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Location
Broadkill 100, Town of Milton, Sussex County, Delaware
Just South of the intersection of Broadkill RD (State Route 16) and Graves Farm RD
Property
- 530 acre property (two farms)with over 1.5 miles of frontage on the Broadkill River
- Sanctuary Farm 313.068 acres permanently protected allowing existing lodge in a 5 acre building area plus a five acre separately deeded “Homestead site”
- Island Farm 217.149 acres permanently protected allowing only one future river front house to be built in a 5 acre “building envelope”
- Shares almost 4000 feet of common boundary with the 10,000 acre Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge administered by the US Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service.
- Lodge is approximately 3500 square feet, two and a half story, 10 years old , soaring timber frame interior with a restaurant scale kitchen, pool and terrace with sweeping vistas, three bedrooms and three baths, two fireplaces above a crawl space
- Site is served by underground electrical, delivered natural gas, on-site water wells and on-site septic system
- Amenities include Pole barn, improved boat launch, bulk head and dock
Open Space and Wildlife
- Remarkable wildlife, hunting, fishing and bird watching opportunities from sweeping open vistas
- Three ponds stocked with game fish, two of which can be flooded to make substantially larger wildfowl impoundments
- Fur and feather hunting is extraordinary
- This property plus Prime Hook Refuge added to other preserves and permanently protected farmland is well on the way to a 17,000 acre “Great Marsh” landscape
- Prime Hook area is designated by the American Bird Conservancy and National Audubon as a Globally Important Bird Area.
- Likely one of the rarest conservation ownership opportunities in the Delaware Bayshore Region
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Aerial Photo
Aerial Photo with Farm Parcels (PDF)
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