N Merrillville Rd & W Scotty Trl Area

Out here you're looking at sweeping rural acreage—over 1,300 acres of sprawl where the average lot sits on more than 11 acres, giving you real breathing room between homes. State land borders much of the territory, opening up serious outdoor access for hunting, fishing, and trail riding across thousands of protected acres. The Little Manistee River runs through, with riverfront properties offering both water access and proximity to Manistee National Forest beyond. ORV and snowmobile trail corridors thread nearby, groomed year-round and drawing folks who treat the backcountry as their second living room. Lake Michigan sits less than a mile away, though the neighborhood itself is defined by woodland, creek frontage, and that sense of being genuinely remote—the kind of place where a covered porch and a 24x24 garage with electric become the social infrastructure. Hungerford Lake Recreation Area lies about 6 miles out if you're after more structured park access.