Top of Your Own Mountain: Little Owyhee Butte

[Note: in the map explorer, parcel boundaries are approximate. Photos were taken on the land (or on the way to the land).] You can own the top of a butte. Not just any old mountain, but Little Owyhee Butte, rising 150 feet above the high desert floor like a fortress of stone and sage. Forty acres where the rimrock commands the country and the world spreads out below in all directions. This is not flat ground. This is vertical country where raptors soar at eye level and the wind carries no sound of civilization. Surrounded on three sides by BLM land, with wilderness-quality government ground stretching for miles in every direction, this butte stands as a rare private island in a sea of public solitude. - 40 acres atop Little Owyhee Butte - 150 feet above the surrounding desert floor - Taxes: $65/year - Bordered by BLM on three sides - Close to the world-class Owyhee River - Near the Pillars of Rome and Chalk Basin - Elevation: 4,040 feet - Complete off-grid solitude The Owyhee River cuts through this country like a silver knife through leather. From the butte, you can reach the water that winds through canyon walls that have stood since the earth was young. This is hunting country, fishing country, country where a person can disappear into the vastness and find what they came looking for. The road up is not gentle. Lava rocks and high desert terrain demand four-wheel drive and respect for the butte's terms. But those who make the climb find something the flat world below cannot offer: the chance to stand above it all, to own the high ground where eagles nest and storms gather. - World-class hunting and recreation - Geological wonderland for rock hounds - Rimrock views across the high desert - Four-wheel drive access required - Year-round access in high desert climate - No power, no neighbors, no compromise This is one of the remotest spots in Oregon. The nearest town feels like another world. The nearest neighbor might as well be on another planet. Spring mud might trap you. Winter cold will test you. Summer heat will humble you. But for those who understand that some places are meant to be earned, not given, Little Owyhee Butte offers the ultimate prize: a mountain of your own. The butte has stood here for millennia, watching the river carve its path through stone, watching the seasons turn, watching the hawks ride thermals above the rim. Now it waits for someone who understands that owning the high ground means more than just holding the deed. I am selling this mountain myself. Just one person who knows this country passing it to another who will respect what it means to master your own mountain. Buyer responsible for all due diligence on access, utilities, and land use. The butte waits. It has waited before. It will wait again.