The land.
Where the mountain meets the meadow.
Shaw Homestead
510 Undeveloped Acres
Open pasture: Working cattle land with existing irrigation infrastructure. Naturally flat, accessible, and productive from day one.
Old-growth forest: Designated natural tree farm, managed for forest health across four generations of family stewardship.
Wildflower meadows: Seasonal blooms of lupine, paintbrush, arnica, and camas lily across open meadows that come alive each spring.
Ridge views: Elevated ridgelines offer unobstructed 360-degree views of the surrounding mountains and valley.
Lake Fork Creek: The back of the parcel runs along Lake Fork Creek. The perfect stream for a day of fly fishing.
Little Payette Lake: A portion of the back of the property looks out over Little Payette Lake - a private view many dream of.
Jughandle Mountain: Rising directly behind the property, it defines the skyline and anchors the land in one of Idaho's most dramatic landscapes.
Conservation easement potential: Ideal acreage for land and conservation easements, offering meaningful tax benefits while ensuring the open character of the land is protected in perpetuity.
McCall, Idaho: Ten minutes from downtown McCall, Payette Lake, and Brundage Mountain Resort. The privacy of backcountry land with every amenity close at hand.
A Different World Around Every Corner.
Seasons
The Shaw Homestead does not have an off-season. Spring brings brisk morning air with the first signs of wildflower bloom. Summer’s warmth opens the camping roads, fills the huckleberry patches, and puts cattle back on the pasture. Fall turns the aspen groves gold and draws the elk into the open — the kind of October that is hard to describe to someone who hasn't stood in it. Winter settles quiet and deep, with snow on Jughandle Mountain and deer moving through the pasture at first light. The land is worth knowing in every season.
Diversity
Few properties offer this much variety within a single boundary. Open cattle pasture gives way to old-growth forest. Rolling hills rise into boulder fields and mountain trails. The aspen groves stand apart from the dark timber. Each corner of the land has its own character, its own name, and its own reason to return.
Wildlife
The animals are simply here, because the land has never given them a reason to leave. Elk move through the timber at dusk. Deer appear at the meadow's edge. Wild turkey, fox, and raptors are part of the daily rhythm of the property. The wildness goes beyond what moves through it. Spring brings morel mushrooms and wildflower meadows — lupine, paintbrush, arnica, and camas lily. By midsummer, the huckleberry patches are full. These are not things you plant or plan for. They are what happens when land is left to be itself for 135 years. What you find here is not curated. It is the real thing.