733 Ore Bed Road, Black Brook, NY 12912

Flying Trout Preserve is a forested retreat of more than 1,000 acres in the northern Adirondacks, anchored by over 1.7 miles of frontage on the main branch of the Saranac River. Half of that frontage falls within a protected catch-and-release trout reach fed by the Union Falls and Franklin Falls flowages. With limited public access along this stretch, the result is wild water that feels like one’s own.

At its center sits a newly constructed off-grid home, encircled by glass that draws the forest into every room. A maple kitchen with green tile and an island built for gathering flows into a living area warmed by a freestanding wood stove, with black-framed glass opening onto an expansive deck above a quiet bend in the river. The exterior is finished in Shou Sugi Ban charred cedar, lending a modern presence to a building set within the trees. Starlink delivers high-speed internet.

What distinguishes Flying Trout is the depth of what surrounds the house: a working landscape with infrastructure to match. Miles of finished gravel roads provide year-round access for management and recreation, while a new pole barn and an on-site mill with drying racks allow an owner to process timber from the property itself. The forest is professionally managed, with recent bird cuts building cover for grouse and woodcock while the broader resource grows toward maturity.

The preserve also carries real development latitude. A second riverfront home-site downstream from the existing cottage has been identified and permitted, while a cleared hilltop with a drilled well commands westerly views from Lyon Mountain to Whiteface. Adjoining over 4,000 acres of Taylor Pond Wild Forest and Nature Conservancy lands, the land offers hunting alongside its trout water, and the setting is private without being remote. It is off Ore Bed Road in Black Brook, two miles from fuel in Redford, half an hour from Plattsburgh International, and within easy reach of Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, and Whiteface