Maine Land for Sale in Dexter, ME
159 Eaton Road : Dexter, ME 04930
Penobscot County, Maine
Farm Description
You have always wanted to own 100 acres of Maine land or more right If so, this property on the Eaton Road in Dexter, Maine, with 8 acres of quality field and 97 acres of forest is what you have been waiting for.
The 105 acres front on a gravel town road for approximately 500 feet. Electric lines are roadside so you can hook up to the grid or maybe you want to put up some solar in the back field and join the off-grid crowd. Nrcs soil mapping has the fields rated for nearly any type of agricultural uses, and the pine and mixed hardwood forest appears to be well drained. Elevations onsite range from 530 to 650 feet. The rural zoning of this property will allow for many potential uses, such as residential, hunting/vacation cabins, timber harvesting, farming, homesteading, and more.
Just off Eaton Road on the new road system is a small rustic hunting cabin. This building needs some sprucing up but would be a good shelter to get started on this property. The new roads provide access to the majority of the property by passenger vehicle.
For those looking to escape the city and enjoy a more outdoor-oriented lifestyle the area around Eaton Road in Dexter is feature-rich. Nearby snowmobile and ATV trails are maintained by local clubs open to all responsible riders to use. The hunting in this area is wicked good for white tail, both upland and migratory birds, black bear, and other small game. Fishing in nearby 1000+ acres of 85-foot-deep Wassookeag Lake is excellent for lake trout and bass in its shallower depths. Boating is also good and the public boat landing and beach are less than 3 miles away from the property.
The town of Dexter is a warm and friendly town in the rural area of Penobscot County just 37 miles northwest of Bangor. Founded in 1816 when Maine was still part of Massachusetts, the town had a population of 3,895 at the time of the 2010 census. Gone are the grist and woolen mills of the last century, and today the town has a busy downtown with shops and service businesses. This is a great location being an easy drive to both Bangor and the Moosehead Lake Region.
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