OCEAN VIEW HOME WITH ACREAGE! This modified Cape with the feel of an old-fashioned New England farmhouse is situated on 70 acres with delightful ocean views of Holmes Bay. Enjoy coastal living in this comfortable home with 3 bedrooms, one bathroom, eat-in kitchen, living room, laundry room, and seasonal porch/mud room. The inviting living room has a large fieldstone fireplace and several windows for taking in the alluring ocean views plus capturing the natural lighting to bring the outdoors inside. The walkout basement could be finished to provide for other versatile living areas. There is a one-bay garage under the home plus a shed for storing lawn and garden equipment. The substantial wooded back acreage offers many possibilities depending on one's needs, interests, and entrepreneurial spirit. A nearby shorefront public access area has a pebble and sand beach for beach combing, launching a kayak, enjoying sea breezes, and much more.
Machiasport is well-known as a fishing village with abundant marine resources where many residents make a living by lobster fishing, scallop dragging, clamming, and other fishing. The Machias Bay area is the perfect spot for residents and visitors to enjoy a wide-range of outdoor activities. Nearby gems include the 180-acre Long Point Preserve for hiking and wildlife observation and Jasper Beach with its unique jasper stones plus crashing surf in Machiasport, the exceptional Bold Coast Trails for hiking in Cutler, and Roque Bluffs State Park with a highly acclaimed half-mile sand beach. Washington County is one of the last places on the coast of Maine where you can take a walk on a beach or hike along the shoreline and not encounter another human being!
The property is located in a country setting yet is a short drive to Machias which serves as the commercial, educational, medical, cultural, and governmental center of Maine's easternmost county.
