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Farmhouse on Sac River

The farm & the river

A hundred acres, and half a mile of the Sac

The house is the smallest part of this place. Out the back door there are hayfields, a working cattle herd, a two-track lane into the timber, and a river with your own gravel bar on it.
The Farm & River

The Sac River

Your own half mile of water

The river is the biggest draw — relaxing, floating when the water is high enough, fishing, and simply enjoying the great outdoors. You’ll typically see only a few cars go by each day, so you can soak up the privacy this farm offers.

A path — mapped for you in the laundry room — runs from the yard down through the field to the water. At normal levels the Sac here is shallow, clear and gravel-bottomed: good for wading, good for kids, good for setting a lawn chair in the current and staying there.

When it comes up, put in at the bridge on the south end of the property and float the whole way down to the private gravel bar behind the house. Guests have done it on kayaks, tubes and anything else that holds air.

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Looking down at the Sac River from the bridge with a kayak pulled up on the bank, the start of the float back to the gravel bar behind the house

Our guests can start at the bridge on the south side of the property and float to the gravel bar located behind the house

The farm & the river

A half mile of river and a hundred acres to wander

The house is the small part. What guests come back for is everything around it — the water, the herd, the fire and the quiet.
  • Two camp chairs standing in the clear, shallow water at the private spot on the Sac River

    A half mile of the Sac River

    The river wraps the property for half a mile. Wade in, cast a line, or set a lawn chair right in the shallows and let the current do the rest.

  • Looking down at the Sac River from the bridge with a kayak pulled up on the bank, the start of the float back to the gravel bar behind the house

    Float from the bridge

    When the water is high enough, put in at the bridge on the south side of the property and float all the way down to the gravel bar behind the house.

  • The private gravel bar on the Sac River beneath green summer timber

    Your own gravel bar

    A wide, private gravel bar — the spot guests come back for. Skip rocks, hunt crawdads, or just sit in the sun with nobody else in sight.

  • Cast-iron tumbling crusher from a local rock quarry repurposed as a fire pit, ringed with camp chairs and stone seats at sunset

    Fire pit and s’mores

    A cast-iron tumbling crusher from a local rock quarry, repurposed into a fire pit. Firewood is provided, and there is a second pit down on the river.

  • Round hay bales lined along a Polk County hayfield with cattle grazing beneath mature oaks

    100+ acres of hayfields and cattle

    This is a working farm. Round bales, black Angus on all sides, and a two-track lane that runs off into the timber.

  • The sun setting straight down a two-track lane through the timber on the farm

    Deer, turkey and a sky full of stars

    Deer, wild turkey and bald eagles all work this stretch of river. After dark, with no town glow for miles, the stars are genuinely startling.

Also on the property

Everything is already here

  • Firewood for the fire pit
  • A path and map to the river, posted in the laundry room
  • Board games for the evenings
  • A toiletry cabinet — sunscreen, first aid, peppermint oil, swim diaper
  • Grill and outdoor seating
  • Free parking, with room for trailers and boats
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Through the year

Four very different farms

Guests who come back tend to come back in a different season. It is not the same place twice.
  • Round hay bales lined along a Polk County hayfield with cattle grazing beneath mature oaks

    Spring

    Calves in the pasture, redbud in the timber and the river running high — the best floating of the year, and the turkeys are loud at dawn.

  • Guests relaxing in lawn chairs set right in the shallow Sac River while others float downstream on tubes

    Summer

    The gravel bar season. Clear, shallow, warm water for wading and crawdad hunting, chairs set right in the current, and s’mores after dark.

  • The herd moving across the pasture with fall color blazing on the hillside beyond

    Fall

    Colour on the hillsides, the herd moving through the frost, and the kind of low golden light that makes every photo on this page look staged.

  • Cattle gathered around a bale in a snowy winter pasture

    Winter

    Snow on the pasture, the fire pit earning its keep, and a sky with nothing between you and it. Quiet in a way most people never get to hear.

What you’ll see

Sharing the place

Cows are everywhere, and if you’re lucky you’ll spot deer, turkey and bald eagles. The stars at night are stunning. We’re 3 miles from the Frisco Highline Trail and 25 miles from Springfield.

You’ll have the house to yourself. We’re typically on the property once or twice a day to do farm chores. On arrival we can show you around, or you’re welcome to venture out on your own — there’s a map in the laundry room to help you find your way to the river and around the farm.

  • White-tailed deerAt the field edges, morning and evening.
  • Wild turkeyFlocks work the hayfields year-round.
  • Bald eaglesThey fish this stretch of the Sac.
  • Smallmouth & catfishBring poles — the river fishes well.
  • The herdBlack Angus on all sides of the house.
  • Dark skiesNo town glow. The Milky Way is visible.

On the water

The river, photographed

Every one of these is the Sac River on this property.
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