HENRY’S FORK ACE HIGH LODGE
Island Park, Idaho $2,650,000 0.88± Acres
INTRODUCTION Some cabins are built for a quiet weekend. This one handles a crowd, too. This custom log home along the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River was designed to host a houseful of people, and it comes turnkey, furnished down to the glassware. The full soundproofing keeps the home as calm for two as lively for twenty. The kitchen tells the story first. A 9.5± foot custom stainless hood spans two commercial ranges with four ovens, a griddle, and a char broiler, the centerpiece of the main floor and the view from the loft above. Two sinks, two dishwashers, a 4.5± foot stainless-steel refrigerator with a matching freezer, and a 15± foot counter that seats ten flow into the dining area for twenty. Log trusses carry the ceilings; solid black walnut covers the floors, and solid knotty alder doors seal every room. Downstairs, 10± foot ceilings open over a game room: a custom 15-foot bar with a five-tap brass tower pouring beer and wine, a mirrored back bar with an antique cash register, and craps, roulette, blackjack, and pool tables. Five bedrooms and five baths include a large primary suite on both the main and lower levels, each with a steam room, and a lower-level fireplace. The loft suite adds a pair of clawfoot tubs side by side. Outside, a covered porch wraps around the front and both sides, opening onto the rear deck as a single continuous platform, with a fireplace and built-in Adirondack-style benches. Broad stairs lead to an irrigated lawn. Beyond the back boundary, about 250 feet of national forest runs to the bank of the Henry’s Fork, roughly 375 feet from the deck. No neighbor will ever build between this home and the river. Henry’s Lake and Harriman State Park are 15± minutes away, and Yellowstone National Park is about half an hour away. Year-round access keeps Island Park’s groomed snowmobile trails open all winter. A commercial kitchen, a full bar and game room, and the Henry’s Fork out back make the home as strong a rental as it is a retreat. All that’s left is the guest list.
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250± feet from the Henry’s Fork across National Forest lands 4,882± SF custom log home on 0.88± acres 5 bedrooms, 5 baths Sold turnkey, fully furnished down to the glassware Professional kitchen with a 9.5± ft custom stainless hood and two commercial ranges 1,200± SF game room with a custom 15± foot bar, 5-tap brass tower, and casino tables Primary suites on the main and lower levels, each with a steam room Four fireplaces, including one on the rear deck 1,478± SF covered wraparound porch and 949± SF rear deck Solid black walnut floors, log trusses, and full soundproofing Metal roof (2021, transferable warranty); exterior stained in 2025 Year-round access 15± minutes to Harriman State Park and Henry’s Lake 30± minutes to Yellowstone
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IMPROVEMENTS MAIN RESIDENCE The 4,882± square foot log home spans three levels with 5 bedrooms and 5 baths, providing room for extended family and guests to gather under one roof. The entire home is soundproofed with blown-in cellulose in the walls and ceilings, RC1 sound barrier channel on the ceilings, sound board walls, and solid knotty alder doors with noise seals, so gatherings downstairs stay downstairs while others rest above.
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LOWER-LEVEL GAME ROOM The 1,200± square foot game room is built for entertaining. A custom 15± foot bar with a five-tap brass tower anchors the space, along with craps, roulette, blackjack, and pool tables.
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RECENT UPGRADES & MAINTENANCE A metal roof was installed in 2021 and carries a transferable warranty (10-year labor, 35-year finish). The exterior was stained in August 2025, giving a new owner a well-maintained home from day one. SYSTEMS & UTILITIES A propane furnace with electric backup provides reliable heat. Propane and electric water heaters are plumbed in series for added hot water volume, a practical benefit when the house is full. Three buried 1,000-gallon propane tanks, a private well, and septic support independent, year-round living. GROUNDS An irrigated lawn with a sprinkler system surrounds the home.
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RECREATION
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Summer starts on the Big Springs Water Trail, a slow, spring-fed float of about 4.5 miles from Big Springs down to Mack’s Inn, where moose, bald eagles, and sandhill cranes often line the banks. Forest roads and trails open up to hiking, horseback riding, ATVs, and UTVs, while Island Park Reservoir and Henry’s Lake draw boaters all season. Winter is the headline. Year-round access puts riders on more than 500 miles of groomed snowmobile trails, which link to another 800 miles in West Yellowstone and Wyoming, connecting three states. Two Top, Big Springs, and Mesa Falls are among the classic rides.
