1186 Daisy Hollow Road , Dryden, NY 13053(Cortland County)

PRICE REDUCED!!!     STUNNING:  one word to describe this elegant log home within its private 120-acre wildlife sanctuary.    Quality constructed with high-end appliances and finishes, the home is immaculate inside and out and features a light-filled, spacious kitchen with granite counters, custom planed hardwood floors, a huge great room – featuring a vaulted ceiling and fireplace utilizing locally sourced stones and leading to a large porch overlooking a stocked pond in a beautifully landscaped serene setting.  Throughout the home, the custom craftwork and attention to detail is readily apparent with many additional features adding to an overall feel of relaxed luxury: spacious master bedroom with its private covered balcony, jetted tub with chandelier in the main bathroom, sauna in the finished, walkout basement which also has a family rec room, work out area, and office down to the custom tile design in the entry foyer.  There is also a main floor laundry room with a stainless sink for added convenience as well as a spacious two-car attached garage.  Two additional storage buildings are also conveniently located on the property. There are two food plots on the property, one currently planted to corn and an easy access road that is drivable with a truck all the way through the property to the back food plot.   The land and woodlot has been well-managed, with a mix of hardwoods and a very nice hemlock stand, and two hunting towers are well-placed at prime locations on the property.   The overall results provide exceptional deer hunting and wildlife habitat through careful timber harvesting and two strategically placed food plot locations.  The Daisy Hollow Connection of the Finger Lakes Trail runs along the perimeter of the property and it backs up to James Kennedy State Forest, part of over 4400 acres of state recreational lands.  The property is also close to the Cayuga Wine Trail, as well as ten minutes from Greek Peak Mountain Ski Resort. This private location is only minutes away from so many outstanding amenities in the Ithaca and Cortland surrounding areas, highlights include Finger Lakes Hiking & Wine Trails, several NYS State Forests and Parks, beautiful and pristine Cayuga Lake, Cornell University, Ithaca College, several museums, many culinary experiences, cultural and performing arts, as well as four seasons of outdoor recreation with hunting, fishing, boating, hiking, snowmobiling and many others. 

Property Features:

- - Immaculate, custom quality built log home, in a beautiful landscaped setting overlooking one of two ponds on this large parcel

- - The woodlot is well-managed for wildlife with strategically placed food plot locations, resulting in consistent trophy buck harvests, many stretching the tape to nearly 170 inches

- - Finger Lakes Trail, New York’s premier footpath since 1962, Daisy Hollow Connection runs along one edge of property and the property adjoins the James Kennedy State Forest - part of the 4,422 acre forest with hiking, miles of snowmobile trails, hunting, fishing and camping and only ten minutes for great skiing at Greek Peak Mountain Resort

- - Less than a half hour to Ithaca including Cornell University, Ithaca College, and Cayuga Lake (38 miles long; second largest in NYS, water sports, beaches, and outstanding fishing for trout, bass, perch, northern pike and atlantic salmon) and only 20 minutes to Cortland

- - Award winning wineries, restaurants and artisanal shops along the Finger Lakes Wine Trail (America’s first wine trail) and the best NYS waterfalls and outdoor recreation, including Buttermilk Falls State Park and Taughannock Falls State Park nearby

- - New York City/George Washington Bridge – approx. 3 hours 24 mins