Luxury Retreat. This 10+ acre Estate was designed for both weekend entertaining and year-round living. The home features a Gourmet Kitchen, a Great Room with a stone fireplace and cathedral ceilings, 1st floor Primary and In-law Suites, 4 additional bedrooms with room to expand, and a 3rd floor loft with a cupola. Central a/c and efficient propane heat ensure your comfort year-round, and a whole-house generator ensures you are never without power. Relax on the bluestone patio with gas firepit, and swim in the saltwater pool. Both the 1-bay attached and 4-bay detached garages are wired for electric vehicle charging. The grounds are a mix of meadow and forest with a cool mountain stream. To the rear, the fishing cabin sits next to a stocked pond. Call Brett for your tour. $875,000 Luxury Retreat in Wag-Myr Woodlands. Escape the noise and congestion of urban life and connect with nature in quiet comfort. Located on 10+ acres, this Estate would make a spectacular year-round residence, weekend retreat or hunting lodge. Designed with entertaining in mind, the property features a Gourmet Kitchen (Viking(r) Appliances) which opens to the Great Room with a two-story stone fireplace (Quadra-Fire(r) insert) and cathedral ceilings, post and beam and timber frame construction. Through a wall of windows in the Great Room, you look out onto the beautiful bluestone patio, in-ground saltwater pool and gas firepit, and beyond that, the mountain stream.
The 1st floor Master Suite has two walk-in closets and a dressing room off of the Master Bathroom. A 1st floor In-law Suite with 3/4 bathroom, four additional bedrooms (with room to expand), full bathroom, laundry room, game room, a 3rd floor loft with view of the great room below and a cupola with a 360-degree view of the property round out the living space. Central air conditioning and efficient propane hot air heat ensures your comfort year-round, and a whole house generator (22KW) ensures that you are never without power.
The property also has a one bay attached garage with a Tesla Charging Station, and a four bay, detached garage for your additional vehicles, four-wheelers and snowmobiles. A second Tesla Charging Station is located in the insulated and heated, detached garage. An open wood shed complete with an ample supply of firewood for next fall/winter stands between the house and detached garage.
The grounds are a mixture open meadow and hardwood/evergreen forests with a cool mountain stream flowing through the length of the property. To the rear of the grounds, the Fishing Cabin sit alongside of the stocked pond with a circulating fountain. Abundant wildlife, including deer, turkeys and even the occasional bear, frequent the property.
The gated community of Wag-Myr Woodlands is a mix of full-time residences and vacation homes with minimum lot sizes of 10 acres. This home was originally built by the Developer of Wag-Myr Woodlands, and has been lovingly updated and upgraded by the current Owner. The Wag-Myr Woodlands Homeowners Association maintains the roads in the development, including snow removal. (The HOA Road Maintenance Fee for 2023 was $450.)
Located in the Pennsylvania WILDSTM, the development is adjacent to Bald Eagle State Forest and just a few miles away from Ravensburg State Park and Tiadaghton State Forest. Also, R.B. Winter State Park, with Halfway Lake (swimming and fishing), and the Mt. Logan and Rosecrans Natural Areas are just short drives away. Great hunting and fishing can be found on the property and in the nearby State Forests. Many hiking trails crisscross the area, and hundreds of miles of gravel roads in the State Forests await avid mountain bikers (and snowmobilers in the winter). Quality trout fishing can also be found locally on Rauchtown Creek, Fishing Creek, White Deer Creek, Rapid Run and Halfway Lake, and the legendary fly-fishing only stretches of Penns Creek are less than an hour away.
This property is only 1:00 from State College, 1:45 from Harrisburg, 3:00 from Philadelphia, 3:15 from Pittsburgh, 3:30 from New York City and 4:00 hours from Washington, D.C. Whether you are looking for that perfect weekend retreat or your year-round home in the forest, this is the property for you.
