8 Miles Garnet Range Rd Potomac, MT 59823

Patented Gold Mining Claim '' meaning DEEDED LAND, USA issued original OWNERS A DEED IN 1893. Surrounded on all 4 sides by BLM. BLM road driveway ends a the property line, 1 hr from Missoula, Garnet Range road from Highway 200 8 m to the driveway , new road on the property to a cabin site with a great view of Blackfoot valley over looking PAWS UP RANCH AREA, view of the SWAN RANGE, MISSION RANGE, GARNET RANGE, 8 miles from Hwy 200 ( 4 paved and 4 good gravel road), elk sign all over the property, EAST FACING SLOPE, huge TAMARACK / LARCH TREES, most of smaller timber harvested about 15 years ago so you have open views of the property and you have great views in 180 degrees. Snow machine access most winter months. off grid for sure Surface Water: seasonal This property is located just a few miles from Garnet Ghost town, one of Montana's and the West's most complete historic Ghost towns, parking at the area for motorhomes and buses, great walking self guided tours of the old buildings. If yoiu like to ride the back country roads by 4wd or atv/UTV, lots of BLM roads in this area that allow you to make nice big half day loops of riding down through ELK creek, down through Bear creek, down to Paws up ranch for dinner, down to Clearwater Jct., if you study the maps you will find that you can ride from this property to Drummond/Deer Lodge/Butte/Clinton/Potomac valley via dirt roads, and with a short hop here and there on paved secondary roads go even further and hook up a lot of Western Montana. I met a group of UTV riders that had come from Helena through the mountains to Seely Lake, and then toured this area with only a few miles of of secondary paved roads to
ride.

Property is 40 miles from the South side of Missoula, A realistic 1 hr drive from south Reserve street to the property and be standing on the property.

6000 to 6340 altitude

Cell phone has good reception at the building site due to line of sight to cell phone towers down in the Blackfoot valley.

The area is well known for hunting resources and viewing wildlife. While traveling back and forth to the property this spring, the owners took numerous photos of black bears along the Garnet range road. Almost every morning the road builder
found new elk tracks in yesterdays newly bladed dirt.

The Garnet range road does not end at the Ghost town, it has a several other routes that will take you out to I90 at the Bearmouth exit, another popular drive is down ELK creek and out to Greenough/Clear water junction, a backcountry dirt road that follows the BIG BLACKFOOT RIVER and offers fishing access or river floating access while still being only a few miles drive over to Highwauy 200.