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Pilgrim Extension Rd, Eatonville

45 acres - $485,000

Selling 45 Acres Near Alder: Timber, Pasture, and Two Parcels Instead of One

Large acreage listings usually ask a buyer to accept a compromise. You get the timber or you get the open ground. You get the seclusion or you get something usable. What made these 45 acres worth marketing carefully is that they didn't require the trade, and a buyer walking the property discovers that in the right order.

You come in off a quiet dead end road and through mature timber first, so the impression is deep forest. Then it opens into rolling pasture, completely secluded, with territorial views running out across it. The property keeps going over the treeline and the creek toward the lake, where it opens into a second field. Land that reveals itself in stages like that sells differently from land you can take in from the road, and the marketing had to get people onto the property rather than trying to do the work in photos.

The detail I made sure every serious buyer understood was the two existing parcels. R-10 zoning matters, but two parcels that already exist is a categorically different thing from one parcel a buyer hopes to divide later. Existing parcels mean options now: build on one and hold the other, sell one to fund the build, put family on one. No subdivision application, no county timeline, no risk that the answer comes back no. Plenty of land listings gesture at "potential." This one had the thing itself, and that's worth real money to the right buyer.

The rest of it is what you'd want from working ground. Roughly 45 acres run as cattle, hay and timber for many years, mostly flat, partly fenced, genuinely usable for livestock rather than usable on paper. A creek through it. Elk moving across the fields. Minutes from some of the best hunting and fishing in the state, on the way to both Mt. Rainier and White Pass. Sold in February 2022.

Farm credit financing was also on the table here, which is worth knowing if you're shopping bare land, because plenty of buyers assume their bank's "no" is the end of the conversation.

Buyers pay a premium for land that's already sorted out. Your job as the listing agent is to make sure they can see what's been sorted.

The Details That Matter:

Two already existing parcels, which gives a buyer real options without a subdivision application
R-10 zoning across roughly 45 acres of timber and open ground
Mature timber opening to secluded rolling pasture with territorial views
Year-round creek running through the property
Historically cattle, hay and timber ground, mostly flat, partly fenced and usable for livestock
A second field beyond the treeline and creek toward the lake
Quiet dead end road, with no through traffic and deep privacy
Farm credit financing accepted, an option many bare land buyers don't know exists
Minutes from top hunting and fishing, en route to Mt. Rainier and White Pass

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Cat Larrow specializes in rural homes, land, and lifestyle properties across Pierce, Lewis, and Thurston Counties in Western Washington. From Eatonville farms and acreage to homesteads and equestrian properties, I help buyers find the right land and help sellers position rural properties for top dollar. Browse more sold rural properties or reach out to start your own search.