Off County Line Lake Rd

A hand-built log camp on 40 acres of hardwood in Ontonagon County, 449 square feet with no water, no sewer and an outdoor privy, listed at $119,000. The listing says the cabin was built with logs cut off the property, that it has an antique cook stove and built-in bunk beds, and that the timber is primarily hard maple, suggesting a sugar camp. The parcel has no assigned street address, which is why the listing calls it Off County Line Lake Rd. It has been on and off the market since October 2023, first at $129,000, and has been removed three times.

The land and setting

The listing gives 40 acres, 1,320 by 1,320 feet, a square quarter-quarter section, and names one parcel, 0522600700. Lot features are Buildable, Private, Rolling Slope and Secluded, ownership Fee Simple.

The remarks call the timber primarily hard maple and suggest a sugar camp. Most of the twenty-eight photos are of the woods, and they show what the listing describes: closely grown hardwood with an open understory in autumn colour.

Frontage length is listed as “0,0” and no body of water is named, so despite County Line Lake in the road name this parcel is not on the lake, and the listing does not claim it is.

Road surface type is Unimproved. The listing does not say whether access is deeded or by easement, who owns the road, or whether it is plowed. On an unaddressed parcel in Ontonagon County, that is the first thing to establish.

The camp

Built in 1990, 449 square feet, log construction under a metal roof, Cabin style. The listing gives no bedroom or bathroom count. The rooms named are a great room of 20 by 20 and a bonus room of 7 by 7, the back room the remarks call a place to wash up.

The interior is bare log, with a centre post carrying the roof beam. Heating is Propane and None, and appliances are given as “No Hot Water”. The photos show a woodstove in the corner and an antique cook stove with an oven, both named in the remarks.

There is no garage. Exterior features list a leased propane tank, and the photos show a propane line running to a mantle lamp at the roof peak, which is the lighting on a camp with no utility power.

The built-in bunk appears at the edge of one photo, a mattress on a log platform. The remarks call the camp quick to set up and quick to tear down, which fits what the photos show: a shell with a stove, a counter and somewhere to sleep.

The facts

Price	$119,000
Acreage	40 acres per the listing, dimensions 1,320 x 1,320, parcel 0522600700. County record: none available. See the acreage note below
Beds / baths / sqft	Not listed / Not listed / 449 per the listing. Rooms given are a great room 20 x 20 and a bonus room 7 x 7
Year built	1990 per the listing
Property type	Single Family Residence, style Cabin, per the listing
Property taxes	Not listed. Zillow reports “Tax history is unavailable” and no assessment record. See the tax note below
HOA	None shown
Financing	Not listed. No terms, and no FHA, VA or USDA named
Water	None per the listing. Utilities for property: Water Not Available
Sewer	None per the listing. Utilities for property: Sewer Not Available. The remarks name an outdoor privy
Power	Off-grid. No utility power listed. Exterior features: Propane Tank - Leased
Internet	Not listed
Heating / cooling	Propane and None per the listing. Cooling Not listed. A woodstove and an antique cook stove appear in the photos and the remarks
Appliances	“No Hot Water” per the listing. The remarks name an antique cook stove with oven
Fireplace	Has fireplace: No. Fireplace features: Multiple. These contradict each other in the listing
Parking	No Garage per the listing
Structures	The cabin. A timber frame appears in one photo but is not listed. Permits Not listed
Lot features	Buildable, Private, Rolling Slope, Secluded per the listing
Frontage	Frontage length “0,0” per the listing. No body of water named
Road access	Unimproved per the listing. Deeded or easement, ownership, maintenance and winter plowing all Not listed
Ownership	Fee Simple per the listing
Zoning	Not listed
Flood zone	Not listed
Days on market	139 on Zillow. Listed April 19, 2026
Listing history	Listed 10/6/2023 at $129,000, removed 4/7/2024. Listed 5/7/2024 at $127,000, cut to $124,000 on 8/29/2024, removed 9/30/2024. Listed 5/7/2025 at $119,000, removed 1/1/2026. Listed again 4/19/2026 at $119,000
Listing agent	Tammy Kauranen, 906-285-2618
Brokerage	First Weber - Bessemer, 906-667-6366
Agent email	Not listed
MLS	GNMLS #216545. Also listed on MiRealSource. Parcel 0522600700, Ontonagon County

What to know before you call

The parcel has no assigned street address. The listing calls it Off County Line Lake Rd because there is no house number on record. That is normal for undeveloped land with a camp on it, but it means no mail delivery and emergency services routed by parcel or coordinates. It also breaks the usual public-records check: Redfin holds no record for this address in any form, and Zillow reports no tax history and no assessor link. Ask the agent for the parcel number in writing and take it to the Ontonagon County equalization department yourself.

