Suwannee River Place
2± Miles Frontage on the World Famous Suwannee River, Untouched River Front Hardwoods, and Highly Productive, Intensively Managed Pine Stands
- 1,490.13± Acres Riverfront Recreational & Timber Property, Echols County, GA
- 2± Miles on the Historical Suwannee River - Year-round recreation opportunities on the River
- Combination between highly productive, intensively managed pine stands and untouched river front hardwoods
- Excellent deer and turkey in Natural Wildlife Habitat Throughout Hardwood Bottoms Along Beaver Creek and River
- Property Has Been in the same family Since the 1890’s
- 890± Acres of pristine hardwood bottoms
- Pines are exceptionally managed for income – 595± Acres of Planted Pines
- 230± Acres of 18 years or older Slash Pine, 67± Acres 7 years Old Slash Pine, 298± Acres of 3 years Old Improved Slash Pines
- 12± Acres of Deer Food Plots with 5 Deer Stands
- Well Maintained Road Systems Throughout with State-of-the-Art Drainage System
- Natural Tupelo Trees Sprinkled Along the Banks of the Suwannee River
- Great Social Storm® property
- Entire Property is located within Federal Designated Opportunity Zone
- Located 31 miles north of Lake City
Ideal blend of aesthetics, recreation, timber, and river frontage
Boasting 2± miles on the World-famous Suwannee River, the 1,490± acre Suwannee River Camp is Ideal blend between aesthetics, recreation, timber, and river frontage. It is a combination between highly productive, intensively managed pine stands and untouched river front hardwoods; this is really a combination of two very desirable features. With wild tupelo trees dotting the banks of the river and the old Florida feel, there is something special about this place that can only be found in the blackwater of the Suwannee.
The current land steward’s family has owned this 
property since the 1890’s,and they have been in the timber industry for generations. The owner has spent years grooming this property for recreational uses as well as growing high quality timber. The hardwood bottoms create fantastic wildlife habitat. In addition to the forage and mast producing trees of the bottom, there are over 12 acres of food plots with 5 hunting blinds. The property has excellent deer and turkey.
There are approximately 890± acres of pristine hardwood bottoms. The pines are exceptionally managed for income; there are 595± Acres of Planted Pines (230± Acres of 18 years or older Slash Pine, 67± Acres 7 years Old Slash Pine, and 298± Acres of 3 years Old Improved Slash Pines).
“From a timber investment standpoint, this property is strategically balanced between 890 acres of mature riverfront mixed hardwoods and 595 acres of some of the finest stands of genetically improved, rapidly growing slash pines. Both long term hold and rapid growth with scheduled cash events.” Jon Kohler
The Historic Suwannee River begins its 246-mile trek to the Gulf of Mexico just a few miles north at the headwaters in the Okefenokee Swamp. With 2± miles on the river, there is year-round recreation with canoeing, kayaking, boating, fishing and more. Once below the Florida border, the Suwannee River is a vein that connects a series of state parks, preserves and wilderness areas. The untouched habitat lining the banks reminds you of an ancient Florida feel with history in this region dating back hundreds of years. Going back several centuries, multiple Native American Tribes lived throughout the river area. The Little Suwannee River Creek originates below the state-line in Florida, runs north and cuts through the property on it's way to the Suwannee River. This is one in a handful of North American waterways that flow north.
“There is nothing like the Suwannee river anywhere in the world. The white sand beaches here and mature hardwood forests make this property even more unique.”
Located 31 Miles North of Lake City, Florida, this property serves as a safe and secure retreat, while providing easy access to any amenity one would need in town. There is also over 2 miles of frontage along US Highway 441. The property has a Florida Cracker Style House with Kitchen, Bathroom, Storage Shed, and makes for a great Social Storm™ Property. Based on information provided by the seller, the natural stands of hardwood, pine and cypress have in excess of 60,000 tons in volume which would put these areas in an extremely high level for the potential carbon credit market. The entire property is located within the Federal Designated Qualified Opportunity Zone, where new investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment.
"The fact that this property is located within the Qualified Opportunity Zone it has additional tax treatment options that typical investments do not have. These options are particular well suited for long-term investments."
This is a rare opportunity on a Suwannee River property with a aesthetics, recreation, and timber.
A Social Storm® Ranked Property: Suwannee River Place and it's Social Storm® Property Attributes are Highly Ranked. This property belongs to a unique asset class with key property attributes that investors gravitate to for safety in bad times and buy for a recreation reward in good times.. What makes a Social Storm® Property so unique?
