000 Long Spring Road

About This Property

Discover your dream property in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks! Encompassing 363.20 +/- acres of rolling hills, mature timber, beautiful pasture, flowing creeks, ponds, and incredible wildlife, this remarkable property offers a rare combination of natural beauty, recreational opportunities, agricultural potential, and rich local history. One of the property's standout features is an amazing crystal-clear spring located exclusively on the parcel with the old farmhouse, making it a truly special highlight of the entire offering. The land features an impressive variety of mature timber, including white oak, black oak, and many other native species, along with lush pasture filled with excellent grasses suitable for livestock grazing or equestrian use. Scenic Ozark hills, wooded ridges, open fields, and water features create an ideal setting for a working farm, horse property, private retreat, or recreational getaway. Existing homes, barns, outbuildings, and wells are located on Tracts 1 and 2, offering established improvements and multiple possibilities for future use. For the outdoor enthusiast, this property is a whitetail deer hunting paradise, with abundant turkey populations and opportunities to pursue gobbling boss toms each spring. The diverse habitat, mature timber, open ground, and water sources create an appealing environment for wildlife and year-round outdoor recreation. Whether you're looking for a premier hunting property, a family retreat, or a place to enjoy the outdoors for generations, this acreage offers an exceptional Ozarks experience. History adds another distinctive element to the property, with the historic Trail of Tears route passing through Tract 2. The surrounding region is rich in Native American history, local folklore, and stories from Missouri's frontier days. Legends of Jesse James and the possibility of hidden outlaw treasure add to the area's longstanding mystique. The location is equally appealing, situated near Steelville, a quaint country town known for its small-town atmosphere, antique shops, and relaxed Ozarks lifestyle. Outdoor recreation is close at hand, with thousands of acres of public land available for exploration in the nearby Mark Twain National Forest. The Meramec River, Huzzah Creek, and Courtois Creek are also nearby, offering outstanding opportunities for floating, kayaking, canoeing, and fishing for smallmouth and largemouth bass, goggle-eye, and other Ozarks favorites. Whether your vision is a livestock operation, an equestrian retreat, a premier hunting destination, a family farm, or a secluded recreational escape, this 363.20-acre property delivers the space, scenery, water, wildlife, and character that make Missouri land so desirable. Located approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes from St. Louis County, this is a rare opportunity to own a substantial piece of the Ozarks and create something truly special.

Meramec float country of clear water, gravel bars, and timber

Crawford County is prime Ozark float country, drained by the Meramec River and its clear tributaries the Courtois and Huzzah. The landscape runs to timbered hills, pine and hardwood ridges, and gravel-bottom valleys, with much of the county bordering Mark Twain National Forest. Recreational buyers prize the cold, spring-fed streams for canoeing and smallmouth fishing, while the heavy hardwood cover holds strong whitetail and turkey. Thin, rocky uplands keep the working ground in pasture, hay, and cattle rather than crops. With Steelville and Cuba as regional hubs and easy interstate access, tracts here suit a river retreat, a hunting camp against public land, or a cattle place with recreation built in.

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