There is no county cross-check on the acreage. Every figure in the table comes from the listing, with no second source to test it against. The 40 acres and the 1,320 by 1,320 dimensions are internally consistent and a single parcel is named, but we could not confirm the acreage, the boundaries or the ownership against any public record. Have the title company pull the legal description before you rely on it.

No tax figure appears anywhere. The listing gives no annual amount and there is no assessment history to reason from. Under Michigan’s Proposal A, taxable value uncaps in the year after a transfer and resets to the state equalized value, half of market value, so a sale at $119,000 points to a taxable value near $59,500 whatever the current owner pays. Ask the Ontonagon County treasurer for the current bill and the assessor for what a sale at this price would set.

Ask whether the parcel is in Commercial Forest. Nothing in the listing mentions a forestry program and there is no county record to check, but at 40 acres this parcel meets the minimum for Michigan’s Commercial Forest program. That matters more here than on most properties: the remarks pitch the hard maple as a sugar camp, and enrollment restricts what you can do with the timber, carries a withdrawal penalty that follows the land rather than the seller, and requires the land stay open to public foot access for hunting and fishing. Either would change the deal. Ask the township and the Michigan DNR directly.

Access is unimproved and nothing says it is deeded. The listing gives no easement, no road agreement and no maintenance arrangement. An unaddressed parcel on an unimproved road may be reached by a two-track across someone else’s land. Ask whether legal access is deeded or by easement, get it in writing, and ask what happens between December and April, because nothing suggests the road is plowed.

No water, no sewer, and a privy. Utilities read Sewer Not Available and Water Not Available, appliances are “No Hot Water”, and the remarks offer a back room to wash up and an outdoor privy. This is a camp with a stove and a bunk, not a dwelling. Ask whether a well was ever drilled, what a septic permit would require in this township, and whether the privy is permitted.

The privy is not in any photo. It is named as a feature and none of the twenty-eight photos shows it, nor a well, a generator or a solar array. Ask where it is, what condition it is in, and how the camp gets water when it is in use.

A structure appears that the listing does not name. One photo shows a timber frame among the trees, posts and a header, apparently unfinished, while the listing describes only the cabin. Ask what it is, whether it stays, and whether it or the cabin was permitted, since an unpermitted structure becomes the buyer’s problem at resale.

The fireplace fields contradict each other. The listing says Has fireplace: No, then gives Fireplace features: Multiple. The photos show a woodstove and an antique cook stove, both solid fuel appliances and neither a fireplace. Insurers ask about exactly this on a building this remote. Ask what is installed, whether the chimney and stovepipe are sound, and whether anyone will write a policy on it.

It has not sold in three years of trying. Listed October 2023 at $129,000, removed. Relisted May 2024 at $127,000, cut to $124,000, removed. Relisted May 2025 at $119,000, removed on New Year’s Day. Relisted April 2026 at the same price, now 139 days on market. That is five cycles and a $10,000 reduction without a sale. The price may be ahead of the market for a camp with no water, no power and no address, or something in the access or title may be putting buyers off. Ask the agent plainly why, and take the answer seriously.

Financing terms are not stated. This listing names no acceptable terms at all. A 449 square foot off-grid camp with no water, no sewer, no address and unimproved access is not a conventional mortgage, and land loans on unaddressed parcels are their own category. Assume cash or a recreational land lender, and confirm before you write anything.

You can see everything else we have listed on the properties page. If this kind of thing is what you are after, we also have 40 off-grid acres with a log cabin and a sauna near Michigamme and a furnished off-grid cabin on 40 acres with its own pond, both also on parcels without street numbers.

To ask about this one, call Tammy Kauranen at First Weber - Bessemer on 906-285-2618, or the office on 906-667-6366, and reference MLS 216545. Tell them where you saw it.