Recreational & Residential Land for Sale in Marietta, Ohio

This 13-acre tract is the standout of a three-tract offering along Newell Run, and it is the one piece that carries real, direct creek frontage. Newell Run itself runs along the tract's southern edge, a genuine running watercourse cutting through heavy hardwood timber, not a seasonal ditch you have to squint to find on a plat map. That kind of frontage on a tract this size, this close to Wayne National Forest, does not sit on the market long in Washington County. The ground drops from ridge elevations near 1,000 to 1,024 feet down to the creek bottom around 780 feet, and that relief is exactly what serious hunters look for: bedding ridges up top, funnels working down through the hollows, and water in the bottom pulling deer through on a pattern you can actually hunt. Stand at the edge of that creek and you get the kind of quiet only a heavily wooded hollow holds, timber closing in overhead, the run working over rock below, ridge and bottom doing the work a trail camera only confirms. The tract is timbered wall to wall, giving a hunter cover from the road all the way down to the water and plenty of options for a stand site depending on wind direction. Washington County is core Southeast Ohio whitetail and turkey ground, and Wayne National Forest's public land nearby means pressure, this private, creek-fed 13 acres is the low-pressure alternative hunters are actively hunting for. Ohio's 2025-26 season saw a reduced bag limit in this county after an EHD outbreak, and ground like this is exactly why that matters, a private tract lets an owner manage his own herd on his own timeline instead of competing for pressured public ground. Ohio hunting land runs an average of $9,989 an acre statewide, and Southeast Ohio recreational acreage like this typically prices well under that number, with 2026 land values already tracking two to four percent above last year. The tract sits off Newell Run Road with established road access into the property, and it is heavily wooded from the road frontage back to the creek, giving a buyer usable cover the entire way through. Beyond the hunting case, this ground carries real camp and weekend-retreat potential, a wooded, creek-fed setting with road access is exactly what a buyer looking for a future cabin site or a seasonal getaway wants to hear, though buildability, perc, and utility specifics have not yet been established and should be verified independently. The surrounding region backs up the play: Wayne National Forest's Marietta Unit sits right in this footprint, the Little Muskingum River watershed and its covered-bridge scenic byway country are a short drive away, and Marietta itself, the Washington County seat with its river trail network, sits about twenty miles out for supplies and services. Spring turkey season is back on the calendar for 2026 as well, giving this tract a second season of use beyond the fall rut. For the hunter who wants his own herd to manage on his own terms, without sharing a hollow with everyone else pulling a permit for the national forest, this is that ground. Tracts like this, real water, real relief, real privacy, do not get replaced once they are gone from a local market this tight. Ohio Land for Sale Details: 13 acres, Tract 3 of a three-tract offering (part of a larger three-tract property; combined acreage across all tracts is unconfirmed pending county survey, do not rely on a total figure) Genuine creek frontage: Newell Run runs along the tract's southern edge, the most direct creek relationship of the three tracts in this offering Ridge-to-bottom relief: elevations range from roughly 780 feet at the creek bottom up to 1,000-1,024 feet on the ridge ground Heavily wooded throughout, mature hardwood timber cover from road frontage back to the creek Prime Southeast Ohio whitetail and turkey habitat: bedding ridges, natural funnels, and water in the bottom Direct road access via Newell Run Road Camp, weekend-retreat, and future homesite potential (build