Introduction
This 670 Acre ranch is beautiful, productive, but secluded, nestled in one of the least populated regions in Northern California's most pristine little valleys. Currently being beautified this is an amazing piece of land which offers views of the valley and ranges, many fresh springs, a lazy winding creek and breathtaking waterfall.
Location
Bear Creek Ranch is located just above the Sacramento Valley, in the rolling hills of Inwood Valley just a short 20 minutes drive time from the small bustling city of Redding; with its fine dinning, golf, shopping, entertainment, excellent medical facilities and commercial air service. Only an hour away from excellent skiing and other winter activities.
Area and Climate
The Sacramento Valley is agriculturally oriented mountain valley. The Inwood Valley elevations range approximately to 2,600 feet allow for mild winter weather and cooler summers. Snow capped views of the surrounding mountain ranges Mt Shasta, Mt Lassen, and the Trinity Range. Sacramento Valley is one of the few places in California that truly enjoy four distinct seasons.
Advantages
The country road running through the valley makes for easy access to the ranch, with restricted access to one of a kind home site with privately owned 200' water fall and 75 mile views. The ranch is unencroach able and protected by Bonnie Craig Ranch, BLM and Seven Hills, providing security and helicopter patrol, or taxi, by Seven Hills with FBI and MET.
The Platinum Wine Club Membership at Anselmo Vineyards-of-course-the only world class winery in Northern California with Michelin class restaurant. For the outdoor enthusiast; miles of pristine riding trails, rafting, fishing, winter X-Country skiing, snow machining. The valley contains a community of ranches, with many classic old improvements reminiscent of the earlier California.
Improvements
Three capped wells, two harnessed springs, assistance with permits and inspection.
2009; brand new perimeter fencing, for security and livestock, a sanctuary landscaped in stone creates the perfect outdoor entertaining area, with walkways, landings and stair case to enjoy the falls.
Operations
The ranch has the potential use as CFOF cattle ranch with its improved irrigated pastures 67 acres, with solid set irrigation is capable of grazing 40 set of cow/calf pair's.
Caretaking, pasture leasing, haying, and other symbiosis easily is arranged with Seven Hills plus one year complimentary TARS policy.
There are two ponds for hydro turbine electric with hydro electric royalty of 12% running for 78 years with ENEL Corp.-average income $48,000 annually.
Operatioanal Considerations
This ranch would be ideal for a remote, isolated world class sport fishing and hunting lodge with 1.5 Miles private landscaped access to the pristine south fork Bear Creek, with two miles of access private to Bear Creek for native trout, and LoPreste Sport fishing pond for bass. Hunting is excellent and exclusive, with a good gene pool of trophy blacktail deer, wild bronze turkey, and a good number of quail. Bears and pigs are also present at various times. Access gained from the ranch into bordering National Forest gives a tremendous size and scope to the sportsman.
Please get in touch if it interests you to have a look around, by air, on foot or horseback
Offered at Land price $3.8 million
Hydro electric royalty $1.4 million
