NYS timber investment with roadside view of Adirondack Mountains for sale:  This is a property for the ambitious investor!  Not only do you get the living forest resource above the surface, but also the inert material below, deposited as glaciers receded thousands of years ago.  Two inactive gravel pits on the property undoubtedly contributed to the road building cause in this region during the last 200 years.  An active pit on the adjacent property is where the Town obtains gravel for their projects.  The forest is heavily populated with a middle aged (large pole to medium sawtimber) stand of hardwood with a high percentage of hard maple.  The approximate specie breakdown is hard maple ~50%, white ash ~15%, yellow birch ~15%, black cherry ~15%, beech, soft maple, basswood, aspen and red pine ~ 5% combined.  Yes, with such a high percentage of hard maple and good slope towards the road, this would make a great gravity fed sugar bush.  However, in my opinion, it would be a shame to start drilling holes in trees that already have great veneer potential.  A much needed thinning at this time would help the owner re-coop some of their purchase expenses.  Continuous tending of the forest thereafter would result in an annual supply of firewood if you were to heat with wood.  The road frontage may be a perfect setting for a cabin with a great view of rolling fields and mountains in the background.  With Route 365 just around the corner you can be in Utica in 20 minutes or head east along the northern shore of Hinckley Reservoir to Route 8, and be in the heart of the Adirondacks in less than an hour.  This property may have all the resources you would need to enjoy a quality country lifestyle in northern NY.