HUNTING | WILDLIFE The property is just inside Game Management Unit 60, part of the Island Park Elk Zone, with Caribou-Targhee National Forest at the back boundary. Elk hunters have an unlimited general archery A tag in September, plus controlled anyweapon bull hunts in early October and antlerless and either-sex draws into late November. Deer seasons include general archery and an October any-weapon hunt for mule deer and whitetail, with whitetail extending into December. Antlered moose is a limited 15-tag draw. Forest grouse, ducks, geese, and sandhill cranes round out the fall, and moose, bald eagles, and trumpeter swans frequent the river. 10
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FISHING The Henry’s Fork of the Snake River runs about 250 feet beyond the back boundary, across National Forest lands, on the spring-fed upper river between Big Springs and Island Park Reservoir, holding rainbow and brook trout. Henry’s Lake, 15± minutes away, ranks among Idaho’s top trophy trout lakes, with cutthroat, brook trout, and rainbow-cutthroat hybrids averaging 18 inches. Harriman State Park’s Railroad Ranch, also 15± minutes away, opens June 15 as flyfishing-only water. Island Park Reservoir, minutes away, holds kokanee, rainbow, cutthroat, and brook trout, with Box Canyon below the dam. The Madison, Firehole, Gallatin, and Yellowstone lie beyond West Yellowstone.
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AREA HISTORY Island Park owes its city limits to the bar. In 1947, lodge and resort owners along U.S. 20 incorporated a ribbon of highway, about 500 feet wide and 33 miles long, because Idaho law allowed liquor sales only inside city limits. The result is what locals call the longest Main Street in America, a fitting backdrop for a home built around a 15± foot bar. Just south, Union Pacific investors ran the Railroad Ranch from 1902 to 1977 as a cattle operation and retreat for the Harriman and Guggenheim families before the Harrimans gave it to Idaho as Harriman State Park.
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NEARBY AT TR ACTION S & ACTIVITIES Yellowstone’s West Entrance is about 30 minutes away, putting Grand Prismatic Spring, the largest hot spring in the United States, and the park’s geyser basins within an easy day trip. Over the Montana line, Wade and Cliff Lakes fill a forested canyon with spring-fed, aquamarine water, rainbow and brown trout, and a no-wake rule that keeps them calm. Earthquake Lake, formed by the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake, is about 10 miles from the lakes. Closer to home, Upper Mesa Falls drops 114± feet on the Henry’s Fork, and Big Springs pours out 120± million gallons a day at 52± degrees. Henry’s Fork Ace High Lodge | Island Park, Idaho
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LOCATION The property is in Island Park, in northern Fremont County, where the Henry’s Fork, the Centennial Mountains, and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest meet the western edge of Yellowstone National Park. The area lies within the Island Park Caldera and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. U.S. 20 connects it to the north to West Yellowstone, Montana, and to the south to Ashton, St. Anthony, Rexburg, and Idaho Falls. Lodges, restaurants, fly shops, and fuel line the highway through Island Park, with full-service shopping, healthcare, and yearround commercial air service in Idaho Falls.
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AIRPORT SERVICES Yellowstone Airport (WYS) in West Yellowstone is about 29 miles away, with seasonal Delta Connection jet service to Salt Lake City from mid-May through mid-October and private aircraft services. Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA), about 85 miles south, is the closest yearround commercial airport, with service from several major carriers. Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN), about 120 miles north, offers the widest selection of nonstop flights in the region.
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CON SERVATION | STEWARDSHIP Each of us at Fay Ranches loves the land and wants to see it remain a productive agricultural ground and a quality fish and wildlife habitat. Through promoting thoughtful land stewardship, Fay Ranches has guided owners toward a legacy of conserving wide-open spaces, enhancing and creating fisheries and wildlife habitats, and implementing sustainable agricultural operations. Fay Ranches is proud to say that since our company began in 1992, our clients’ conservation ethics and land-use practices have significantly enhanced our work landscape.
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SUMMARY This turnkey, 5-bedroom custom log home was built to entertain, with a professional kitchen, a 1,200± square foot game room with a 15± foot bar and casino tables, and full soundproofing that makes it just as suited to a quiet weekend. About 250 feet of National Forest land separates the back boundary from the Henry’s Fork, with Henry’s Lake, Harriman State Park, and Yellowstone all close by. Year-round access keeps Island Park’s groomed snowmobile trails within reach all winter. It sells fully furnished, down to the glassware.
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CONTACT PRICE
Please contact Mike Gatlin at (307) 752-5104 | mgatlin@fayranches. com to schedule a showing. This is an exclusive listing. An agent from Fay Ranches, Inc. must be present at all showings, unless otherwise noted or other arrangements are made. To view other properties we have listed, please visit our web page at www.fayranches.com.
$2,650,000
TA XES $3,538
TERMS Cash Conventional Financing 1031 Exchange
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NOTICE Offer is subject to errors, omissions, prior sale, change or withdrawal without notice, and approval of purchase by owner. Information regarding land classification, carrying capacities, maps, etc., is intended only as a general guideline and has been provided by the owners and other sources deemed reliable, but the accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Prospective purchasers are encouraged to research the information to their own satisfaction.
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