4430 N. 900 W., Lot #WP001 , Orland, IN 46776(Steuben County)

This property is situated in Orland just minutes south of the Indiana Toll Road and the Michigan border. It’s in the neighborhood of other farms, wooded tracts and a variety of homes, mostly on larger, 5-10 acre lots. The property has access off an improved county road via a 50 feet wide owned driveway taking you back around 500 feet to the main part of the property. There you will find a fenced pasture area, two separate pond and wetland areas and just over half of the property being farmed for cash rent. It offers a great mix of habitat so it could be used for recreational purposes, hunting, a hobby farm or a location for your new home or cabin. Horse properties are common in this area, and this property is next to the former Great American Clydesdale Farm, a well-known destination among Clydesdale and other equestrian aficionados as they produced National Champion Clydesdale teams in the mid to late 2000’s. The breeding and training have since ceased at that farm and grounds are still impeccably maintained. This property could also make a great location for horses or other livestock because of the already fenced pasture. Most of the remainder of the property is wire fenced providing a separation between the crop ground, the pastures and pond and wet areas completely by a nice, wide mowed path. This path covers the whole property and weaves around its natural features providing easy access. It would be awesome for riding horses, hiking or riding ATV’s. When I visited the property, I measured the paths, and they are well over a mile in total! Truly an awesome way to exercise and enjoy your property. With all the natural and diverse habitat on the property and all the food, cover and water, there is an abundance of deer and turkey sign as well as small game and waterfowl. I witnessed herons, cranes, ducks, wild turkeys, a group of deer and a rabbit on the property all in the same trip! Talk about a mecca for wildlife! Even though this property is diverse, there are numerous opportunities to improve it even more of either farming, hunting, recreation, conservation or construct your new home. Approximately 17 acres of this property is cash rented for row crop production and 5 to 6 additional acres could easily be farmed for more income. If you lean more toward the recreational or conservation mindset, the property’s natural features, habitat, and low areas could be further enhanced to create a nice year-round water source with additional ponds or it may be a great property for a subsidized conservation or wetland mitigation program. There is also an additional 2.71-acre adjacent parcel for sale with more road frontage which you may want to consider is you desire additional acreage or a possible building site nearer the road.

Property Features:

- Partially tillable tract with several potential building sites and good road frontage and access

- Large fenced pasture area great for hay and alfalfa production or horses and livestock

- Lots of natural areas with brush, a small wooded area and great deer and turkey habitat

- Would make a great horse, cattle or hobby farm location

- Has a large natural pond and other low and wetland areas for additional water sources or waterfowl habitat

- Tillable is cash rented for $80 an acre or about $1500 annually and there are possibilities for CRP, Wetland Mitigation, Conservation program income

- Over a MILE of mowed and fenced trails on the property

- Adjacent parcel with road frontage also available for sale