Property Description

Some properties are just land. This one is a life. Blue Mountain Ranch - 81.89 acres of pristine northeast Oregon countryside in the Grande Ronde Valley, surrounded by Wallowa and Blue Mountain views and some of the darkest, most brilliant night skies you'll find anywhere.Smith Creek runs year-round through the property, cold and clear, its banks lined with wild watercress and miner's lettuce. Four spring-fed ponds are home to naturally occurring brook trout. Not a drop of pesticide or herbicide has ever touched this land. Water rights on file.The 2bd/2ba home (2,420 sq ft per county records, built 1957) is warm and full of character - wood floors, great light, passive solar artist's studio, wood burning insert and diesel furnace. Outbuildings include a 2,880 sq ft feeder barn with stalls and tack room, 2,500 sq ft GP building, machine shed, GP shed, greenhouse, and more.For pilots: private 2,600-ft turf airstrip at ~3,150' MSL, windsock, 300-ft taxiway, 50'x50' hangar with 40-ft sliding doors, full concrete floor and 20'x50' apron with electricity. Near Indian Rock Trails. Abundant wildlife. Close to town amenities, EOU, shopping and local events.This is the one you've been looking for.