Raquette Lake, New York

What makes your home a Green or Healthy Home?

Power for a DC refrigerator is from batteries charged by solar panels. There an outhouse instead of a septic system, and water is pumped from the lake by a hand pump to a small reservoir supplying water to the kitchen by gravity. A small woodstove provides plenty of heat to stay late in the season before the lake freezes. 

Property Description

Price Reduced! - Unique OFF GRID waterfront property & 3 season one bedroom cabin is located on the South side of Green Point, with 258 feet of lake frontage on a boat access area portion of desirable Raquette Lake, a 5000 A+ natural lake. The location offers great views to the South as well as East and West. Sunsets are always beautiful! The lakeside deck & floating dock system are tucked in the cove created by the large outcropping of rock, known from way back in history as ‘Elephant Rock'. The cabin w/screened in porch, built in 2006 is nestled in the trees for privacy, up stone steps on the sloping lot from the deep-water docking area. Solar panels along the deck at the shore charge batteries that power the DC refrigerator, plus there is propane for the kitchen stove, & lights. Lake water is hand pumped to a small reservoir for the cabin's kitchen. A woodstove provides heat so owners can use the cabin up to November prior to lake freezing. Electric power could be possible from adjacent parcel if desired for future use. Please qualify financially + for boat access prior if you wish to make an appointment to see this property.

Neighborhood Description

All the homes in this area are boat access for 3 seasons or across the ice in Winter. 

Market Area

Raquette Lake is a very small village community, a hamlet, which is part of the Town of Long Lake, NY. Raquette Lake is a step back in time and worth a visit!

School District

Raquette Lake Union Free School district now tuitions any children to Town of Webb, Old Forge District for Kindergarten through 12th grade education. Our school taxes are very modest.

Community

The village of Raquette Lake is on the shore of the lake with parking and docking, featuring a general store, with 'hotel' rooms above, and an attached 'Tap Room'; a popular bar & restaurant busy all seasons. There is a post office, a library, a couple of churches, and a tour boat, the 'Durant', tours the lake with lunch and dinner cruises, charters for weddings and entertainment during the peak months of the 'season'. Raquette Lake is the largest natural lake in the Adirondacks with over 5000 acres and 99 miles of shoreline.

Location of Home or Land

Rural

Elevation of Home

Mountain

Energy & Water