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Northwest River Forest is located in the small town of Sebago, Maine, less than a mile west of Sebago Lake, and less than 30 miles northwest of the city of Portland. Covered by forested hills, and graced by many water bodies amid the rolling landscape, Sebago and the surrounding towns offer the best of northern New England's natural beauty. Located only 30 miles northwest of Interstate 95, the parcel represents options for a rural retreat, recreation and a timber/real estate investment well within an hour of Portland, Maine, and less than 3 hours from Boston, Massachusetts.

Access is provided by several town roads, rights-of-way, and multiple historic temporary points of entry. This access infrastructure offers complete forest coverage for silvicultural operations with few, if any, further improvements required. While comprehensive for forestry and recreational pursuits, this access also benefits future development opportunities.

The main parcel possesses the greatest variety of site qualities. With the exception of the western portion bordering the Northwest River and another portion just of Tiger Hill (both consisting of hydric soils), most of the parcel has well-drained soils with coarse cobble and small boulder content. Overall, the soils and moderate terrain are conducive to a variety of property uses, including timber management or home development.

The two highest points on the property, Tiger Hill on the west and Larrabee Mountain along the eastern border, offer scenic house site potential with possible views of area lakes (Peabody and Sebago). With recent tree clearing, Larrabee Mountain offers a view of Peabody Pond and long-distance views of New Hampshire's White Mountains. Driveway and utility installation on these two sites would not be out of reach for some developers.

The forest consists of 52% hardwoods and 48% softwoods. Total sawlog volume is 2.571 million board feet (2.0 MBF/commercial acre) and 12,733 pulpwood cords (10.1 cords/commercial acre). Total volume per commerical acre is 14.2 cords. Sawlog volume consists largely of white pine, hemlock, oak and the maples, whose combined volume is 89% of the total.