Possum Hollow Road, Oakvale, WV 24740

OVERVIEW  In the mountains of Wild Wonderful West Virginia, along a small intermittent stream, sits a 44-acre wooded property that would be perfect to create a retreat or to build a forever home. With spectacular views of the surrounding farm fields and gorgeous mountains, Possum Hollow Forest creates a secluded and peaceful environment that must be experienced to appreciate.    Only minutes from the mighty New River and the Hatfield and McCoy Trails, it gives you the opportunity to spend your day fishing, boating, or riding your ATV on the trails. Possum Hollow Forest has a mixture of hardwood ready to be harvested.  The small creek lends to the peaceful atmosphere. There is so much potential to this property. Possum Hollow Forest is a must see for those that are looking for those amazing views and peaceful atmosphere of the mountains of Wild Wonderful West Virginia.    LOCATION  Google Coordinates: 37.338368°(N), -80.978463°(W)  Address: Possum Hollow Road, Oakvale, WV 24739. A 911 address is not assigned to a property without structures.  Elevation Range: 2079 ft. to 2473 ft. +/-    5 minutes to Princeton  20 minutes to Athens and Concord University  25 minutes to Bluefield  25 minutes to Mercer County Airport, Bluefield  45 minutes to Beckley and Raleigh County Memorial Airport  45 minutes to Wytheville, VA and I-81  45 minutes to Blacksburg, VA and Virginia Tech    Recreation:  25 minutes to Camp Creek State Park & Forest  30 minutes to Pipestem Resort State Park  30 minutes to Winterplace Ski Resort  45 minutes to Bluestone Lake  55 minutes to Claytor Lake State Park    FOREST/TIMBER RESOURCES  Possum Hollow forest, timber resource is composite of high-quality Appalachian Hardwoods. This well-maintained timber resource can provide a great deal of flexibility to the next ownership.  Capital timber value of the timber and pulpwood has not yet been determined at this time. The forest has predominantly well-drained upland terrain which has led to a resource dominated by hardwood species.    Overall, the species compensation is highly desirable and favors Appalachian hardwood types, consisting primarily of Black Walnut, Sugar Maple, Poplar, Basswood, Red Oak groups, White Oak and Chestnut Oak, Soft Maple, Hickory, and a host of associated species.    WILDLIFE  Possum Hollow Forest is a spectacular place to hunt and is tremendous recreational property, with deer, turkey, and other wildlife in abundance.  With a small intermittent stream that runs through the property and an abundance of Hickory, White Oak, and Red Oak, a perfect habitat is created for the large and small game.    Possum Hollow Forest has a mixture of hardwood species.  The adverse hardwood species, coupled with the abundant water supply from the creek creates a perfect wildlife habitat.  The edge effect created between the creek, hollows, ridges, rock out-croppings, and forest is a textbook habitat benefitting all the resident wildlife.    Whitetail deer, black bear, turkeys, squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, bobcats, fox, and many species of song birds make up the wildlife population.  The hardwood forest provides an essential source of nutrients and produces tons of hardwood mask including acorns, hickory nuts, beechnuts, and black walnuts.  Soft mass includes sage horn, black cherry, tulip poplar seeds, maple seeds, autumn olive, berries and blackberries.    WATER  There is a developed spring on the property (shown in one of the photos).  A dashed blueline intermittent stream runs through a portion of the northern side of the property.  The intermittent stream should have water flow during a rain event or periods of snow melt.