Mariposa Road, LOT#WP001 , DeRuyter, NY 13052(Madison County)

With a cleared area ready for your camper, you can pull in and enjoy this beautiful wooded property for hunting, vacation getaway, or building your year-round home. There is power at the year-round maintained paved road. The nice-sized trail takes you from the level area at the top of the property and down the moderate slope to the back. Mariposa State Forest is located just across the road as well as borders the back of this property, adding an additional 3002 acres for hunting, hiking, and camping as well as miles of snowmobiling trails available for winter fun as well. This area of Central New York is renowned for its wildlife conservation efforts, and deer and wild turkey hunting, making this property an ideal location for your base camp. Between the area farms and thousands of acres of woodlands, streams, and brushy cover, this property, and the surrounding area offer the ideal diverse habitat for whitetail and area wildlife to pass through. The Chenango River, among several great fishing locations in the vicinity, is only 6 miles away and offers fishing for brown trout, smallmouth bass, walleye, northern pike, and muskellunge, among several other species. Amazing additional outdoor activities await in less than a half-hour from this property, including 4157 acres of public land at the Whitney Point Multiple Use Area (NYS Land) with its outstanding hunting, hiking, camping, as well as Dorchester Park, located on the 1200 acre lake of the Whitney Point Reservoir, and offers a public beach, picnic area and NYS boat launch for access to outstanding fishing for pike, bass and panfish. While the property is remotely located on a quiet country road, amenities are only 4 miles away in DeRuyter, while Whitney Point and Cortland are both a half-hour, and you can be in Binghamton in one hour. NYC/George Washington Bridge is 3.5 hours away. This is a really nice property for any number of uses at a very affordable price. Adjacent 10.89 acres are also for sale.

Property Features:

- Heavily wooded lot

- Nice trail leads to back of property

- Clearing off year round road for parking

- Slopes moderately down from the road

- Mix hardwoods, future timber potential

- Electric at the road

- Mariposa State Forest (3002 acres) both across the road and borders the back of the property offers hunting, hiking, primitive camping, and snowmobiling

- Chenango River 6 miles away with fishing for brown trout, smallmouth bass, northern pike, muskellunge, walleye

- Whitney Point Wildlife Management Area, Whitney Point Reservoir and Dorchester Park with public boat launch and public beach less than 30 minutes.

- 4 miles to DeRuyter for amenities

- Less than half hour to Cortland for additional shopping, restaurants & entertainment

- Labrador Mountain for skiing and snowboarding only 14 miles

- Binghamton or Ithaca are both just one hour away

- 3.5 hours from George Washington Bridge/NYC