Sold Price:  $8,364,000

Property Size:  1,967.54 Acres

Location:  Folkston, GA

Category:  Investment Timberland

Improvements: 
Pine Plantation Acres:
1,839.8 acres or 92%

Predominant Plantations:
2014 – 820.8 acres slash pine
2020 – 763.5 acres loblolly pine

Tax:  $9,228.65 in 2023

Broker Comments:

"High-Quality properties of this size are increasingly hard to find in south Georgia and north Florida. Not only is this property an excellent timber investment but it has so much more that is appealing about it. We feel like this property will be attractive to a wide range of buyers."

Hunter Brant, President & Broker
Oakwood Realty Group

Property Description

Lying between the town of Folkston and the Okeefenokee Wildlife Refuge along the Trail Ridge and Spanish Creek is 1,968 acres of exceptional investment timberlands. The property is 94% uplands and contains 1,839.8 acres of planted pine timber, primarily in two timber age classes, 2014 and 2020. This location is within convenient hauling distance to the 2 largest pulp mills on the east coast, which yields excellent pulpwood prices. Even more important to the investment is its all-weather harvestability, meaning due to its significantly higher elevation and quality soils it can be harvested even in exceptionally wet periods, yielding even higher prices during these times. An extensive interior road system and paved road frontage along Spanish Creek Rd. make for easy harvest and maintenance for all timber stands and make the property even more appealing from an investment standpoint.

Spanish Creek Timberlands lies just 3 miles from the town of Folkston making it ideal for residential development in the future. It also lies adjacent to 2 significant landholdings that adjoin the Okeefenokee Refuge that have been placed under a conservation easement, making it attractive for connectivity purposes for a conservation easement.

This property is an excellent recreational property as well. Directly across Spanish Creek Rd lies the 850-acre Spanish Creek Land & Cattle Co. which is highly managed for quail, deer and turkeys. Directly to the west lies the Okeefenokee Refuge. Lying between these 2 exceptional properties allows for excellent game movement, while its high-quality soils, topography and timber make it both aesthetically attractive and attractive to wildlife of all kinds. An extensive road system and existing food plots will make developing further wildlife habitat easier.

Pine Plantation Acres:

1,839.8 acres or 92%

Predominant Plantations:

2014 – 820.8 acres slash pine
2020 – 763.5 acres loblolly pine