Columbus Lake Log Home; 55 acre 1300' Waterfront Sandy Beach

Columbus Lake is a 680 acre private access lake just north of Sugar Camp, WI off Highway 17 (centrally located with about a 15 minutes drive to either Rhinelander, Three Lakes or Eagle River).   The population density on the lake is very low with much of the property at the north end of the lake unoccupied government land.

The secluded property being offered for sale is a very rare 55 acre parcel known as Government Lot 5 at the end of Columbus Lake Road.   The property has 1300’ of sandy beach and a creek flowing through it that goes to Rice Lake, a protected water fowl preserve. 

Currently, the property has two cabins.  The log cabin was built in 1981 and has 2 bedrooms (plus large standing room loft), 1 bathroom, along with electric heat and wood stove.  This cabin was designed to quickly go from shutdown / vacant to running water and heated comfort and then back again - enabling convenient weekend use during winter visits.  Recent work includes all new enclosed, insulated and extended front porch with Anderson windows and the entire roof was renovated with standing seam metal roofing and insulation.   The second, “stone” cabin, is of masonry block construction and is currently used as a storage and work space.  Located near the log cabin is a 20x20 concrete slab that is ready for a garage.  Also nearby is a large enclosed log seasoning / storage area.   This property is at the end of the road and is heavily wooded yet contains numerous building sites - all offering unsurpassed views.

This property offers unparalleled true Northwood’s living right now with very reasonable taxes and tremendous potential to add additional buildings to create a very unique family retreat/compound or even a resort (it was in fact the Openeye Resort in the 50’s and 60’s).