Willow Bend Road, Union, WV 24983 - Monroe County

OVERVIEW

Turkey Creek Forest is a hidden gem in the beautiful mountains of Wild Wonderful West Virginia. Along beautiful Turkey Creek lies this 82 +/- acre wooded property, with trails for ATV riding, beautiful mountain vistas and amazing home or cabin sites. Suited for the forever home or cabin for a recreational getaway, you dont want to miss this opportunity for privacy and seclusion, in the mountains of West Virginia.

HIGHLIGHTS

Located on the waters of Turkey Creek

A nice mix of terrain

82 +/- acres by deed and surveys

Excellent hunting and wildlife viewing

Tremendous opportunity for cabins or dream homes

ATV, UTV the entire property

Historic Union is only a 15-minute drive

No deed restrictions

Low property taxes

LOCATION

Google Coordinates: 37.538344(N), -80.550056(W)

Address: Willow Bend Road, Union, WV 24983; No 911 address is assigned to property without structures.

Elevation Range: 1847 ft. to 2459 ft. +/-

Driving Times (approximate)

Towns:

Union: 15 minutes

Peterstown: 35 minutes

Alderson: 45 minutes

Lewisburg and Osteopathic School of Medicine: 55 minutes

Princeton: 55 minutes

Athens and Concord University: 1 hour

Blacksburg, VA and Virginia Tech: 1 hour 10 minutes

Bluefield: 1 hour 10 minutes

Airports:

Greenbrier Valley Airport, Lewisburg: 1 hour

Mercer County Airport, Bluefield: 1 hour 10 minutes

Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beckley: 1 hour 30 minutes

Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport, Blacksburg, VA: 1 hour 15 minutes

Recreation:

Golf - Fountain Springs Golf Course: 30 minutes

Golf - Pipestem Resort State Park: 1 hour 15 minutes

Golf - Willow Wood Country Club Golf Course: 50 minutes

Lake - Bluestone Lake, Hinton: 1 hour

Lake - Moncove Lake State Park, Gap Mills: 35 minutes

Nature Trail - Mill Creek Nature Park Trails, Narrows, VA: 50 minutes

Skiing - Winterplace Ski Resort, Ghent: 1 hour 10 minutes

State Fair of West Virginia, Fairlea: 50 minutes

State Park - Camp Creek State Park & Forest: 1 hour 10 minutes

State Park - Bluestone State Park, Hinton: 1 hour

State Park - Moncove Lake State Park, Gap Mills: 35 minutes

State Park - Pipestem Resort State Park, Pipestem: 1 hour 15 minutes

TIMBER / FOREST RESOURCES

The timber at Turkey Creek Forest adds a great deal of value to this property. The abundant hardwood timber resource is a composite of high-quality Appalachian Hardwoods. This beautiful property was last select harvested about 30 years ago. 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

Turkey Creek Forest has an abundant wildlife population, including turkey, bear, and whitetail deer. The wild population is particularly impressive. The mixture of mature forest and emerging forest, and old farm fields, coupled with an abundant water supply, create the perfect wildlife habitat.

The hardwood forest produced tons of acorns, hickory nuts, beechnuts and black walnut. Whitetail deer, wild turkey, squirrels, raccoons, fox and many species of songbirds and raptors make up the resident wildlife population.

Turkey Creek both fosters aquatic plant life and creates a water-supported community with a wide variety of wildlife. The plant life associated with the creek area includes rushes, sedges, cattails, duckweed, and algae.

It is hard to find a property that has a better mix of wildlife as there has been wildlife management practices in place for many years.

HUNTERS PARADISE

Turkey Creek Forest is an awesome hunters' paradise and a great recreational property. The property is surrounded by farm and corn fields which are the stuff that lead to the hunters' dream spot. The property shares a common border with Turkey Creek, and with the abundance of Hickory White Oak, Red Oak, a habitat is created for large and small game.

The year-round water source of Turkey Creek and the surrounding aquatic plant life create a water supported community with a wide variety of wildlife. Some of the margin of the creek supporting the aquatic food web, provide shelter for wildlife, and stabilize the shores of the stream. There are many animals that live in the water and around the edge of the spring fed creek including raccoons, possums, Blue Heron, turtles, salamanders, crayfish, bullfrog, Hawks and Red Wing Birds. The property has a mixture of hardwood species. The Edge effect created between the creeks, hollows, ridges, rock out-croppings, and forest are textbook habitat benefiting all of the resident wildlife.

The hardwood forest provides an essential nutrients source and produces tons of hardwood mask including acorns, hickory nuts, beechnut, and black walnut. Soft Mass includes sage horn, black cherry, tulip poplar seeds, maple seeds, autumn olive berries and blackberries.

Whitetail deer, black bear, wild turkey, squirrels, rabbits, bobcats, raccoons, fox and many species of song birds and raptors makeup the resident wildlife population.

WATER RESOURCES

Turkey Creek, a blueline stream, runs along a portion of the northeastern property boundary. The creek should have regular water flow, especially during periods of rainfall and snow melt.

MINERAL RESOURCES

West Virginia is one of the states in the US that has two ownership titles, those being SURFACE RIGHTS and MINERAL RIGHTS. A title search for mineral rights ownership has not been conducted. All rights the owner has will convey with the property. A mineral title search could be conducted by a title attorney at the same time when the surface title search is being conducted.

BOUNDARIES AND SURVEY

The property has a plat that was prepared in September 2023. A portion of the northeastern property boundary runs with a county road. The property is being sold by the boundary and not by the acre.

UTILITIES

Water: A well would need to be drilled

Sewer: A private septic system would need to be installed

Electricity: Electric lines run alongside the county road

Telephone: Frontier Communications landline service is located nearby

Internet: Starlink and possibility cellular might be available

Cellphone Coverage: Fair; Varies by carrier

ACCESS/FRONTAGE

There is a non-exclusive right of way for purposes of ingress and egress being 20-feet wide on the property's southeastern side. A portion of the northeastern property boundary runs with a county road near Turkey Creek. Several interior roads/trails of various condition reach much of the forest.

ZONING

There is currently no county zoning in Monroe County. All prospective purchasers are encouraged to contact the Monroe County Health Department for answers regarding installation of septic systems and water wells. Further information on county zoning may be answered by contacting the Monroe County Commission.

PROPERTY TYPE/USE SUMMARY

Forestland now covers most of this property while containing some small open areas. There are indications that some areas once were fields.

(This summary is an estimation of current property use as determined from aerial photography. It is made subject to the estimation of property boundaries and any errors in the interpretation of land use type from the aerial photography utilized.)