Clausen Estates

Vacant Land with Large Pond

County: Schoharie County

Town: Town of Sharon

Status: Lots available

Town of Sharon and Village of Sharon Springs on US Rt. 20 and NYS Rt.10 in the Sharon Springs School District. Sharon Springs is a busy village with a bank, post office, two gas stations, at least two restaurants, Bassett Health Clinic and many other businesses on US Rt. 20 and is only about 45 miles west of Albany, NY. Cobleskill has a lot of places to go shopping and is 10 miles south of Sharon Springs on Rt. 10.

Directions from Exit 29 of the NYS Thruway at Canajoharie: Take NYS Rt. 10 south nine miles to the traffic light in the Village of Sharon Springs. Turn left on US Rt. 20, travel east 4/10 mile and Lot 1 begins on the right about 250 ft. past the Coastal Gas Station and Log House store. There is a driveway that enters the field by the right front corner of Lot 1 as well as a barn.

Google Map / Directions to the intersection of US Rt. 20 and NYS Rt.10

Clausen Estates-Reasonable Prices for Unique Land
Lot 1	51.912 acres with 12 acres of pond and a barn	$163,000	View photos	Survey Map
Lot 3	102.989 acres mostly woods	$136,000	View photos	Survey Map
Lot 4	29.959 acres wooded secluded hilltop	$58,000	View photos	Survey Map
Lot 5	24.420 acres woods, nice view	$54,000	View photos	Survey Map
Lot 6	24.165 acres woods, great view	$54,000	View photos	Survey Map

Subdivision overview (reduced tax map)
Survey Map for Lots 1
Survey Map for Lot 3
Survey Map for Lots 4-6

Lot 1 is 51.912 acres consisting of 7+ acres of field in the village of Sharon Springs, 12 acres of Clausen Pond, and 33 + acres of mature mixed woods on the hill behind the pond. Lot 1 has 380 ft. of frontage on Rt. 20.

Lot 1 has commercial-business zoning back to approximately 200 ft. from Rt. 20 and residential zoning behind that to approximately 800 ft. from Rt. 20. Behind the residential zoning is open space zoning on the rear of Lot 1. Open space, or O-S zoning, requires a minimum of 15 acres for a house. Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6 are completely in O-S zoning.

A business could be built on Lot 1 in the front and a house behind that in the field zoned residential. Lot 1 has a beautiful view of Clausen Pond from the field.

Lot 3 is 102.989 acres of mostly woods with trails, 5± acres of field and 13± acres of wetland in the rear. Lot 3 has 308 ft. of road frontage on NYS Rt. 10 with an existing driveway located by a steel gate at the right front corner.

Directions to Lots 3-6: from the traffic light in Sharon Springs take NYS Rt. 10 south 6/10 mile. Lot 6 begins on the left just 250 ft. past the end of Bowmaker Pond. Lot 6 has 893 ft. of road frontage. Lot 5 has 416 ft. of road frontage. Lots 5 and 6 contain mostly mixed hardwoods with a field in the middle about 900 ft. from the road with a beautiful view to the west of the hills in Otsego County. Lot 4 has 29.959 acres of mostly hardwoods with a high crest of a hill at 1560 ft. elevation. Lot 4 has 322 ft. of frontage on Rt. 10 and a nice view from the front of the lot.

With any of the six lots in Clausen Estates, the owner will be able to cut firewood indefinitely from his or her own woods to heat a home.

Clausen Estates has protective covenants that prohibit single wide and double wide mobile homes. Any new home must have a minimum of 1000 sq. ft. of living area, exclusive of basement, garage and open porches. Unregistered vehicles must be kept in a garage or barn. No gasoline powered water craft are allowed on Clausen Pond.