2 Hillside Dr, Lutsen, MN 55612

The sap is flowing and it’s good riddance to the winter that wasn’t. Time to think spring, summer and getting some land in the Northwoods! The maple woods in and around Lutsen are some of the sweetest woods there are. Here are 8 plus acres of them, abutting public land on two boundaries! Seller has made a good start for the next owner: driveway is in and start of a building pad. It’s mostly maples, so get ready for a forest that radically changes from season to season. Liquid gold sap in the spring. Cool, leafy, green canopy in the summer. Fall is COLOR. Winter’s open skies, views through the woods and the best firewood there is ready for your splitter. Maple BTUs in the woodstove, just doesn’t get better! Upon closer inspection, you’ll find gnarled yellow birches, a few giant spruces, dabbles of cedars. Ever nibbled a yellow birch twig? It’s a root, rain, wind elixir This land rolls - up, down, over there, back around. Outcrops add interest. There’s little alcoves of introspection. Something like a boreal apse is here, inviting deeper contemplation of the rock’s age and how recently a mile thick sheet of ice crunched and munched on the bedrock. Bushwhack an easy 300 feet across public land to Ward Lake, a quintessential miniature wilderness lake: very private and full of little northerns. The roads back this way all dead-end, the definition of off the beaten path. The property is among a group of larger lots grouped together in a sensible homeowner’s association. The doings of Lutsen are about 15 minutes away – restock, or head out for a meal. Ski hill and golf course are an easy drive. Several access points to the Superior Hiking Trail are in the neighborhood. Handy access to the snowmobile and XC ski trails. Though, if the sap boil has started, home it is tending the evaporator’s fire. Sit back, enjoy life at an easier pace. Split some wood, doze off, awaken to an inquiring chickadee, the one you fed pancake to this morning. Enmeshed in nature, the mind unwinds, your spirit unravels. Energies line up and flow orderly like the sap and all the waters as they find their way eventually to the Big Lake down the hill a bit. Come get realigned, get the priorities straight. Start building the dream.