Land for Sale in Lewisburg, West Virginia

Lonesome Dove Hollow - 194 Acres +/- expansive property with a home, original homestead, multiple barns and storage buildings, its own wide protected valley, mountains, watershed, and run. From the top of Chestnut Flats Road to the bottom of Lonesome Dove Road, just outside of Lewisburg, West Virginia, this expansive property encompasses its own large and protected valley surrounded by a crown of ridge tops. The primary residence sits at the front and top of the property easily accessed by the paved Chestnut Flats Road. Surrounding the residence, barns and outbuildings provided extensive storage including a large pole barn for big equipment. The residence is provided water by a well with as well as a frost free hydrant for gardening and watering livestock. Behind the residence a network of very well maintained forest roads provide access down into the forested Lonesome Dove Valley from the Eastern edge of the property. The forest is mature and has had a recent timber cruise which shows a significant value of standing hardwood timber including Poplar, Chestnut Oak, Red Oak, and Sugar Maple trees. There are also some impressively large American Beech trees which lend an air of age and grace to property. A series of good quality hay and pasture fields follow Chestnut Flats Road and would be suitable for livestock and making hay. There a few other small open fields on the property which provide other opportunities for agriculture but the main value of this open space, edge habitat, and the surrounding forest are hunting opportunities for Whitetail Deer, several squirrel species, Turkey, and Black Bear. The mature forest and widespread edge habitat provide a wealth of high quality and dependable wildlife forage. This property is so extensive, private, and crisscrossed with maintained trails and forest roads it provides a unique opportunity to own a prime hunting and recreation retreat property. Just past the primary residence, Chestnut Flats Road dips down into the valley and this is where Lonesome Dove Road branches off and leads down into Lonesome Dove Hollow where it dead ends at the second entrance to the property. A locked gate and Burns Run protects this entrance to the original homeplace which is still standing. Crossing Burns Run, either via vehicle or on foot, feels like passing through a portal into another world as the maintained road and the forest around in opens up into a protected valley where you only hear bird song and sonorous tinkle of Burns Run as it flows down off the mountains surrounding you. The original homeplace is a hand built and wood sided two story home with a hand cut stone foundation as well as a multistory barn and outbuilding. Above the homestead a large grove of mature White Pine stands guard and provides year round protection against the elements for wildlife. The homestead is nestled in an open and level flat at the mouth of the valley with Burns Run flowing down the South side of this flat against the mountain. Several roads provide access up the valley into the mountains and immediately into the forest across Burns Run. Traveling up the valley the forest gets thicker, the roads branching into far ridges, protected bowls, and few smaller isolated valleys which provides the perfect opportunity for hunting and hiking in areas that feel like remote wilderness. Another prime feature of this property is its easy access and location just nineteen minutes outside of Lewisburg, seventeen minutes to the Greenbrier Valley airport, and fifteen minutes to the town of Frankford. Lewisburg, voted the Coolest Small Town in America, offers an almost endless variety of events including the Lewisburg Chocolate Festival, Taste of our Town, the WV State Fair, and the Lewisburg Literary Festival to name just a few. Lewisburg is also the home to several fine dining restaurants, fun local eateries, a variety of shopping in the walking downtown, and easy access to outdoor retreats such as the Greenbrier River Trail. W