The property consists of two tracts, one 8.31 acres that contains the cabin (Tract I) and an adjacent one of 7.40 acres (Tract II). Tract I has 1,018 feet of frontage on Good Creek while Tract II has 718 feet, for a total of 1,736 feet (or one-third of a mile). Tract II is not available for separate sale until the cabin is sold and that purchaser does not wish to acquire it.
In addition to the cabin, there is a two-car carport with upper level storage and an 8' x 10' generator room with storage shelves.
The land slopes toward the creek and backs up to, and is surrounded by, over a million acres of National Forest land. You may use the National Forest of all recreational uses as: hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, canoeing, mountain biking, four-wheeling and the collection of firewood, (winter activities include cross country skiing and sledding).
The property is covered with towering lodgepole pine, aspen and spruce trees. A couple of meadows with waist-high grass serve as feeding grounds for the large number of big game that inhabit the area. (More in WILD GAME AT THE PROPERTY below) Numerous rock outcroppings dot the landscape, providing visual interest. Within 50 yards of the cabin is a willow swamp that serves as the annual birthing ground for the whitetail and mule deer fawns.
A small well-constructed road runs through the property to make for easy maintenance, picking up firewood or just "surveying your domain."
THE ELECTRIC AND WATER SYSTEM
Since the cabin is located in the center of the Flathead National Forest, there are not utility or water lines. You are "off-the-grid" here, making your own electricity and pumping your own water from the limestone caverns 200' below the property.
A 1000 gallon propane tank provides the energy for cooking on the stove, cabin heat and heating bath water. The tank is filled once a year under normal usage. The tank is not owned but rented for a fee of about $100/yr.
The electrical system consists of a bank of 12 batteries operating at 24 volts, two solar panels and their controller, an inverter to change the 24 volt DC current to 110 volt AC current and the generator to supply energy to the batteries is you have been wasteful or after several cloudy days (never happens in the summertime!). The electricity is used to power the lighting system for the house (however, you have a propane light backup), to run the TV and satellite receiver, to power a DVD or VCR or to run computers if you absolutely need to work. At the worst of times the generator requires 5 gallons of gasoline per week, and in the summertime, the requirement is less than a gallon a week.
In addition to providing the backup power for the batteries, the generator is used to pump the water from the limestone caverns below the house. It takes about 5 minutes to fill the 80 gallon water tanks in the sub-basement below the house. The well has a nearly inexhaustible supply of water. The water is always cold and delicious!
THE SWIMMING HOLE
Directly in front of the cabin is a 12' diameter perfect swimming hole in Good Creek. The water flow is low and the creek bottom is fine sand. Many children (both young and old) have had a wonderful time swimming in the cool, clear water of Good Creek in "The Swimming Hole."
WILD GAME AT THE PROPERTY
The cabin, being in a great remote location, is full of wild game. Every day you will see 20 or more deer. The mid-summer is especially exciting when the does bring their fawns out for the first time.
In the last 3 months, in addition to the deer, we have seen: 1.) a mother moose with twin calves, 2.) a juvenile male moose with small horns, 3.) a small fox, 4.) a badger, 5.) an osprey (fish eagle), a bald eagle and numerous hawks and other raptors, 6.) a small bear and dozens of small bird species.
The birds are attracted and retained by numerous unique bird houses placed all over the property. At dusk they seem to swarm the sky eating every insect in sight!
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