Highland Park, Secondcreek, WV 24974

OVERVIEW  "TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS" in the small community of Highland Park in Monroe County, West Virginia brings to mind the John Denver song that you hear resonating through the beautiful mountains of Wild Wonderful West Virginia.  Here is such a setting, a 5-acre corner lot ready for your forever home, a great mini farm, or a getaway cabin.  Mountain View Field and Forest offers a beautiful mountain vista in the country surrounded with plenty of peace and quiet.  Come join us in the mountains.    FEATURES & BENEFITS  *5 acres woodland property located just outside the beautiful Greenbrier Valley  *Buildable lot in a nice rural neighborhood  *Excellent access with frontage on a state-maintained highway  *15 minutes to historic Lewisburg - America's coolest small town  *15 minutes to Union in lightly populated Monroe County  *20 minutes to Interstate 64, and 25 minutes to the GVA jet airport  *Long-range views of distant mountains and pastoral farms  *All Mineral Rights will convey  *Excellent timber species include fragrant cedars, white pine, beautiful oaks, black walnuts, poplars, maples and hickories  *Forest trails for hiking, ATVing & horseback riding accessing every part of the property  *Internet, electric & landline phone available on site  *Cellphone coverage is good in most places  *Surrounded by beautiful farms and woodland tracts  *Abundant wildlife with white tail deer, wild turkey, squirrels, raccoons, and chipmunks  *Neo-tropical song birds, owls, red tail hawks, blue jays, ravens  *Mosses, ferns, wildflowers and abundant native plants cover the forest floor  *Little light pollution sets the stage for amazing star gazing and planet observation  *Sized right for incorporating a permaculture experience  *Elevation Range: 2080′ to 2200'  *45 minutes to the 2000-acre Bluestone Lake and the New River, the gateway to awesome water recreation15 minutes to the Greenbrier River  *Darkest of skies with little or no light pollution for star and planet gazing    LOCATION  Google Coordinates: 37.670896°(N), -80.431434°(W)  Address: Highland Park Road, Second Creek, WV 24974. No 911 address assigned to property without structures.  Elevation Range: 2080 ft. to 2200 ft. +/-    Drive Times    Towns:  Alderson: 30 minutes  Lewisburg: 25 minutes  Union: 20 minutes    Airport:  Greenbrier Valley Airport, Lewisburg: 35 minutes    Recreation:  Bluestone Lake, Hinton: 1 hour  Greenbrier State Forest, White Sulphur Springs: 20 minutes  Moncove Lake, Gap Mills: 35 minutes  State Fair of West Virginia, Fairlea: 20 minutes    FOREST/TIMBER RESOURCES  Highland Park's forest resource is comprised of old fields regenerating back to forestland and composed of quality Appalachian hardwoods and white pine. A well-managed timber resource can provide a great deal of flexibility to the next ownership in terms of potential harvest revenue and can be managed to provide cash flow opportunities to offset holding cost and long-term asset appreciation.    The forest's predominately well-drained upland terrain has led to a resource dominated by hardwood species. Overall, the species composition is highly desirable and favors Appalachian hardwood types, consisting primarily of: Black Walnut, Sugar Maple, Poplar/Basswood, Red Oak Group, White Oak/Chestnut Oak, Soft Maple, Hickory and a host of associate species (ash, cedar, birch, sourwood, black gum, beech).  Pine compliments the hardwood forest.    The forest is healthy and there are no signs of pest infestations of Gypsy Moth. The Emerald Ash Borer, which has inundated the entire Northeast US, is present and the Ash component will significantly decline over the next decade. The Eastern Hemlock species is under attack by the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid and the remaining hemlock will significantly decline over the coming decade. There have been no forest fires in recent memory.