Several
springs form the beginnings of Watercreek on this 236 acre m/l tract of land for
sale in rural Marion County, Arkansas. The property has a good mix of developed
pastureland for grazing or hay production as well as wooded land for hunting. A
modest cabin with two bedrooms and one bath can serve as a starting point for
your family compound, your hunting reserve, your mountain farm, your homestead
and retreat, your safety net from a world gone crazy. The door is open and
waiting for you to walk through. With your own ideas of what to turn this into.
There is a good well, electric lines and even fiber optic cable to the house.
Peaceful and serene at the end of a county maintained road, the cabin sits up
on a slight rise above the creek bottom where you will often see deer or wild
turkeys. A spring in the western part of the property has a dam and makes a
clear water pond to stock with your choice of fish. There are two smaller ponds
high on the hills. Watercreek runs through the property for about a mile with
some parts year-round and some parts seasonal. A brick chimney is still
standing from a homestead of years back and would make for a neat outdoor
firepit and patio. A massive stone wall
is tucked back in the woods that speaks of days past. Work from home, feel
secure that you have access to good water and a place to raise your own food.
Open bottom land lays out in front of cabin with about 6 acres of pasture in
one field.
During a 26 year career as an engineering officer in the US Merchant Marine I had opportunity to visit 53 countries and many of the contiguous United States plus Hawaii and Alaska. I did not find any place that I would prefer to live year around more than these Ozark hills here in Marion County Arkansas. Let me show you some land while I tell you about the rivers and lakes as well as the cavern systems and thousands of acres of public forest for hiking and exploring.
I like the four seasons we have and what each new season has to share like wild mushroom gathering in spring and especially fall, a variety of hunting and fishing experiences, and gardening. My wife and I are avid gardeners (met as vendors at Yellville’s own farmer’s market) and grow most of our meat as well. We take satisfaction in knowing we have access to healthy food and practice living close to the land by canning and drying a lot of our surplus vegetables and even meat. We supplement the food we raise from the abundant variety of game and fish found here through hunting, fishing and wild harvesting.
I am a graduate of the Arkansas Master Naturalist program and have a fascination for the rocks and minerals here as well as the flora and fauna. It is hard to beat an afternoon wading up one of the many clear, gravel or rock bottomed creeks in the area looking to see what is under the next rock or in the next deep pool or growing alongside the cool water.
I built my own house here in 1996 and live in it now. I lived off the grid for 3 years and have an interest in things pertaining to alternative energy.
Let me show you some houses or just raw land and share my knowledge of the area and my love for it. You will see why this is where I set roots over 25 years ago and have raised my children here.
