$199,900

Sixty acres of hardwoods that start at Forest Avenue and run back toward the north, five minutes from downtown Jamestown. That combination doesn't come up often on this side of the county. The land rises from the road, so the farther in you go, the more it feels like you left town. Truck trails run deep into the woods, which means a ladder stand, a load of firewood or a November deer comes out in the bed of a pickup instead of on your back. The timber is mostly mature hardwood, with a lot of big shagbark trees dropping mast in the fall and thick cover between them where deer spend the daylight hours. On a still morning in late October you can sit on one of those trails, listen to the leaves, and hear them coming long before you see them. It also works as a place to live. The parcel is zoned residential, fronts on Forest Avenue and has electric at the road. A house set just up the rise would have the road in front, the woods behind it, and a five minute drive to groceries. Build first and hunt it, or hunt it for a few seasons and build when you're ready. With that much land and road frontage, carving off a building lot or two down the road is a possibility too, subject to Town of Busti approval. The practical side: about 60 acres in the Town of Busti, Jamestown school district, roughly three miles to I-86, not in an agricultural district. An active, producing gas well sits on the property with an access easement to reach it. Oil, gas and mineral rights are not owned by the seller and do not transfer. Climb to the top of the rise on a fall afternoon, when the low sun comes through the shagbarks and Forest Avenue is somewhere behind you. That's where this property makes the most sense.