A Cedar City community
Living in Highland Park.
A close-in pocket on North Highland Drive, north of Center Street and a few blocks east of Main. This is a genuinely mixed stretch, older manufactured homes on smaller lots next to larger conventional single-family homes, all a few minutes from downtown, College Avenue, and the Coal Creek Trail corridor.
I am Scott Buehler. I have called Southern Utah home for more than 20 years, and this page is the honest version of what Highland Drive actually offers, property type by property type, and what I check before you buy or sell here.
New to the area? Start with the Cedar City guide, then come back for this pocket.
Current listings
Homes for sale in Highland Park.
Buying here
Be first in line when one lists.
I watch the Iron County MLS every day, and on a mixed street like Highland Drive that habit earns its keep, because a manufactured home and a larger site-built house can sit a few doors apart and never belong in the same comparison. Tell me which of the two you are shopping, and when one turns up on this close-in stretch near the Coal Creek Trail corridor I will call with the property type already sorted for you.
Selling here
Own a home in Highland Park?
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Listing information comes from the local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
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Life on Highland Drive
Close in, and honest about the mix.
Highland Park is not a platted subdivision with a builder's name on the sign. It is North Highland Drive itself, a close-in street north of Center Street and a few blocks east of Main, with house numbers running roughly from the 100s up through the 400s North. You are inside the established north-central grid, not out past the edge of town.
What sets Highland Drive apart from most Cedar City streets I work is the mix. Some parcels carry manufactured or mobile homes on smaller lots dating back to the 1980s, and others carry larger conventional site-built homes on quarter-acre-plus lots. That mix is the single most important thing to understand before you compare any two "Highland Drive" listings, because they are not always the same kind of property wearing the same address.
So the work I do here starts with property type, not price. Buying, I sort manufactured from site-built before I ever look at a number. Selling, getting that classification right is what keeps your home from being priced off a comp that does not actually match it.
Close-in highlights
What the location actually puts in reach.
Highland Park sells on position more than on amenities of its own. Here is what being this close in on the north-central side genuinely puts within a few minutes.
North Highland Drive itself
The named street is the whole pocket, with house numbers running roughly from the 100s to the 400s North. It is the practical starting point for any home here, and where I begin a search.
Downtown, minutes away
Historic Main and Center, the shops, and the city's services sit a short drive southwest. Being close in is the entire point of this pocket.
The Coal Creek corridor
The paved Coal Creek Trail runs from Bicentennial Park east through downtown and up into Cedar Canyon. The full story is in the trails section below.
College Avenue and SUU nearby
Southern Utah University and the College Avenue corridor sit a short cross-town hop from Highland Drive, part of why demand for close-in streets stays steady.
A lived-in stretch, not a raw new build
This street filled in gradually rather than as one platted phase, so yards and mature landscaping vary lot to lot, and that settled character is part of the appeal for close-in buyers.
Easy freeway reach
Interstate 15 is a short drive west through town. Which interchange is quickest depends on the exact address, so I map that with you. More in the errands table.
Homes
Two products, compared one at a time.
Highland Park's housing stock splits into two lanes, and reading them as one market is the most common mistake I see on this street. One lane is manufactured and mobile homes, generally dating to the 1980s, on lots often around a quarter acre. A recent sale at 350 North Highland Drive was a three-bedroom, two-bath manufactured home built in 1987, about 1,620 square feet on a 0.24-acre lot, sold in the high $200,000s. The other lane is larger, conventional site-built homes on bigger lots, with a recent example around 2,250 square feet on nearly half an acre listing in the mid $400,000s.
Because build years and lot sizes vary so much from one house to the next on this street, I check those by address rather than quoting one number for the whole stretch. A manufactured home three doors down from a conventional home is not a comp for it, even though both show up under a Highland Drive search.
The comparison work is classic close-in resale work once you have the property type sorted: condition, systems age, lot size, parking, and whether the home sits closer to the 100s North or further up toward the 400s. Those details, not a headline figure, drive the price.
