Recreational Land with Home for Sale in Bay Minette, Alabama

Bent Oak Plantation - 575 Acres, Crossroads Community, North Baldwin County A true Baldwin County Alabama treasure. Bent Oak Plantation is a 575-acre retreat that blends timberland, pasture, multiple residences, barns, and river frontage into one of the more complete sporting and conservation properties you'll find in the Southeast. Conveniently located 14 miles from Spanish Fort, 30 minutes from Mobile, and 1 hour from Alabama beaches; the proximity to both the I65 and I10 corridors is unmatched for a rural contiguous tract. Past the gated entrance sits a beautifully restored 4 bedroom 2 bath guest home - heart pine floors, a modern kitchen, a spacious great room, three bedrooms, two baths. Whether it's used as a cabin for hunting buddies or a place for family to stay, it's ready to go. Close by, an entertainment barn with a fireplace and outdoor cooking area is built for game days and the conversations that happen after a good hunt. There's also a game-cleaning barn done right - walk-in cooler, butcher table, running water, drains - the kind of setup serious outdoorsmen actually put to use. The current owners haven't just owned this land, they've managed it. Prescribed burning, invasive species control, native habitat restoration - the work earned Bent Oak the 2020 Helene Moseley Award for excellence in private land management in Alabama. Trophy whitetail, strong turkey numbers, wild quail, and with the property bordering the Tensaw River, some of the best waterfowl hunting, fishing, and boating around. Drive further in and you'll pass the plane hangar and a 1,220-foot runway - built for a float plane, helicopter, or STOL aircraft, with a bifold electric door for secure storage. Then the lodge comes into view. It's a 4,800-square-foot, four-bedroom, four-bath custom home overlooking a stocked lake, complete with boathouse and fish-cleaning house. Old-growth beams milled from the property, reclaimed heart pine floors, cypress walls and ceilings, Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, Alabama white marble in the bathrooms - rustic where it should be, high-end where it counts. The primary suite looks out over the lake and has its own reading room attached. Off the great room, a cooking porch with an ice maker, 60-bottle wine fridge, and kegerator makes entertaining easy. Roads, trails, food plots, equipment storage - it's all here and it's all maintained. Bent Oak is about as turnkey as it gets for hunting, fishing, flying, and entertaining, and it's ready for someone to pick up where the current owners left off.