Fruit Lake Ranch is located on the ridgetop north of the village of Yorkville. Named for the ranch's crown gem, Fruit Lake, a large, beautiful lake - approximately five surface acres. It is loaded with fish; bass, crappy, and catfish. In addition to fishing, the lake offers swimming, boating, Kayaking your own private water recreation. The lake also serves as a well known watering hole for the birds and animals in the area. It is not unusual to see an osprey or a bald eagle retrieving their dinner of fish from the lake.
In addition to gentle ridgetop meadows and mixed hardwood forests, this 160 Acre ranch boasts a wonderful 2300 +- sq. ft. (2Bed/3Bath) home that features lovely Fruit Lake & wildlife views, beautiful painted artwork walls in the living room and entry and a well appointed country kitchen.
A huge shop building with an office, several rooms, roll up doors, and lar...
A huge shop building with an office, several rooms, roll up doors, and large storage areas under roof is ready for all and any projects. This is one if the nicest shops around. Built by a meticulous landscape contractor, it is a perfect addition to a ranch that offers plentiful gardens and orchards.
For visitors there is a cute, private and comfortable guest house.
The home is off-the-grid. Power is provided via a state of the art power system. The heart of the system is a solar bank on a sun tracker system, which keeps a battery pack full. In the winter when there is less sun, there is a 20 Kw diesel generator that powers the buildings and charges the batteries. Every component is state of the art and meticulously maintained.
For the gardener in the family there are two spectacular garden areas. No detail has been left out. There are dozens of varieties of fruit and nut trees, a large netted enclosure with blueberries, raspberries and blackberries and large vegetable plots. Roses and ornamentals add special grace and beauty. The gardens are deer fenced, have rocked roads, extensive programmable drip watering systems, amended soils, drainage systems, gopher resistant enclosures first class garden areas.
There is a very good rocked road system on the property, and a great water system. Water is provided by a productive well and spring, which flow into a water system that includes two locations with 10,000 gallons of storage. There are literally miles of water pipeline on the property with the ability to change water sources and send the water different directions. There are several hydrants for fire safety.
You can be the next owner of Fruit Lake, enjoying the natural beauty of the property, the wonderful lake, the great home, guest house and shop, first class infrastructure and gardens.
Hwy 128 to Yorkville Rn. Rd. Up 3 mi+- to Grizzly flat Rd. 1/2 mile to entry gate. Call Listing agent for gate codes/showing.