Forest 3612 Rd

A camp on 62.4 acres above the North Branch of the Paint River, 850 square feet on two floors with a bunk room upstairs, listed at $225,000. The listing says the property has approximately half a mile of river frontage, sits within the Ottawa National Forest, and comes with a septic system, a point well, solar, a generator and a one mile driveway already installed. It counts one bedroom and one bath, but also lists a half bath, and the only toilet in the photos sits in a bare room under the stairs with no sink, shower or tub. The parcel has no assigned street address. It has been listed since November 2025 and the price has come down twice.

The land and setting

The listing gives 62.4 acres and names one parcel, 00732300205. Iron County has that parcel on record as 007-323-002-05 but holds no lot size, so the acreage cannot be checked against the county.

Waterfront features are River Front and Waterfront, the body of water is the Paint River, and frontage length is 2,640 feet, the half mile the remarks describe. The aerials show the river winding through open marsh below a wooded slope, and the porch looks down over it.

The remarks place the property in the Ottawa National Forest, near blue ribbon trout streams and ATV trails. Being surrounded by national forest is the appeal, and also the thing to understand before buying, because the road in crosses land you will not own.

The listing says a one mile driveway has been installed directly to the property, and road surface is Gravel. Nothing says whether that mile is deeded, an easement, or a Forest Service road under permit, or whether it is plowed.

The camp

Built in 1984, 850 square feet over two floors, hard board construction. The rooms given are a living room of 25 by 19 downstairs and a bedroom of 25 by 15 upstairs, which is the bunk room in the photos rather than a conventional bedroom.

The interior is finished in light board under a lattice ceiling, and the main room opens onto the porch through sliding doors. Heating is Wall Furnace, Gravity, Other, Propane, Wood and Space Heater, with one fireplace listed as a wood burning stove. Cooling is None.

The kitchen has red cabinets, a range, a refrigerator and the built-in griddle the remarks name. Appliances listed are Other, Range/Oven, Refrigerator and Water Heater, and the remarks say the refrigerator and stove run on propane.

Electric is Photovoltaics Seller Owned, so the solar conveys. Sewer is a septic tank, water a private point well, and the propane tank is owned rather than leased.

The upstairs is one long room with beds along both walls, which is what the 25 by 15 bedroom amounts to. Additional structures are listed as None, though two photos show a timber frame carport among the pines.

The facts

Price	$225,000
Acreage	62.4 acres per the listing, parcel 00732300205. County record for 007-323-002-05: no lot size on file. See the acreage note below
Beds / baths / sqft	1 / 1 / 850 per the listing, which also lists 1 half bath. County record: no beds, baths or square footage on file. See the bathroom note below
Rooms	Living room 25 x 19 on the first floor, bedroom 25 x 15 on the second, per the listing
Year built	1984 per the listing. County record: not on file
Property type	Single Family Residence per the listing. County record: Single Family Residential
Property taxes	$1,171 annual per the listing. Public tax history: unavailable. No assessment record. See the tax note below
HOA	No per the listing
Financing	Cash or Conventional per the listing. No FHA, VA or USDA named
Water	Private Point per the listing. The remarks call it a point well
Sewer	Septic Tank per the listing. Permits and last inspection Not listed
Power	Off-grid. Electric listed as Photovoltaics Seller Owned. The remarks say a generator is included
Internet	Not listed
Heating / cooling	Wall Furnace, Gravity, Other, Propane, Wood and Space Heater per the listing. Cooling None. One fireplace, listed as Wood Burning Stove
Appliances	Other, Range/Oven, Refrigerator and Water Heater per the listing. The remarks name a propane refrigerator, stove and built-in griddle
Propane	Propane Tank Owned per the listing
Construction	Hard Board per the listing
Basement	None per the listing
Structures	Additional structures: None per the listing. A timber frame carport appears in two photos
Levels	Two, 2 stories per the listing
Waterfront	River Front and Waterfront per the listing. Body of water Paint River, frontage length 2,640 feet. On waterfront: Yes
Patio / porch	Porch per the listing
Road access	Gravel per the listing. The remarks say a one mile driveway has been installed. Deeded or easement, ownership, maintenance and winter plowing all Not listed
Zoning	Not listed
Flood zone	Not listed
Days on market	298 on Zillow, 299 cumulative. Listed November 10, 2025
Listing history	Listed 11/10/2025 at $239,900. Cut to $234,900 on 5/6/2026. Cut to $225,000 on 8/12/2026
Special conditions	Private, Standard per the listing
Listing agent	Gary Watters, 906-284-7006
Brokerage	Stephens Real Estate - Iron River, 906-265-7325
Agent email	Not listed
MLS	MiRealSource #50193936. Originating MLS: Upper Peninsula Assoc of Realtors. Parcel 00732300205, Iron County

