Take A Tour: New Milford's Five Priciest Homes On The Market Right Now

NEW MILFORD, CT — A 100-acre estate with its own 15-acre lake, once owned by a mineral magnate, tops New Milford's most expensive homes for sale, according to listings on Zillow.com.

No. 1 on the list is 64 Big Bear Hill Road, listed at $8,250,000. The listing says the 101.12-acre property was owned by mineral magnate Ferdinand Julius Fohs and later donated to set up a camp for underprivileged New York City youth. It has since been extensively renovated into an estate with a Georgian manor of about 8,500 square feet, guest houses and lakeside lodges, with more than 23,000 square feet of living space in all, according to the listing. Zillow lists 8,457 square feet, 17 bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and two half bathrooms, and dates the property to 1938. It has been on Zillow for 24 days.

Just behind it is 57 Indian Trail Road, called Hollow Farm, listed at $4,850,000 after a $395,000 price cut on Sept. 1. The 72-acre estate in its own private valley has a main house from about 1755, updated and expanded in 2005, along with a guest bungalow, a screened gazebo over a pond, a pool pavilion, stables with a caretaker's apartment and a restored barn. The main house has 6,236 square feet, four bedrooms, three full bathrooms and two half bathrooms, and a great room with a stone fireplace. It has been on Zillow for 144 days.

Rounding out the top three is 23 Echo Drive on Candlewood Lake in the Birch Groves community, listed at $3,900,000 and offered for the first time by the family that built it. The 1939 Adirondack-style stone and wood house has 2,073 square feet, four bedrooms, two full bathrooms and one half bathroom, a three-season porch and a floor-to-ceiling fieldstone fireplace. The sale includes the 0.43-acre lot at 24 Echo Drive across the road, and the 0.63-acre waterfront side has a private dock and a lakeside boat garage looking out on protected land. It has been on Zillow for 208 days.

No. 4 is 65 Stockyard Court, a 9,000-square-foot new-construction home the listing calls Le Chateau Maison, listed at $3,200,000. It has five bedrooms, six full bathrooms and one half bathroom on 2.5 acres. It has been on Zillow for 55 days.

Closing out the top five is 110 Chestnut Land Road, a modern farmhouse on 13.45 acres bordered by 54 acres of protected land, minutes from Washington Depot, listed at $1,800,000 after a $150,000 price cut on Oct. 7. The listing says the house was reconceived, expanded and rebuilt from the ground up; it has 5,328 square feet, four bedrooms, three full bathrooms and one half bathroom, and a kitchen with custom cabinetry and quartz counters. It has been on Zillow for 38 days.

Prices, listing status and days on market are from each property's Zillow.com listing as of Oct. 26, 2026, and may change. Only homes marked "For sale" or offered as new construction were included; pending, coming-soon, land-only and multifamily listings were left out.