River and Mountains

From this property you have access to millions of acres of National Forest and a Blue Ribbon trout stream just down the hill! This is an ideal spot for your horses, lots of nutritious grass and even though you are right in the foothills of Mount Wood, which is the second highest mountain in Montana, the ground is still somewhat level. It does have a slight slope and the water table is high in the north-westerly part, you should get a really good well there. Electric, DSL and phone are under ground in the road, ready to be led to your home. There are some trees on the property, just enough for shade but not enough to be a fire hazard or to block the spectacular view of the mountains or the valley.

The rock formations you can see here along the face of the mountains are called Palisades. They are the only sedimentary rock left on the ancient Rockies, the rest has long washed off and produced the rolling hills along its front. The Palisades are actually an old ocean floor, which was pushed upright by a huge chunk of granite rising up from the bottom. Most of the Rockies are made out of granite.

The ranch is called Buffalo Jump, because it is more or less across from a real Buffalo Jump, which is a stubby cliff with a slope beneath. The Crow Indians used this formation to chase bison over the edge and whichever broke their leg or skull became lunch among other things. Below the buffalo jump are teepee rings, which are circles of rocks that held the fabric of the teepees down. Before the Native Americans had horses, those rings were rather small, but after the Spaniards introduced them to horses, those rings became much larger. The Nye area was used heavily by the Absarokee's (Native American for Crow - or rather "Heavy Beaked People"). Click on the jumping buffalos above to hear the flute played by Robert Tree Cody.

The town of Absarokee is 22 miles away, and that is where the Middle and High schools are for the area. Nye has an Elementary school built out of river rock right next to the Stillwater River. They have a very nice teacher there and a website telling about the History of Nye.

Nearby wells run from 28 feet deep with 40 gallons per minute, to 90 feet deep with 12 gallons per minute. Elevation on this property is about 5,200ft. As you drive into the ranch, there is a ten acres private park for the owners and guests along the Stillwater River and private access to National Forest at the south end of the development. The subdivision is about 800 acres big, all 10 acres parcels, and there are a good dozen dwellings, most are second homes.

Electric, DSL and phone are underground approximately 400' from the SE corner of the property. It will cost app. $7,000 to bring the line to that corner (quote by NW Engergy). If the meter base is placed within 100' of the point where our line would hit the property, the transformer could be placed at the property line and the service run from the transformer to your meter base at no additional cost as long as the digging is reasonable (if it's rocky there would be an additional fee unless you provided the trench/backfill) and the length of the service did not exceed 100'.

Type the coordinates 45°25'12.95"N 109°48'52.99"W into Google Earth and it will fly you right to it.

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Owner will carry!*
*Contract for deed with 20% down, 6% for five years or amortized over 20 years with a balloon due after 5 years