Determining Which Plot of Land would be Suitable for Building a New Community

Posted By Miles Rose on 9/25/2025


For those who aren’t familiar with the names of each plot of land that twin oaks “owns”, here’s a map:

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In addition to many long hikes on each plot of land, we have also overlaid several maps to create this useful composite that includes a contour map showing elevations, property lines, and the purple line is a hiking trail around the perimeter which we used to explore various areas to consider for this project.

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After much deliberation, we feel that the most suitable plots to locate a new community are:

  1. The Monacan Land
    • due to its large road frontage, its clear delineation from Twin Oaks Central Property, and the comparatively gentle slopes as seen on the contour map which would make building structures easier. Aerial drone footage available here
  2. The Clearcut “Troutland”
    • Due to the lack of existing claims and low usage of the steep sloped area that is currently covered in thorny vines, there is likely to be less pushback against us. However, road access would be a bit challenging as it would require driving up the EC path from West Old MTN Road. There is also the possibility of using a bush hog machine to clear some of the vines in order to extend the high south pasture into the clearcut, combining the Dairy Crew’s pasture land with Earthly Wilds land as a joint venture of collaboration between our two communities. Aerial drone footage available here
  3. The Riverland
    • Since this land is under the dairy crew’s jurisdiction, there is likely to be less pushback against us, however the existing pastureland would need to be avoided, in addition to avoiding the marshy floodzones. The light blue areas on the contour map show the highest region of this land plot.

We invite input from members of Twin Oaks Community in order to help us make this decision.


-Miles Rose