What to know before you call

The bathroom is a toilet under the stairs. The listing counts one bath and separately lists one half bath. The only toilet in the twenty-six photos sits in a small room under the staircase, bare board walls, no sink, no shower, no tub, and the only sink visible anywhere is the kitchen’s. A half bath is what that is, and it is what the listing’s own half bath field says. If you are picturing a bathroom you can wash in, ask what fixtures exist, whether there is a shower anywhere on the property, and what the water heater is connected to.

The parcel has no assigned street address. Forest 3612 Rd is a Forest Service road designation, and Redfin carries the property as “TBD Forest 3612 Rd”. That means no mail delivery and emergency services routed by parcel or coordinates. Ask for the parcel number in writing and confirm how the property is identified for emergency response, which matters more than usual on a camp a mile off a forest road.

The acreage cannot be checked against the county. Iron County has the parcel on record but holds no lot size, no year built and no building data, so there is nothing to test the 62.4 acres against. Have the title company pull the legal description and confirm both the acreage and the river frontage before you rely on either.

A mile of driveway across land you will not own. The remarks say a one mile driveway has been installed directly to the property, which is described as nestled in the Ottawa National Forest. A drive that long, reaching a parcel surrounded by federal land, usually crosses ground the buyer does not own. Ask whether access is deeded, an easement, or a Forest Service special use permit, and get it in writing, because a permit carries conditions and renewal terms a deed does not. Then ask who maintains that mile and whether any of it is plowed, because nothing says it is.

No tax history to check the tax figure against. The listing gives $1,171 a year, with no public tax history and no assessment record to verify it. Under Michigan’s Proposal A, taxable value rises by no more than inflation or five percent a year while one owner holds a property, then uncaps in the year after a transfer and resets to the state equalized value, half of market value. A sale at $225,000 points to a taxable value near $112,500. Whatever the current owner pays, expect your bill to be set from the sale price. Ask the Iron County treasurer for the current bill and the township assessor what a sale at this price would set.

Ask whether the parcel is in Commercial Forest. At 62.4 acres this parcel exceeds the 40 acre minimum for Michigan’s Commercial Forest program, and a $1,171 bill on a $225,000 property is the kind of figure enrollment produces. Nothing in the listing mentions it and there is no county record to check. Commercial Forest land must stay open to public foot access for hunting and fishing, and withdrawal carries a penalty that follows the land rather than the seller. On a property whose appeal is private hunting and fishing frontage, that matters a great deal. Ask the township and the Michigan DNR before you write an offer.

Solar, a generator and a point well. Photovoltaics Seller Owned means the panels convey, but the listing gives no system size, battery detail or age, and the remarks add a generator. Water is a private point well, a driven shallow well rather than a drilled one, and shallow wells are more exposed to seasonal levels and surface contamination. Ask how old the solar is and what it runs, whether the generator carries the winter load, and when the well was last tested.

The septic is stated but not documented. The listing says a septic system is installed, without saying when, whether it was permitted, what size, or when it was last inspected. Ask the county health department for the permit record and have it inspected before closing.

A structure appears that the listing says is not there. Additional structures reads None, and two photos show a timber frame carport among the pines, one with a truck under it. Ask whether it stays, whether it was permitted, and whether it is on the assessment record.

It has been on the market ten months and cut twice. Listed November 2025 at $239,900, cut to $234,900 in May and $225,000 in August, now 298 days on market. That is a $14,900 reduction without a sale on a property with genuine river frontage. It may be the bathroom, the access, or the price. Ask the agent what feedback the showings have produced.

The Zestimate is well above the asking price. Zillow estimates $313,200 against the $225,000 ask. Automated valuations are close to meaningless on a remote off-grid camp with no comparable sales, but a buyer should know the number exists rather than meet it later.

You can see everything else we have listed on the properties page. In the same county we have 80 acres with a log camp on the Fence River and an off-grid hunting camp on Net River Road, both also off-grid.

To ask about this one, call Gary Watters at Stephens Real Estate - Iron River on 906-284-7006, or the office on 906-265-7325, and reference MLS 50193936. Tell them where you saw it.