Two homes on the same street can be two different markets once you separate manufactured from site-built.
Trails & outdoors
The Coal Creek Trail, a short drive away.
The paved Coal Creek Trail is the closest named trail to this pocket. It starts at Bicentennial Park on the west side, runs east through downtown, passing under Main Street and Highway 14, then continues north and east past the city ball fields and Rotary Centennial Veterans Park, through East Canyon Park, and up Cedar Canyon. From Highland Drive, reaching a trail access point is a short drive rather than a walk out the door, and the exact route depends on which block you are on.
Coal Creek Trail
A paved, 3.5-mile path along Coal Creek connecting Bicentennial Park to the East Canyon Park area and Cedar Canyon beyond. Good for a walk, run, or easy ride.
Veterans Park access
Rotary Centennial Veterans Park sits roughly at the trail's midpoint with parking for the ball fields, a practical starting point for a Highland Drive resident.
Check the access point
The route from a given Highland Drive home to the nearest trail entrance is an address-level question. I map it before anyone counts on it.
Trail facts: Cedar City's official Coal Creek Trail page. The wider outdoor picture, Cedar Breaks and Brian Head included, is in the Cedar City guide.
Errands & drive times
Errands, measured in minutes.
Being close in is the practical payoff of Highland Drive: the daily stops point back toward Main Street and downtown, all of it short. Times below are measured from near 250 N Highland Drive, roughly the middle of the stretch; confirm door-to-door for your exact address, since the pocket runs a few blocks long.
| The errand | Where it happens | From the pocket |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery run | Lin's Fresh Market, 150 N Main Street | ~4 min |
| Second grocery option | Smith's Food & Drug, 633 S Main Street | ~7 min |
| Dinner and shops | Historic downtown, Main and Center | ~4 min |
| Campus and games | Southern Utah University, University Blvd | ~6 min |
| Trailhead | Coal Creek Trail, Veterans Park access | ~5 min |
| Healthcare | Cedar City Hospital, 1303 N Main Street | ~5 min |
| Freeway on-ramp | Interstate 15 at Exit 62, N Main Street | ~6 min |
| Hardware and home improvement | The Home Depot, Providence Center | ~9 min |
| Flights | Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC) | ~10 min |
Farther out, the Kolob Canyons gate of Zion is about 25 minutes south on I-15, Brian Head's ski runs are about 40 minutes north via Parowan, and St. George is about an hour south. The full day-trip map lives in the Cedar City guide.
Schools & education
Schools, checked by address.
Highland Park is part of the Iron County School District. Address-level MLS records for this stretch of Highland Drive point to East Elementary on College Avenue, less than a mile away, then Cedar Middle School and Cedar City High School, both on the south side of town.
I say that with one important caveat: East Elementary moved into a newly rebuilt building in 2026, and the district redrew elementary boundaries as part of that project. Being this close to downtown, a boundary line can run near this stretch, so confirm the current assignment directly with the district for any home you are serious about rather than assuming the address history above still applies. For independent school information, GreatSchools and Niche both publish data you can weigh for yourself. I do not rank schools on community pages.
I cover the bigger education picture, including SUU, in the Cedar City guide.
One street, two products
Why "Highland Park" is not one market.
Most close-in Cedar City streets settle into one general housing character. Highland Drive genuinely does not, and I would rather tell you that plainly than let a listing photo do the talking. Walk the street and you pass older manufactured and mobile homes on modest lots next to larger, newer conventional homes on bigger parcels, sometimes within a few doors of each other.
That mix is not a flaw. It is why the street offers a real range of entry points into a close-in, downtown-adjacent location, from a smaller manufactured home in the high $200,000s up to a larger site-built home in the mid $400,000s. But it does mean the usual shortcut, quoting one price-per-square-foot number for "the neighborhood," does not work here the way it would on a single-builder subdivision.
