A Cedar City community
Living in Canyon Ridge
Canyon Ridge sits on Cedar City's east hillside, up against Cedar Ridge Golf Course near 900 North, with the red hills close behind. It is a custom-home neighborhood with big view lots. Inside the plat (the recorded map of the neighborhood) is a private park of more than three acres, with trails and playgrounds. North Main, the hospital, and I-15 are a straight run back down the hill.
New to the area? Start with the Cedar City guide, then come back for the ridge.
Canyon Ridge Dr, east hillside near 900 North
Canyon Ridge.
Current listings
Homes for sale in Canyon Ridge
This feed comes straight from the MLS and shows only homes inside Canyon Ridge. New listings appear here the day they list, and sold homes drop off. The neighborhood has finished custom homes and bare view lots side by side, so judge each one on its own.
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Listing information comes from the local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
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Life on the ridge
A golf-course hillside with town just below it
Canyon Ridge sits high on Cedar City's east hillside, on Canyon Ridge Drive near 900 North. Cedar Ridge Golf Course runs along one edge, and the red hills rise close behind. It is one of the clearest custom-home settings in town. You are up on the slope with the fairways below you, not down on the flat valley grid where most of Cedar City lives.
Midday is when the setting pays off. The private park inside the plat has more than three acres of walking trails and playgrounds, so you get open space without leaving the neighborhood. The golf course wraps the lower edge, and the best lots look west across the valley to the Cedar City Temple on its hill. Those are real reasons to buy up here. But the exact lot, which way it faces, and what can still be built nearby decide how much of that view you keep, so I check each one by address.
Evening is the payoff. The valley lights come up below the ridge, the course goes quiet, and the hills behind you hold the last color of the day. That is the trade Canyon Ridge offers: a genuine view-and-golf setting on a custom lot, with North Main, the hospital, and I-15 only a few minutes down the hill.
Ridge highlights
The practical pieces behind the setting
Six things set this end of the east hillside apart: the golf course on the edge, a private park inside the plat, and walkout-ready view lots. The homes are custom built, a few lots are still for sale, and Main Street is a short drive back down the hill.
On Cedar Ridge Golf Course
The neighborhood wraps the city's 18-hole Cedar Ridge municipal course at 200 East 900 North, and some lots look straight out over the 15th hole. Few Cedar City subdivisions sit right on the fairways.
A private park inside the plat
Canyon Ridge has its own park of more than three acres with walking trails and playgrounds, framed by the golf course. Open space you never have to drive to is rare in Cedar City.
Walkout-ready view lots
The ground falls away toward the valley, so many lots are graded for a walkout basement (a basement that opens onto the yard). That gives you views on two levels and a home that steps down the slope, which a flat valley lot cannot copy.
A custom-build neighborhood
These are custom homes, not a few repeated plans, so square footage and finish swing hard from one address to the next. Local builders including Black Rock and Choice Builders have work up here.
Land you can still buy
A handful of view lots remain, roughly a third of an acre and up, with utilities to the street and no fixed deadline to build. In most of Cedar City the buildable ground on a golf course is long gone.
Main Street ~5 min down the hill
The hillside drops straight down to North Main. Lin's, the hospital, and I-15 are all under ten minutes away, even though the streets feel tucked up on the slope.
Homes & lots
Two kinds of homes under one name
Canyon Ridge is a custom-home subdivision that is still being built, and that is the part most online searches get wrong. Under one name you have large finished custom homes and a few remaining view lots, and the two do not price the same way. Mix them together and the numbers lie to you: a raw lot in the mid $100,000s can drag an average far below where the finished homes actually sell.
So I look at homes and lots separately. Built homes here have run roughly 2,300 to 7,200 square feet, and how nice the finishes are swings a lot from one address to the next. They have generally sold from about the mid $700,000s up toward and past $1,000,000. The remaining lots are their own market. They run about a third of an acre to just over half an acre, and the price follows the view, the slope, and whether the lot is already set up for a walkout. On the ones I have seen, utilities are in the street, and buyers can bring their own builder with no fixed deadline to break ground.
The slope of the hillside is the quiet detail behind all of it. The ground falls away toward the valley, so lots here lend themselves to daylight and walkout basements, and that is why the best of them advertise views on two levels. It is also why I look hard at how each lot sheds water and keeps its view before I get excited about the number.
Buyers, separate finished homes from lots before you judge value. Sellers, do the same before you pick the recent sales to compare against. Then check it all against the live listings. In a small custom neighborhood, the right two or three recent sales of similar homes matter far more than any neighborhood average.
