Hickory Hills
Rolling hills, Big views
Hickory Hills Tract is a big family playground or investment property in the quiet, rolling hills of western York County. It lies on the west side of Hwy 97 about a mile north of the small town of Hickory Grove and right at an hour’s drive from downtown Charlotte.Broad ridges covered with young pine invite views of distant hills. A small, rocky branch flows along the southern boundary. Almost half the land is covered by mature pine forest with trees that have been well-managed and thinned twice.
Wild turkeys are common and whitetail deer are abundant. The land is all forested except for woods roads and a few small openings. About 175 acres are covered in loblolly pine now 2 or 3 years old. These trees are healthy and growing fast. Just over 200 acres are in loblolly pine now 33 to 35 years old.
More than three miles of woods roads and additional ATV trails give good access to the property. Soils are mostly silty clay loam and productive for timber and wildlife openings. Topography is gentle in many areas and may lend itself to other uses such as pastures. The highest point on the property sits at just over 700 feet elevation. The immediate neighborhood is mostly wooded tracts and pastures. Houses are scattered along Hwy 97.
The property has about 100 feet of frontage on Hwy 97 and access via deeded easements to the highway at two other points. Hwy 97 is a rural 2-lane highway and the main road between Hickory Grove and Smyrna. Topography near the highway allows for potential building sites. Soil mapping for septic drain field potential looks favorable for some of these areas. Powerlines and fiber optic cable run along the highway. Underground power and fiber run through the tract along an easement that gives access to a neighbor’s house, passing through one of the best building sites on the land. There are no public waterlines in the area. A home would require well and septic.
An old, abandoned railway forms the eastern boundary of the property for about 2,300 feet. The property line is the center of the railroad bed which runs parallel to Hwy 97. The tract is near the highway for this distance but only touches the highway for a distance of about 100 feet. The property is shown on three plats. A plat from 1979 describes 295 acres, a plat from 1988 describes 130 acres, and a plat from 2013 describes the, more or less, 100 feet of highway frontage. York County tax parcel numbers are 0680000001 and 0660000001.
The town of York is about a 20-minute drive away and offers restaurants, doctors, churches, and stores. There are local favorites like Garden Café, York Coffee Roastery, Black’s Peaches and Bush-n-Vine farm store, and chains including Tractor Supply, Lowes, and Food Lion Grocery. The tract is about 1 mile from Hickory Grove, 13 miles from York, 29 miles from Rock Hill, and 49 miles from Charlotte. All distances are approximate road miles to the center of town.
