Jackson County
Beautiful Wooded Lots Next To Public Land With Water And Electric Near Freetown Indiana - Whole 46.82±
North County Road 500 West, Lot#WP001 Freetown, IN 47235
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Just north of Freetown, Indiana, this 46.82±-acre tract offers a rare combination of privacy, public land access, and build-ready utilities in the rolling hills of Jackson County. The property sits on a dead-end road, so through traffic simply doesn't exist here — the road terminates right at the boundary of Hoosier National Forest, putting hundreds of acres of public hunting, hiking, and recreation land directly adjacent to the tract.
The tract has approximately 1,600 feet of road frontage and is offered either as a whole or in four separate tracts, each with its own dedicated driveway. That flexibility makes it a fit for a single large recreational or hunting property, or for four separate buyers each wanting a piece of ground bordering public land.
A system of newly created trails runs through the property, opening up the interior for hiking and side-by-side (SXS) access without the work of cutting new trails from scratch. Combined with the bordering national forest, the trail network makes this an easy property to actually get out and use, whether that's scouting for deer season, riding, or simply walking the ground straight onto public land.
Water and electric are already available at the road, which takes one of the biggest cost and permitting hurdles out of building here. Each of the four potential tracts has utility access at its own driveway, making this a legitimate option for a cabin, home, or weekend retreat as well as a straight hunting or recreational hold.
Beyond the national forest bordering the property, this tract sits in one of the best-connected pockets of public land in southern Indiana. Jackson-Washington State Forest, with its miles of multi-use trails, is nearby in Jackson County. To the north, Brown County State Park and Yellowwood State Forest add tens of thousands more acres of hiking, camping, and hunting ground. The Charles C. Deam Wilderness — Indiana's only federally designated wilderness area — and Monroe Lake, the state's largest reservoir, are also within reach for anyone who wants backcountry hiking or lake access on top of everything this tract already offers. It's hard to find a property with this much public land layered around it — and rarer still to find one that borders it directly.
The location works in every direction. State Road 135 runs nearby to the west, with State Roads 58 and 258 also close by, so travel north, south, and east off the property is straightforward despite the tract's dead-end-road seclusion. Freetown itself is about 2 miles away, and the tract is within a reasonable drive of Seymour, Columbus, and both Indianapolis and Louisville for anyone commuting in from a metro area.
Because the road dead-ends at Hoosier National Forest, the area sees very little traffic, and there are few other homes nearby — a genuinely low-key setting for a property that still keeps it close to state roads and regional hubs. The property lies within Brownstown Central Community School Corporation. Whether it's the direct public-land access, the building potential with utilities already in place, or the chance to split into four tracts, this Jackson County property offers many ways to put 46.82± acres to work.
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- 46.82± acres north of Freetown, Jackson County, Indiana
- Offered as a whole or split into 4 individual tracts, each with its own driveway
- Approximately 1,600 feet of road frontage
- Dead-end road bordering Hoosier National Forest — direct public land access
- New trail system through the property for hiking and SXS access
- Water and electric available at the road on each tract
- Near Jackson-Washington Forest, Brown County Park, Yellowwood State Forest, Charles C. Deam Wilderness, and Monroe Lake
- Low road traffic due to dead-end access
- Convenient to State Roads 135, 58, and 258 for travel north, south, and east
- Located within Brownstown Central Community School Corporation
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