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Location: | New Hampshire |
| Acreage: | 6,494 acres
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| Price: | $5,500,000 |
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Contact: | (413) 884-1560 | Via Online |
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Introduction
Stratford Forest is your opportunity to own one of the most beautiful and historic parcels of land in New Hampshire. This property has all the room you will ever need to fulfi ll your most creative recreational dreams.
At 6,494± acres - more than 10 square miles! - this vast contiguous tract features an extensive trail network perfect for horses, ATV’s, and snowmobiles, as well as a rough surface runway suitable for light prop aircraft. Besides its own broad spaces, Stratford Forest abuts nearly 58,000 contiguous acres of state and private preservation land. It will take a lifetime of weekends and vacations to explore your own acreage, much less the neighboring lands.
Located between the White Mountain National Forest and Dixville Notch in Coos County, New Hampshire, this property is sure to deliver the rustic lifestyle you always imagined and create the family legacy you have always dreamed of.
About The Property
Forests of growing timber and abundant wildlife grace this property, which remains relatively unchanged from the late 1700’s, when the original settlers arrived in Stratford, NH from Stratford, CT (which was named for Stratford-on-Avon, England). The area was originally surveyed in the autumn of 1788 by a party led by Eben Judd.
The property has several mountain peaks along with two main bodies of water. Sugarloaf Mountain is the high point on the propety at 3,701 feet above sea level. A brook that drains most of the property fl ows southwesterly into the Connecticut River. The point where the brook crosses the south boundary of the property is the tract’s low point, at approximately 1,500 feet above sea level. Abutting the property are the Nash Stream State Forest (39,000 acres) and the Vickie Bunnell Preserve (a Nature Conservancy preserve that comprises 10,330 acres of an 18,680 acre tract).
Stratford Lake is a 30-acre body of water that is fed by limestone streams and boasts an outstanding population of brook trout.
Timber
A detailed description and analysis of the forest resources was prepared in December 2003 and January 2004. The tract is considered to be 93% forestland, with the remaining acreage in wetlands, ponds, roads, etc. 6,045 acres is considered as commercial forestland, with the potential to produce crops of timber on a continual basis.
Forest cover types growing on the commercial forestland are 80% northern hardwood, 10% mixed hard and softwood, and 10% spruce-fi r. It is, for the most part, a young forest which will substantially increase in value over the next 15 to 20 years.
The total volumes of timber and stumpage value are estimated to be as follows:
Sawtimber Volume* 6,126.200 MBF (+/- 11%)
Pulpwood Volume 31,460 cords (+/- 5%)
Stumpage Value $1,165,232.20
* 1/4 Inch Int. Log Rule
This tract of timber has been meticulously maintained. Harvest operations have been performed in a few areas of the property to maximize the forest’s growing potential for the forseeable future. Currently there are approximately 1,350 acres of merchantable timber that can be harvested.
Wildlife
The following mammals are documented to inhabit this area:
Beaver
Black Bear
Bobcat
Coyote |
Eastern Chipmunk
Fisher
Marten
Moose |
Raccoon
Red Fox
Red Squirrel
River Otter |
Showshoe Hare
Whitetail Deer |
Many other mammals occupy the property along with hundreds of species of birds, amphibians, and reptiles. (Of special note are the many reports of trophy moose sighted on the property and blue ribbon trout fishing in Stratford Lake.)
About The Area
Stratford Forest is located in Stratford, Coos County in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This rural area's primary appeal comes from its serenity, privacy, and the potential to experience a broad range of outdoor recreation opportunities. The over six thousand acres of the Stratford Forest will provide you with wide open spaces for almost any outdoor activity you can dream of. The surrounding area is famous for its mountain resorts such as:
• The Balsams Grand Resort (Dixville Notch) - 1 hour from the property
• Mount Washington Resort (Bretton Woods) - 1 hour
• Cannon Mountain (Franconia Notch) - 1 hour, 15 minutes
• Loon Mountain (Lincoln) - 90 minutes
• Attitash (Bartlett) - 90 minutes
• Wildcat Mountain (Pinkham Notch) - 90 minutes
These resorts have all transitioned from winter sports to year-round activites over the past decade or so. Several boast world-class golf courses such as the Donald Ross-designed course at The Balsams.
All offer fine dining as well as more casual, family style fare. Mountain biking, hiking, kayaking, canoeing, fishing, and horseback riding are all available. Several offer mountain parks with “alpine slides” and “scenic mountain gondola rides.”
(The Bonus Maps listed to the right are the soils maps for the property.)
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