A 600-acre retreat once owned by former Auburn Head Coach Pat Dye is now on the market.

Auburn Oaks, just 15 minutes drive from the Loveliest Village, is for sale for $6.95 million. Robert Dudley and Forrest During with National Land Realty are handling the sale.

Dye, who died in 2020, was Auburn’s head coach from 1981 through 1992, and led the Tigers to four SEC championships, coaching Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson as well as a number of All-Americans. He finished with a record 99-39-4 during 12 seasons and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005.

The private-gated property is dominated by a four-bedroom, four-bathroom waterfront main lodge. The home was built sometime in the 1920s as part of the Pepperell Mills residential installment in Opelika before being moved and restored in the 1980s.

There’s also a modern three-bedroom, three-bath secondary guest lodge with a gazebo near an additional pond.

Auburn Oaks also boasts an event center and wedding venue which can accommodate up to 300 guests.

For the sportsman, there’s a world-class clay course featuring 16 shooting stands, a European pheasant tower and working gun dog kennel facilities.

A set of offices and a pro shop are located on site. Auburn Oaks also lies within a federally recognized opportunity zone for the owner who wants to start a new business venture.

The acreage includes mixed upland loblolly pine stands, long leaf pine flats, and upland mixed oaks both planted and natural. There are four professionally stocked and managed fishable ponds and lakes on the property, as well as opportunities for gamey put-and-take quail hunts and deer and turkey hunting.