, KS

An iconic Kansas hunting property is now on the market. Hayden Outdoors Real Estate proudly represents the Steven and Mary Nielsen Trust in offering this extraordinary recreational tract through an absolute online auction with no reserve, scheduled for January 23, 2025. Located just five miles east of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, this secluded haven lies amidst sweeping pastures bordered by the Arkansas River and Salt Creek, offering an unmatched setting and exceptional habitat for trophy whitetail deer. This property is a superhighway for the deer with the creek and river confluence and has a ton of cover, forbes, and water making for some of the best habitat you can find. The creek and river offer some of the most incredible small water duck hunting in the late season as you can find anywhere in the nation at times holding hundreds if not thousands of ducks when the nearby lakes, refuges, and ponds freeze up. Plenty of fishing opportunities along the creek and in the Arkansas river as well. The property has some very thick timber, thickets, and native grasses all throughout the property. Mature cottonwoods, some pines, cedars, and oak trees throughout the property. This property holds an incredible amount of deer that find cover in the secluded habitat and cover that it offers. A majority of this parcel is designated wetlands.

This incredible property holds the confluence, where Salt Creek meets the Arkansas River, and is one of the most unique and versatile recreational parcels in Kansas. Seize this rare chance to own an exceptional piece of Kansas’s rich hunting legacy. Seller shall provide surveyed and deeded access easement at closing.

All mineral rights for this property owned by the Seller will transfer to the Purchaser at closing. Seller does not guarantee the amount of minerals owned, but believes the minerals are 100% intact.

Legal Description: 50+/- acres along and between the Arkansas River and Salt Creek within S19, T21, R09. (See attached approximate map. Exact legal, acres, and access TBD by survey and Title)

Property Statistics:

Approximate 2024 Taxes: $230

Average yearly rainfall: 29

Average yearly snowfall: 13.5

State Deer and Turkey Hunt Unit: 5

Low Plains Late Zone Ducks

Community/Attraction:

3.5 miles southwest of Alden, Kansas (Population: 120)

3 miles east of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

8 miles west of Sterling, Kansas (Population: 2,318)

30 miles southeast of Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Refuge: 41,000 acres of wetlands located in the Central Flyway. Critical migration point for migratory birds.

30 miles northwest of Hutchinson, Kansas (Population: 39,712)

80 miles northwest of Wichita, Kansas-Dwight D. Eisenhower International Airport (Population: 395,699)

Buyer’s agents welcome! Please talk to listing agent before clients register for the auction to be compensated the buyers agency commission if your client is the high bidder.