Privacy, Views And Maple Sugaring Operation

Property Description

Amazing home with scenic views, privacy and a sugaring operation! This well maintained 5-bedroom, 3-bathroom home has some fresh paint and new carpet. Vaulted ceiling in the living room with brick hearth and Defiant wood stove for chilly nights. First floor bedroom and 3/4 bath with laundry. Mudroom entry and 2nd staircase to second floor. Attached heated garage with 10 foot overhead doors, a compressor and hoist on steel beam with 220 electrical. All on 219 acres overlooking a pond with Mount Mansfield’s surrounding hillsides from this elevated house site. Escape from city living but still be close to Burlington and all that Chittenden County has to offer. Mountains are close for hiking, skiing and back country tours or use the established trails on this property for sugaring. The sugaring operation consists of 13,500 taps with potential for additional 1,000 taps for a density of 73 TPA on the sugarbush acreage of 202A. The land gently slopes allowing for efficient sap collection. Interior roads are well established and suitable for maple sugaring and forest management. Outbuildings for collection sites pump to main sugarhouse with additional equipment for boiling to produce an average of 50,000 lbs Certified Organic Maple Syrup each season. Over all, the ease of the operation is above average for this property. Potential of 2 residential building lots with suitable soils, access to power and shared road.