A finished custom home and a raw view lot sell at very different prices, even when they share the same address.
Park, golf & trails
Open space right off the door
Canyon Ridge is unusual for Cedar City because its best amenities start inside the neighborhood. You have a private park, a golf course on two edges, and the wider east hillside trail network climbing straight into the hills behind. Here they are, from a walk from home to a day trip.
The private park (easy)
It is more than three acres of walking trails and playgrounds inside the plat, framed by the golf course. You can use it after dinner without ever getting in the car.
Cedar Ridge Golf Course (on the edge)
The city's 18-hole municipal course wraps the lower edge of the neighborhood. A round starts a couple of minutes from the driveway, and some homes sit right on the fairways.
Coal Creek Trail and the Iron Hills
A few minutes down the hill, the paved Coal Creek Trail follows the creek across town. The Iron Hills trail system adds dirt singletrack in the hills on the south side of town, including the climb to the white "C".
Three Peaks Recreation Area, ~20 min
About twenty minutes northwest, the Three Peaks area has more than twenty-five miles of mountain-bike singletrack, OHV (off-highway vehicle) trails, and bouldering out on the desert floor. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages it.
Farther out, State Route 14 climbs east into the high country. The Lower Ashdown Gorge trailhead is roughly ten minutes up the canyon. Cedar Breaks National Monument and the Bristlecone Pine Trail are a seasonal drive beyond, open once the high road clears for the year.
Amenity details come from the neighborhood plat, active builders, and Cedar City's golf and parks pages. The wider outdoor picture, Cedar Breaks and Brian Head included, is in the Cedar City guide.
Errands & drive times
Errands, measured in minutes
This answers "how far is everything from up here." The short version: the hillside drops straight down to North Main, so groceries, the hospital, and the freeway are all under ten minutes away. The times are estimated and measured from near Canyon Ridge Drive off 900 North. Check the drive from your exact lot.
| The errand | Where it happens | From the ridge |
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| Full grocery run | Lin's Fresh Market, 150 N Main Street | ~5 min |
| Second grocery option | Smith's Food & Drug, 633 S Main Street | ~7 min |
| Hardware and home improvement | The Home Depot, Providence Center | ~9 min |
| Healthcare | Cedar City Hospital, 1303 N Main Street | ~6 min |
| Freeway on-ramp | Interstate 15 at Exit 62, N Main St | ~6 min |
| Tee time | Cedar Ridge Golf Course, 200 E 900 N | ~2 min |
| Campus and games | Southern Utah University | ~7 min |
| Flights | Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC) | ~12 min |
| Mountain biking and OHV | Three Peaks Recreation Area (BLM) | ~20 min |
Farther out, the weekend map opens up fast. Brian Head's ski runs are about 45 minutes north via Parowan, and Cedar Breaks National Monument is roughly 35 minutes up State Route 14 in season. The Kolob Canyons gate of Zion is about 25 minutes south on I-15, and St. George is roughly 50 minutes. The full day-trip map lives in the Cedar City guide.
Schools & education
Schools, by the facts
Canyon Ridge is part of the Iron County School District. This stretch of the east hillside near 900 North sits between the district's Cedar and Canyon View attendance zones (the areas that decide which school a home is assigned to). I do not want to name one school by distance and get it wrong. The elementaries closest to the hillside include Fiddlers Canyon Elementary and East Elementary (both grades K-5). The city's secondary schools are Cedar Middle School and Canyon View Middle School, which feed Cedar High School and Canyon View High School.
Two things matter for a buyer here. First, the district is changing which schools serve which streets: elementary lines shift for the 2026-27 school year, and middle and high lines shift for 2027-28. Second, this part of town can fall on either side of the Cedar and Canyon View split. So confirm your exact elementary, middle, and high assignment with the district by address before you rely on it, and do not guess from a map. GreatSchools and Niche both publish independent school information you can weigh for yourself. Southern Utah University is about seven minutes down the hill.
I cover the bigger education picture, including SUU, in the Cedar City guide.
Buying the view
What a view lot actually keeps
I will say this plainly, because it is the whole reason people pay more up here: the view is what you are buying. The best lots on the ridge advertise a wide sweep. You can see the red rock canyons to the east, the valley and the Cedar City Temple to the west, and the city lights to the south. Cedar Ridge Golf Course sits below, and the mountains frame the whole thing. That is a real draw you can check for yourself. It is also easy to overpay for and easy to lose.
Here is the honest part. The neighborhood is still being built. The view you fall in love with from an empty lot is not guaranteed to survive the next house going up next door or downhill. The slope, roof heights, and where a neighbor places their home can all change a view. So I treat the view like a title issue: something to document, understand, and protect on purpose, not assume.
