Living in Green View

Green View is one of Cedar City's areas of newer homes, mostly built since 2012 along North Fairway Drive and East Cobblecreek Drive. The address is what sets it apart. Cedar Ridge Golf Course, the city's own 18-hole municipal course, opened in 1963 and runs along the edge of the neighborhood. A row of homes on Fairway Drive backs straight onto the fairways, with mountains behind them.

Most of the homes are recent, so they have modern floor plans, two-car garages, and three or four bedrooms. Their basements are built into the slope, finished or ready to finish. It is a quieter, more residential corner of town, close enough to North Main to keep errands short but away from the busiest shopping strips.

Green View is not one builder's master-planned community with a name on a sign. It is an established neighborhood that Cedar City real estate sites list by name. People ask about it because of the homes on the fairway, not just Cedar City in general.

Green View is newer than most of Cedar City's established subdivisions. Recent Fairway Drive homes have run from roughly 2,200 to about 2,400 square feet above ground. Many have a basement that is finished or ready to finish, adding another 1,000 to 2,000 square feet. Total finished space commonly runs from 2,200 to more than 3,000 square feet, depending on how much of the basement is done. Lots are around a quarter acre, generally 13,000 to 14,000 square feet.

The lots slope toward the course and the valley, so walkout and daylight basements are common, not rare. Several homes add a second family room, a guest suite, or a flex room downstairs. Recent listings on Fairway Drive have priced from roughly the high $400,000s to the upper $500,000s, generally above Cedar City's citywide median.

Not every home in Green View sits directly on the golf course. The lots that cost more are the ones that back onto the fairway or have a mountain view over the greens. I check exactly where the lot sits before anyone assumes the address comes with a view.

The outdoors starts right at the property line. Cedar Ridge Golf Course is a green place to walk even if you do not play. The cart path that runs the length of the course makes an easy stroll. A little farther east on 900 North the land turns to red rock and desert trail, which you do not get in a flatter west-side subdivision.

Green View is part of the Iron County School District (grades K-5 elementary, 6-8 middle, 9-12 high). For the 2026-27 school year, the district approved elementary boundary changes that affect North, East, South, Three Peaks, Iron Springs, and Enoch elementary schools. Middle and high school boundaries are expected to change separately for 2027-28. With both changing, I will not name a specific elementary, middle, or high school for this address, because I could be wrong as soon as the map updates.

Before you buy, ask the district which elementary, middle, and high school serve the specific address. GreatSchools and Niche both publish school numbers you can weigh yourself. Southern Utah University is about eight minutes away, near downtown.

Backing onto Cedar Ridge Golf Course is a real plus, but understand it before you fall for the view. Now and then a stray ball lands in a backyard, as it does on any lot beside a golf course. Course maintenance also means early-morning mower noise in season. None of that is a dealbreaker for most buyers, but I would rather you know before closing than after.

Cedar Ridge is a municipal course run by Cedar City, not a private club, so living beside it comes without a private club fee. It also means the city, not the neighborhood, sets the course's hours and maintenance schedule. Before I call a Green View backyard "on the course," I check the recorded plat, which is the county's map of the lots. I look at the lot line and how close a fence can sit to it. I also look for any easement, which is a right someone else has to use part of the lot.

Not every address in Green View touches the fairway. Some sit a block or two back, with a partial golf view or none at all, and those homes are priced differently from the lots on the course. Ask which kind you are looking at before you compare two listings on price alone.