74 Lakeview Ridge, Oroville, CA 95966

Come up the private gated road, shared with three other owners, and the first thing you notice is how quiet it gets. Out here you'll cross paths with more deer and turkeys than people. It's thirteen wooded acres of mountainside, covered in black oak, madrone, cedar, and pine, all of it leaning toward Lake Oroville. The view opens up nearly 180 degrees across the water, and the boat launch sits less than a mile down the road, close enough that a day on the lake never turns into a production. The land climbs in three terraced pads, each one set into the mountainside a little higher than the last, each one trading up for a better look at the lake. There's room for a large garage at the bottom pad for boat storage (I had a permit for it years ago that has since expired), and the top two levels would make a great building site, with the best views on the property. Near the heart of it is a little cabin, about a hundred square feet, that friends have always just called "The Shack." Two small rooms, a bedroom and a bathroom, with running water, a sink, a flush toilet, and a propane water heater that feeds an outdoor shower. The bed sits right at window level facing the lake, so you wake up to that view in the morning and can watch the wildlife. Step outside and there's a covered outdoor kitchen and a concrete paver patio, a spot made for kicking back in a lawn chair with the lake in front of you, or making s'mores around the campfire after the sun goes down. The whole property runs off the grid, which makes it great for short stays. There's a well and a two-bedroom septic system,