That is not a reason to walk away, but it is a reason to buy the right lot for the right price and go in with your eyes open. The buyers who do well on the ridge are the ones who ask what the view keeps before they ask what it costs.
What I check before I call a view lot a safe bet
- Which way the view faces, and which windows or outdoor spaces actually catch the golf course, the temple, and the valley.
- What a neighbor could still build uphill or downhill, and how much of the view the plat and any recorded restrictions protect.
- The slope, and whether the lot is truly set up for a walkout. That is what turns a slope into views on two levels instead of a drainage headache.
- How the view looks at different times of day. A golf-course view at noon and the city lights at night are two different things to buy.
This is general guidance, not a survey, a title opinion, or investment advice. Confirm any specific lot with the recorded plat, a surveyor, and the city before you rely on it. Sources: neighborhood plat and listing materials, active builders, and Cedar City golf and parks pages.
What locals know
The details I would slow down and check
Canyon Ridge is best for a buyer who reads the small print: the kind of home, the lot, the view, and the school split. These are the four things I would walk a friend through before they fall for any one address up here.
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Do not price a lot off a finished home. A raw view lot in the mid $100,000s and a finished custom home over $1,000,000 both wear the Canyon Ridge name. Separate the two and the picture gets honest fast.
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The view is lot-specific. Two lots one street apart can have very different views of the golf course, temple, and valley. Stand on the exact lot, at the height your home will sit, before you pay for the view.
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Confirm the walkout before you plan on it. Many lots are graded for a walkout basement, but not all, and that slope is half the reason the two-level view works. Check it, and do not assume it just from the look of the hill.
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Nail down the schools by address. This hillside can fall on either side of the Cedar and Canyon View split, and the district is redrawing its lines. Confirm the assignment with the district, not a map, before you count on it.
Buy or sell here
The buyer side and the seller side
Buying in Canyon Ridge
Canyon Ridge sits on Cedar City's east hillside, up against Cedar Ridge Golf Course near 900 North and 200 East. Homes line Canyon Ridge Drive, backed by the red hills, and the hillside drops away west toward Main Street, the hospital, and I-15, all a few minutes down the hill.
Canyon Ridge is a custom-home subdivision that is still being built, so you find larger custom homes alongside remaining view lots waiting for a plan. Built homes have run roughly 2,300 to 7,200 square feet, and how nice the finishes are swings a lot from one home to the next. Lots run about a third of an acre to just over half an acre. I look at every home and lot by address, not by neighborhood average.
Canyon Ridge is in the Iron County School District. This part of the east hillside sits between the Cedar and Canyon View attendance zones. The district is changing which schools serve which streets: elementary for the 2026-27 year, and middle and high for 2027-28. Confirm your exact elementary, middle, and high assignment with the district by address before you rely on it.
Yes, and it is the feature that sets the neighborhood apart. Canyon Ridge has a private park of more than three acres inside the plat, with walking trails and playgrounds, framed by the golf course. You also have direct access to the hiking, biking, and OHV routes that run off the east hillside into the red hills.
It runs high for Cedar City because you are comparing large custom homes against raw view lots. Built homes have generally sold from roughly the mid $700,000s up toward and past $1,000,000, while remaining building lots have started around the mid $100,000s. Treat that as a starting point, and check the live listings for the exact property.
The best lots really do look out over Cedar Ridge Golf Course, the Cedar City Temple across the valley, and the city lights, with the red hills close behind. But the value of a view depends on the lot. So I check which way it faces, what a neighbor could still build, and how it looks at different times of day. Only then do I call a view a selling point.
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Selling in Canyon Ridge
Do not use one set of recent sales to price both a finished custom home and a raw lot. A built home and a view lot sell at very different prices even though they share the Canyon Ridge name. The documented view, how the home sits by the golf course, and the park access are the details that move a buyer up here. Get those on paper and the pricing gets honest.
When you list with me, your home is featured on MovingUtah where it fits best. It shows first on the Cedar City listings and on this Canyon Ridge page, where buyers are already looking. The get featured page explains how it works. If you are thinking about selling, I would be glad to talk it through with you.
I start with recent sales and live listings from the MLS. Then I separate finished homes from lots so I am comparing like with like. From there I adjust for the specific view, the walkout basement, condition, and size. I also weigh how close the home sits to the golf course or park, and how much of the view the lot actually keeps.
Yes, but on a purchase I take one role only, never both. I can work as your real estate agent or as your lender, and the role is disclosed before we move forward.
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Selling in Canyon Ridge
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