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Suwannee River Place
- 1,490.13 ± Acres Riverfront Recreational & Timber Property, Echols County, GA
- 2± Miles on the Historical Suwannee River which starts a few miles north
- Combination between highly productive, intensively managed pine stands and untouched river front hardwoods
- 890± Acres of pristine hardwood bottoms
- Located 31 miles north of Lake City
- Located 8 Miles south of Fargo, GA
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Bruce Ratliff is a retired elected official (Property Appraiser Taylor County). Bruce brings years of experience in ad valorem tax knowledge. His property tax background gives JKA Associates & clients a unique insight into the complicated tax process. Bruce held several positions in the Florida Association of Property Appraisers, including member of the Board of Directors, President, Vice-President and Secretary, and served on the Agricultural & Legislative Committees for the Association. The real estate business has been part of Bruce’s life since childhood. His mother, Shirley Ratliff owned Professional Realty of Perry, Florida and his father, Buster owned Ratliff Land Surveying which Bruce was General Manager of before his political career.
From murky farm ponds to pristine glacier-cut lakes and everything in between, Knox Daniels’ expertise stems from a lifelong fascination of water and the creatures that live in and around it. He recognizes and helps clients appreciate the value water features bring to a property. “My goal is to help buyers realize and sellers maximize the value different water bodies bring to a property, not only in a recreational sense, but also for social storm reasons.” After extensively traveling the country for collegiate BASS fishing tournaments, Knox graduated and worked for the Southeast’s finest fisheries and wildlife biologist, Greg Grimes. With Grimes’ company, AES, Knox managed many of the southeast’s finest private lake estate/impoundment properties, and learned the intricacies of upscale property management. Learning from Greg and other biologists, Knox honed in on the specific conditions and habitat needed for optimal gamefish growth in private lakes. He has also worked as a property manager on several thousand acres and for a commercial developer, facilitating the dirt work and builds of several apartment complexes, but his true passion has always been in the outdoors. “I’ve always had an insatiable fascination with ponds/lakes and am grateful to be able to help to place clients on the properties of their dreams and make their personal fisheries/wildlife goals reality with JKA.” – Knox Daniels
As a landowner of his own family farm, Lick Skillet, along with family land that has been passed down and enjoyed together at Keaton Beach for 40 years, Jon knows what it means to be a steward of the last best places. As a third-generation land broker with more than 30 years of experience in advising landowners in this niche, Jon is known for his innate ability to harvest a land’s unique intrinsic value. Touting several notable sales under his belt, Jon personally closed Rock Creek/Molpus – 124,000 acres of premium timberland at $142,000,000 – which was known as the largest timberland land sale in the Southeast for eight years running. He is a co-founding member of LandLeader and achieved the real estate industry’s highest honor, “2022 National Broker of the Year – Recreational Land Sales,” by the Realtors® Land Institute.
Prior to joining Jon Kohler & Associates, Walter Hatchett served for 30 years as a land manager to several of the south’s most esteemed properties, including Rock Creek. As a former property manager himself, and a consistently ranked “Top Sales Producer” nationwide and achieved “APEX Top 20 Land Broker” multiple times, Walter has a keen eye for the best in habitat management.
With Madison County roots, Lori grew up on her family farm at Pettis Springs along the historic Aucilla River. A love of the land was instilled in Lori very early on by her father who was a local farmer. Lori understands the importance of good land stewardship and has witnessed first-hand how her own father, a former 2-term member of the Florida House of Representatives whose district encompassed many rural counties of the Red Hills Plantation Region, with a little bit of sweat equity, so lovingly worked their own family land. These are core values she carries with her today, and nothing gives her more personal satisfaction than to represent some of the south’s best land stewards.
Hailing from a long line of outdoorsmen, Tim learned a great deal from his father and grandfather. He saw first-hand what it means to be a good land steward. He believes land is so much more than a place to hunt, fish, and grow timber or crops. “It’s an identity, a resting place, a safe haven and a way of life, said Tim.” Tim’s family ties to Alabama run deep. During his grandfather’s first term, Governor James was responsible for signing into law Alabama’s first state duck stamp which helped to ensure funding for the procurement, development, and preservation of wetlands for migratory waterfowl habitat. He also established Alabama’s lifetime hunting license, so it is no surprise that Tim is an avid outdoorsman with a keen eye as to how best to improve habitat for the greater good of its wildlife.
Jason has been assisting landowners for the last 28 years in Georgia and South Carolina obtain achievements the owners did not realize were possible. His degree in Biology from Georgia Southern stemmed from the desire to know how things in nature work. His plantation roots began at just 16 years old outside of Albany, GA and the last 20 years were spent in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. His entire career has been spent developing a global approach to plantation management. That plan included sales. Sales is in Jason’s blood- his mom had a 45-year career as a real estate broker. After college, he chose to pursue his passion of making properties great. In 2011, Jason sold his first plantation. Since then, he has assisted buyers and sellers with over $20 million in sales while most of that time working as a full-time General Manager of a large Lowcountry plantation. Today, he is committed to using his unique skill set and experience to guide landowners through the many challenges of plantation ownership.