Picture perfect farm near historic Cooperstown with lake rights

Quintessential "Norman Rockwell" farm, beautifully maintained, landscaped, in historic Otsego County Leatherstocking Region, only minutes from Richfield Springs and Cooperstown with lake rights to Otsego Lake. This beautiful 5 bedroom home with barns, ponds, ag fields, orchard and woods will capture your heart and your imagination with so many possibilities for the new owner. The impressive Colonial style home, built in 1980, is based on a design from the "Old Sturbridge Village", exudes New England charm, with its setting, landscaping and circular drive. There are 4 bedrooms and 2 baths in the main house, with a traditional layout, featuring an updated spacious kitchen with granite, stainless appliances, and eat-in at the counter counter. There is a separate formal dining room, elegant wood-paneled wainscoting in the front living room with central fireplace, and a less formal family room behind it with a second wood burning fireplace. The oversized, two car garage is heated and leads to a lovely 3 season sun-room, looking out over the fields and woods behind the house. A private staircase leads to a separate suite with full bath, located above the garage, and which has been used as a B&B rental but could also serve as a MIL apartment, home office or studio. The main, gambrel roof, two story barn is in pristine condition, recently used for horses and offers 10 large stalls, with additional workshop/storage areas on the first floor and huge second floor that is in great shape and could be utilized for so many different things: hay, storage, business enterprise, farm market, or special event/amazing country wedding venue, particularly with the nearby pond offers a stunning setting for special events. In addition, there is an original 19th century Hops Barn, with immense hand-hewn beams which offers additional storage or other possible uses such as more work space, studio or small animal barn. There are two beautiful large ponds, both stocked with bass and perch, providing opportunities for fishing and swimming on your own private preserve - one located near the buildings and second pond tucked privately in a clearing in the woods at the back of the property. There are ~37.5 acres of tillable agricultural land, gently sloped, which could be used for hay, crop production, a vineyard in the temperate location between the two area lakes or expand the existing nice sized orchard which features apple, plum and pear trees. The 60 acres of wooded area is a mixture of hardwoods and softwoods - offering deer, wild turkey and other native wildlife habitat. While walking the property, both Deer and turkey were spotted on the farm. This is a very nice hunting property as it is now and if desired, following QDMA recommended practices, could be even more enhanced with strategic location of food plots, tree stands and shooting lanes. Nestled in the heart of the famous Leatherstocking Region, this property is close to all the amenities a buyer could desired with Richfield Springs just 2.3 miles and Cooperstown 11 miles away, offering shopping, restaurants, cultural & historical attractions, baseball enthusiasts with the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown Dreams Park and Cooperstown All-Star Park; several NYS Parks and Forests (Glimmerglass State Park and Public Beach, Exeter State Forest, Milford State Forest, Hartwick State Forest). Amazing fishing on clear, unpolluted lakes for lake trout, walleye and perch and boating very close on either side of this property with Otsego Lake (4046 acres) with lake rights at the Springfield boat launch 6 miles away as well as Canadarago Lake (over 2000 acres) with a public boat launch 9 miles away. This beautiful & unique property has so much to offer a new owner with almost limitless opportunities in the heart of the Leatherstocking Region.