Grey Rocks Lodge

Ranch Description

When you drive up the driveway that leads to GREY ROCKS LODGE you admire the beautiful river bottomland with large crop fields, Spanish moss draped hardwoods and the well managed wildlife habitat. As you approach the lodge and take in the spectacular views of the Alabama River and its unchanged beauty you start to feel a sense of arrival and the historic grandeur of a setting that time has forgotten.

LOCATION: Southwest Autauga county between Autaugaville and Selma fronting the Alabama River.

TERRAIN: Mildly Rolling to flat river bottom land with elevations ranging from 140/ft on the higher elevations to 80/ft along the river and drains. Rich river bottom soils provide extremely high soil site indexes for row crop and timber production.

SIZE: Land size1,368+/- acres with over 3 miles of river frontage. Lodge consists of 4,500+/- sq. ft. 9 bedrooms, 5 1/2 bath.

LAND USE: Hunting recreation, timber and row crop production, waterfront development and real estate investment.

PRICE: PER ACRE)

Magnificent fully furnished 4,500+/- sq/ft 2 story, 9 bed, 5 1/2 bath cypress lodge complete with 8 bedrooms upstairs and large master bedroom down stairs. Large commercial style kitchen, enormous living room area with stone fireplace that leads out to a large porch that has beautiful views of the scenic Alabama River.

• Property fronts low traffic paved county road with plenty of good internal road throughout the property for easy access.

• First-rate well managed trophy hunting for deer, turkeys, quail and waterfowl. The Alabama River drainage basin is a huge area of land that is sparsely populated that still has that natural undisturbed beauty and ranges from the central part Alabama to Mobile Bay. This area consists of huge timber tracts with a mix swamps and rich farm land and is home to some of the finest hunting in the southeast.

• Well managed by a wildlife biologist and strategically planned wildlife habitat to maximize hunting opportunities. The upland habitat areas consist of cultivated crop land and fallow crop fields, young planted longleaf and loblolly pines, young planted hardwoods with a mix of merchantable hardwoods. The bottomland habitat areas consist of merchantable hardwoods, old growth cypress and swamps. There is also a 10+/- acre water level controlled duck pond that can be drained and planted.

• Excellent timber investment opportunity. The rich river bottom land is some of the best timber growing soils in central Alabama. The professional managed timber stands consists of 611+/- acres of merchantable bottomland hardwoods, 43+/- acres of 14yr planted pre-merchantable loblolly pines, 24+/- acres of 5yr planted pre-merchantable hardwoods and 240+/- acres of 5yr planted pre-merchantable longleaf pines. The 5yr planted hardwoods and the 5yr long leaf pines are currently enrolled in an income producing USDA Conservation Reserve Program generation about per year income.

• The 386 acres of open land is some of the most productive farmland in central Alabama and consists of McQueen, Ochrepts and Wickham soil types. These soil types have an extremely high crop yield rating of 900/lb-1,000/lb of cotton lint per acre. The crop land could be leased out for an agriculture crop lease and is currently enrolled in a USDA crop base DCP program with an annual income stream.

• Valuable water front development potential with over 3+/- miles of water frontage along the beautiful scenic Alabama River. The River is also an excellent area for fishing, boating and skiing and is a US navigable water way from Montgomery to Mobile Bay. In addition this property would be a good candidate for a conservation easement that could provide a meaningful tax savings.