Klamath County, Oregon · near Bonanza · APN 402521: Power at the Road and Deer in the Yard, Near Bonanza

A Place in the Woods That Doesn't Mean Roughing It

You've earned a quieter life, but quiet shouldn't mean hauling a generator up a washed-out track every time you want the lights on. What you want is the woods without the ordeal.

This lot gets that balance right. It's 2.32 acres of pine and open ground with power poles along Bluebird Drive, so the house can hook up like any other house (no extension cords to the neighbor's shed). There are homes scattered through the area, gravel roads through the trees, and enough deer traffic that you'll start naming them.

You're about 5,270 feet up outside Bonanza, OR, about 20 minutes from town and about 45 minutes from Klamath Falls, a city that runs hot water from the ground under its streets: its geothermal system heats buildings and melts snow off sidewalks and roads.

The trade is that water and septic are on you, a well or a hauled-water tank plus a septic system, and at this elevation the winters come with real snow (the road association plows the main roads).

There's a kind of peace that only shows up after the move is done and the porch light is on. This is a good place to find it.