9440 Saddle Mountain
Bozeman, MT 59715

Are you looking for land, privacy, adjacent forest service access, amazing hunting prospects, fishing on your land and only 12 minutes to Bozeman/Yellowstone Intl Airport? Then look no further. This is it!! 63-acre historic homestead divided into tw...

Are you looking for land, privacy, adjacent forest service access, amazing hunting prospects, fishing on your land and only 12 minutes to Bozeman/Yellowstone Intl Airport? Then look no further. This is it!! 63-acre historic homestead divided into two US government lots located high above the Gallatin Valley. With 3 Middle Cottonwood building rights, your possibilities are endless. While waiting for your home to be built, live in the recently completed over 3300SF barndominium of which approximately 1500 square feet is luxury living space, plus additional insulated radiant heated floors throughout. 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, along with living/dining/kitchen and "Barn Living Room". Sit in your hot tub, and listen to the sounds of Middle Cottonwood Creek nearby. Panoramic views of Middle Cottonwood Canyon, the entire Gallatin Valley and surrounding mountain peaks from many building site possibilities. Lush setting with live water, ancient virgin fir timber forest, aspen and cottonwood stands. Scenic high elevation rock outcroppings are stunning. Current partially fenced grassy lowlands for stock animals. A year-round private trout stream provides the tranquil ever-present sound of rushing water. There is a hidden high elevation spring-fed ‘moose pond’ that is a year-round ‘watering hole’ for all species of Montana large animals. The pond can be further developed to increase size and hold large trout. Borders National Forest with owner’s private wildlife habitat. Moose, Elk, Bear, Lion, Birds of prey, and trophy mule deer. The property is within the boundary of a trophy mule deer sanctuary. The undeveloped portions of the property can be put into a preservation trust, if desired. Developed utilities include underground power, deep cased well (artesian constant flow) and county permitted septic. Buried LP tank. Newly built, county permitted, timber frame barn can serve as an ADU for a future estate home. Steel frame fully permitted bridge crosses Middle Cottonwood Creek. USFS easement is in place for nearby natural gas and other underground utilities as desired. Abundant water: Montana 1871 stock water rights for Middle Cottonwood Creek and additional rights for ground water springs and deep well. USFS maintained access road, Middle Cottonwood trailhead is a 5-minute walk away with boundless Bridger Mountain USFS. There is even an old gold mine shaft hidden in the hillside!