At the end of a dead-end road in Menominee County, Michigan, sits a breathtaking property that's ready for whatever you want it to be: a full-time home, a weekend getaway or the family hunting retreat everyone looks forward to all year. It covers 240± acres of professionally managed hardwoods, borders thousands of acres of state land and runs down to its own dock on Linnbeck Lake. It's only about an hour and a half north of Green Bay, and once you're through the gate it feels like paradise.

The Home

This is the centerpiece of the property, and it was built with no shortcuts. The barndominium-style home offers approximately 5000 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. A metal roof, cozy in-floor heat on the lower level, and forced air for the upper level keeps the whole place warm in a highly efficient way when the snow is piling up outside.

Inside, the large open great room is where everything happens. The kitchen is anchored by a granite island with plenty of granite countertop space throughout, so whoever's cooking is still part of the conversation and there's room for everyone to pull up a stool. Windows on every side give you a 360-degree view of the property, and mass quantities of wildlife come with the view. Deer filter out of the timber in droves in the evening, turkeys work the yard all year, and the occasional bear walks through like he owns the place.

A wraparound porch circles the entire upper level, and it might be the best seat on the property. Morning coffee on one side, sunset on the other, and from up there you can watch deer moving across the land in every direction.

The lower level of the barndominium is designed for fun, with an indoor pickleball court, plenty of room for all of your vehicles or toys, and tons of room for everyone to play. If the weather is nice, raise the exterior garage doors and then lower the Garage Screen doors to let the breeze flow through the entire lower level and keep the bugs out at the same time. These doors are designed to turn your garage into a screened porch, it is like being outside, but you have eliminated the rain or mosquitos that might normally ruin your day.

Whether you're here every day or a few weekends a season, the home is ready. Fiber internet makes working from here no different from working in town. A whole-home backup generator keeps everything running when the occasional U.P. winter storm knocks the power out. A security system covers the house and extends across the property, so whether you're here or four hours away, you know what's going on. Fruit trees around the home round it out, providing something for you to pick and something for the deer to come in for.

The Lodge

The 50x60 lodge is the building everyone will talk about on the drive home. It has heat, air conditioning and full plumbing, and the interior has a hand-hewn beam look that makes it feel like an old northwoods camp without the drafts. There's a bar for the evening after the hunt, a game room with video games to keep the kids (and some adults) busy, a full bathroom and bunk space so guests have their own place to sleep. An overhead door lets you pull in a side-by-side, open the place up on a warm day or bring the party outside. Opening weekend, family reunions or the friends who come up every November all fit here, and the main house stays your own.

The Shop

The 50x100 storage building has a concrete floor and electric throughout. That's 5,000 square feet for trucks, tractors, boats, side-by-sides, a workshop and whatever else ends up collecting on a property this size. Everything stays inside, out of the weather, and close to the house.

Linnbeck Lake

The property touches Linnbeck Lake, and in practice the lake belongs to whoever owns this land. It sits in a remote, sparsely populated part of the county, and almost no one else uses it. It's not unusual to go an entire season without seeing another boat. A very nice dock gives you an easy place to tie up, cast a line or just sit with your feet over the water. Northern pike and largemouth bass are the main draws, and with that little fishing pressure, they behave the way fish should. The lake is also made for kayaking. It's roughly five acres, it’s calm, quiet, crystal clear, spring fed, and lined with timber, and early mornings out there are usually spent with nobody but the wildlife.

Hunting and Wildlife

This property holds a lot of deer, and turkeys are here year-round, not just passing through in spring. Black bear round out the list. The thousands of acres of adjoining state land behind the property keep game moving through which also means that no houses or new neighbors will ever show up along that side of your property. Numerous enclosed blinds are already in place throughout the acreage, food plots are in place and used regularly, and a trail system winds throughout the entire property, so you can reach every corner quietly, check cameras or just go for a ride in the evening.

Timber

The timber is mostly northern hardwoods, mostly maple with oaks and aspen mixed in and some cedar, under professional forest management. It's a beautiful stand of timber and a working asset that adds long-term value while keeping the habitat healthy. Come fall, those maples turn this place red, orange and gold from one end to the other. Seeing it from the wraparound porch on a cool October morning is about as good as it gets!

Location

For all its privacy, the property is easy to reach. It's about an hour from Iron Mountain, an hour and a half north of Green Bay, and roughly two hours from Appleton and Oshkosh. For anyone in the Fox Valley, that means you can leave work Friday afternoon and be on the porch watching deer before dark.

A finished and furnished home of this quality, a lodge built for hosting, a 5,000-square-foot shop, 240± managed acres, a nearly private lake with its own dock and state land at your back rarely come together in one property. Please call the listing agent, Terry Patrick, to set up a private showing on this Michigan masterpiece! Spend a few more minutes looking at the photos, the game pictures and the entire layout. It will not take long for you to be convinced that this extremely high quality property offers the privacy and comfort that few others can.