So before I ever put a number in front of a buyer or a seller on this street, I confirm which lane a specific property sits in. That single step changes which comps are even relevant.
What I check before I compare two Highland Drive homes
- Whether the county records the home as manufactured, mobile, or site-built, since that changes both financing and the comp set.
- Lot size, since parcels on this street range from small manufactured-home lots to nearly half-acre conventional lots.
- Build year and systems age, which vary more house to house here than on a single-phase subdivision.
- Exact position on the street, since the character can shift block to block between the 100s and the 400s North.
Sources: recently sold and active MLS listings on Highland Drive and county property records. This is general guidance, not a valuation. Confirm any specific property's classification with the county and a qualified lender before you rely on it.
What locals know
Notes from the Highland Drive pocket.
No listing photo tells you this part. After more than 20 years in Southern Utah, here is what I would tell a friend looking at Highland Park.
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Location is the asset. You are buying minutes, not a builder's brand. The value of this pocket is how close downtown, campus, and the Coal Creek corridor sit, so weigh the drive savings as much as the house.
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Do not price by the street name alone. A manufactured home and a site-built home a few doors apart do not belong in the same comp set. I confirm construction type before I quote a number.
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The trail is close, the route varies. The Coal Creek corridor is genuinely a short drive from here, but the easiest access point depends on the exact block, so we check it for your home.
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School boundaries just moved. East Elementary's rebuild came with redrawn lines in 2026. Confirm the current assignment before you count on it.
Buy or sell here
The buyer side and the seller side.
Buying in Highland Park
Highland Park is a close-in pocket on North Highland Drive, north of Center Street and a few blocks east of Main. Addresses run roughly from the 100s up through the 400s North on Highland Drive, so you are minutes from downtown, College Avenue, and the Coal Creek Trail corridor.
It is a genuinely mixed pocket. Highland Drive carries older manufactured and mobile homes from the 1980s on smaller lots alongside larger conventional single-family homes on quarter-acre-plus lots, so square footage, lot size, and build year swing widely from one address to the next. I check the specific property type before comparing any two homes here.
Yes. The paved Coal Creek Trail runs east from Bicentennial Park through downtown and up into Cedar Canyon, and Highland Drive sits close enough to reach an access point in a short drive. Whether a specific home walks or drives to the trail comes down to the exact block, and I map that with you.
It runs wide because the product mix is wide. A recent manufactured home on Highland Drive sold in the high $200,000s at about 1,620 square feet, while larger conventional homes on bigger lots have listed well into the $400,000s. Treat that as the shape of the range and confirm the real number against live listings.
Highland Park is in the Iron County School District. Address-level records for this stretch of Highland Drive point to East Elementary on College Avenue, then Cedar Middle School and Cedar City High School. East Elementary's boundaries were redrawn for the new building the district opened in 2026, so confirm the current assignment directly with the district for any home you are serious about.
Ready to look? See what is on the market or tell me what you are after.
Selling in Highland Park
Close-in resale values here turn on property type, condition, and exact location more than on a neighborhood average, so automated estimates get shaky. Start with the home valuation page and I will run a real comparison against recent close-in Cedar City sales, no obligation.
List with me and your home is featured across MovingUtah, on this page, on the Cedar City hub, and in the featured listings buyers browse on this site. The get featured page walks through exactly how that works.
I start with live MLS comps, then split by property type first, manufactured versus conventional construction, before I adjust for condition, finished square footage, lot size, and how the exact address compares with other close-in Cedar City resale homes.
Yes, but on a single purchase I take one role only, never both. I can help as your real estate agent or as your lender, and the role is disclosed before we move forward. The full explanation is on How I Work.
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Keep exploring Cedar City
Want a closer look at Highland Park?
Buying, I can pull the current Highland Drive listings, sort manufactured from site-built, and tell you honestly how each compares against recent close-in Cedar City sales. Selling, I will position your home against the right slice of the street instead of the whole pocket. Either way, we start with a conversation.
Selling in Highland Park
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