1.94 Acres For Sale in Sprague River, Oregon With a View of the Sprague River Meandering Thru the Valley!
About 1 Hour NE of Klamath Falls and 2 Hours E of Medford.
Great Access Just Off a Paved Road & Lot 6 is a Corner Lot of a Graveled Road!
These Lots Are Partially Burnt But Still Some Trees on Them and It Sure Makes For a Fabulous View Over the Valley! Great Soil For a Gardener!
Property Sits On the Eastern Slopes of the Cascade Mountains.
Tons of Birds on the Pacific Flyway
Close to the Sprague, Williamson and Sycan River.
Call Char Mon - Sun 360-550-8943
I love talking about the lands I explore!
Tons of Photos of the Actual Property!
Nimrod River Park 5th Add Block 69
Lot 4 = 1.72 Acres SOLD
Lot 5 = 1.90 Acres SOLD
Lot 6 = 1.94 Acres (Corner Lot) Available
1.94 acres in Sprague River, Oregon with beautiful views of the Sprague River meandering thru the valley floor. It's about 1 Hour NE of Klamath Falls and 2 hours E of Medford. Pavement and power are only about 400' away. The Fremont-Winema National Forest surrounds this valley, a favorite spot for hunters and fisherman!
All of the photos were taken of the property and surrounding views in August 2018. It was a bit hazy from the fires in California. They sits 400' N of paved Drews Road, aka Drews Ranch Road. Benton Street is a graveled road along the E of Lot #6. Harney Street is very overgrown road along the N of all 3 lots and needs re bladed.
These lots were in a wildfire in August 2019 that burnt this area and surrounding area. However it had previously burnt as well so not a lot of underbrush and there are still trees standing on the properties.
This is the only photo I have sinced that fire. You can see the trees are still standing on the property and it burnt the sagebrush further.
I've been surprised by the phone calls I receive when I put up a property that's burnt as its the gardeners that are attracted to the soil. And wow did it sure open up the view of the Sprague River meandering thru the fertile valley below!
The lots are part of a sloping hill thats falls from the E to the W. It reaches the low point between where an intermittent stream flows thru lot #4 and then starts to climb back up the other side of the hill. You can see this in one of the aeril photos how the stream comes down off the mesa to the N and makes it way down the hill. I think that's pretty cool there's a stream flowing thru it during heavy rains or snow melt!
The town of Sprague River is 7 miles W and I took a little break and stopped by the river. I've seen people swimming and fishing here over the years and there were a few people having a picnic. The drive along Drews Road is beautiful with tons of big birds sitting along the telephone poles and the ever changing colors of the agricultural valley with the river meandering thru it.
A traffic jam on Drews Road!
5 miles NW as the crow flies is the Fremont-Winema National Forest offering 2.3 million acres to explore! The heavily timbered western portion of the forests is bordered by the crest of the Cascade Mountain Range and Crater Lake National Park, and stretches east into the Klamath River Basin, an area known for its year-round sunshine, wetlands, woodlands and wildlife. It's also home to Crater Lake, famous for its deep blue color and water clarity.
In 2012 I was exploring a property in Cooks Canyon on the W side of Cooks Mountain and spotted several prints in the dirt which included bear, cougar and deer! And it seem to be the hunters and fishermen who buy a lot of our lands.
It sits directly on the Pacific Flyway, a major migratory route for birds extending from Alaska to the tip of South America. Every year, migratory birds travel some or all of this distance both in spring and in fall, finding food, breeding grounds, and overwintering sites. About 80% of those bird make the Klamath Basin a stopover which is over 1 million at times! And wow is it an incredible display of large and small birds, and there is an abundant amount of the large ones! The largest concentration of bald eagles in the lower 48 states winters here and they are a fabulous sight to see as seen in the additional photos area! I love the drive from Klamath Falls to Sprague River/Beatty and it's flock after flock of birds. I included a few photos of the birds I spotted that day!
Sprague River, population 514, sits about 35 miles NE of Klamath Falls. It has a store with basic necessities, a restaurant I have seen come and go and there is also a post office. This is a favorite area for many seeking a rural setting in the countryside. In June 2012 we stopped in at the little country store in Sprague River for some supplies and also across the street at the Post Office / Public Library. A special shout out to Joyce, the postal worker who also happens to be the librarian. She educated me about the library...among other things. Like which side the glass window would be on if they were truly closed! : )
I peeked thru the window into the library which was not yet open and she said they were kept very busy and they also offer an interlibrary system that allows people to special order books and tapes from any library in Klamath County. They get delivered right to the library out here. I commented that we had that were we lived in as well and we are big fans of that - a cheap way to read investing and inspirational material for me cause I am cheap! Ha! She said theirs is very busy!
I also enjoyed seeing kids jumping from the bridge and playing in the Sprague River and a couple out fishing along the Williamson River and included some of these additional photos at the very bottom.
Klamath County borders northern California and is the fourth largest county in Oregon. Klamath Falls is the county seat as well as the largest nearby town about 45 minutes from Sprague River and Beatty. Here you will find large businesses like Home Depot and Safeway and the courthouse in an old downtown beautiful setting. I've seen winters where the roads are dry and winters where's there's several feet of snow. I do not explore land here during the winter and some springs are iffy because unless a neighbor is driving a road to keep the snow down it's blocked. And I've seen it snow here in May and June on a wild weather day! This is the Cascade's!
I enjoy the drive from Klamath Falls out to this area. It follows the Lost River for a few miles and I frequently stop at Stevenson Park which is a little wayside pullout with a couple picnic benches and see what's in the river. One day I saw pelicans...what??? I thought they lived in Florida! Gotta laugh at myself!
In August 2018, the haze from the California wildfires made for a beautiful sunset and as I headed W of Beatty I spotted these two Great Blue Herons, one on top of an old barn and the other on a pole. Soon the one on the barn flew down to join the other for a romantic sunset! I was thrilled to capture it in flight! I see online it's referred to the old Gallagher barn - so glad they have left it standing. Some might think it's useless, why leave it? But these two had one heck of a romantic night at that old barn! Ha! : )
This property is zoned for a home or manufactured home. What a beautiful spot to watch the ever changing seasons in the valley below! Enjoy! Char the Explorer : )