A Cedar City community
Living in Iron Crest.
A Radiant Blue Construction community on Cedar City's west side, built around 3800 West and 975 North. Single-family new construction on lots that run roughly a third of an acre to about half an acre, with mountain views, rolled out in phases by a local custom builder, with Main Street, groceries, and the hospital about ten minutes east.
I am Scott Buehler. I have spent 20-plus years as a Southern Utah resident and I am a licensed REALTOR and lender. This page is the honest version of what the west side offers, what these homes cost, and what I would check before you buy or sell here.
New to the area? Start with the Cedar City guide, then come back for the west side.
Current listings
Homes for sale in Iron Crest.
Fed straight from the MLS and limited to homes inside the community: new Iron Crest listings appear here the day they list, and sold homes drop off.
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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 west side
New construction with room to breathe.
Iron Crest sits on Cedar City's west side, built around 3800 West and 975 North. It reads as Cedar City's newest subdivision: newer streets, larger lots, and open ground toward the Cedar Mountains instead of a tight in-town block. You are out past the older west-side neighborhoods, on ground that was raw land until Radiant Blue Construction started platting it in phases.
The trade is a few minutes of drive for elbow room. Main Street, the grocery stores, and the hospital sit roughly ten minutes east, and freeway access is a short hop from there. So a lot that runs a third of an acre or more, with a mountain view, does not cost you a long haul every time you need something.
The homes here are new and built in phases by a single local custom builder, which keeps the look reasonably consistent street to street while still leaving room to choose a plan and a finish. That is the appeal of this pocket: a current home on a generous lot, with the town close enough to use.
Neighborhood highlights
What sets this pocket apart.
A local custom builder
Iron Crest is a Radiant Blue Construction community. The builder has been building custom homes, remodels, and additions around Cedar City for more than 20 years, and you can build from their plans or bring your own.
Larger lots than most new builds
Recorded lots here run from about a third of an acre up to roughly half an acre, larger than much of Cedar City's newer in-town inventory, with mountain views that change lot to lot.
Coal Creek Trail's west end
Cedar City's paved Coal Creek Trail starts a short drive away at Bicentennial Park. The trails section below has the detail and the honest word on the Iron Hills trails too.
Ten minutes to town
Groceries, big-box shopping, the hospital, and Main Street all sit about ten minutes east, with freeway access a short hop beyond. The errands table breaks it down.
Utilities already stubbed
Lots come served by city water, city sewer, natural gas, and electricity stubbed to the property, which keeps a new build simpler than a raw rural parcel would.
Built in phases, cul-de-sac layout
The recorded plat lays out roughly three dozen lots around a cul-de-sac loop off 3800 West. Phase 1 sold out first, and later phases are releasing as they finish, so finished homes share streets with active lots.
Homes & lots
Custom homes on generous lots.
Iron Crest is single-family new construction built by Radiant Blue Construction, a local custom builder. Floor plans generally run three to four bedrooms, two to three bathrooms, and roughly 1,850 to 2,650 square feet, sitting on lots that range from about a third of an acre up to roughly half an acre with mountain views. Because it is a custom builder, you can build from their plans or bring your own, so layouts and finish levels vary from one home to the next.
On price, individual sales I have seen have started in the high $500,000s to low $600,000s and run into the $700,000s, depending on plan, square footage, lot, and finish package. Treat that as a starting point and confirm it against the live listings, because a phased custom community moves with what is actually released and for sale.
On a custom street, two homes the same size can live very differently once you walk them.
One thing I always check here: whether a home is a finished resale, a completed spec, or still mid-build, and which phase the lot sits in. Each one is a different pricing and contract conversation. Tell me early which you are after and I will line up the right comparisons.
Trails & outdoors
The paved trail is closer than the singletrack.
Cedar City's outdoor reputation runs on the Iron Hills Trail System, but I want to be straight with you about geography: those named trailheads sit on the south and southeast side of town, a real drive from Iron Crest rather than an edge-of-neighborhood amenity. The closer named trail from the west side is Coal Creek's paved path.
Coal Creek Trail (easy)
The city's paved multi-use path runs about 3 miles along the creek, from Bicentennial Park on the west side through Rotary Centennial Veterans Park to the mouth of Cedar Canyon. A short drive gets you to the closer, west-side end.
Three Peaks Recreation Area
This BLM area northwest of town, reached via Midvalley Road, is genuinely the closer direction of travel from the west side: mountain biking, OHV trails, hiking, and bouldering across more than 6,000 acres.
Iron Hills Trail System (a drive, not an edge amenity)
Real BLM singletrack, but its trailheads (Southview off S Shurtz Canyon Drive, the "C" Overlook, Greens Lake) sit on the south and southeast side of town. Confirm the drive from your exact street before you count on it as a walk-out feature.
Cedar Breaks and Brian Head, seasonal
Farther out and across town, State Route 14 climbs to Cedar Breaks National Monument and Brian Head's ski runs open up a genuine day trip once you are past the west-side errands.
Trail details come from Cedar City's official trail pages and the BLM. The wider outdoor picture, Cedar Breaks and Brian Head included, is in the Cedar City guide.
Errands & drive times
Errands, measured in minutes.
This is the practical answer to "how far is everything from the west side." Times are measured from near 3800 West and 975 North, and framed as an estimate: confirm door-to-door for your exact street. The short version: the daily stops run east toward Main Street and the Providence Center area, and the freeway is a short hop past that.
| The errand | Where it happens | From Iron Crest |
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| Full grocery run | Lin's Fresh Market, 150 N Main Street | ~10 min |
| Second grocery option | Smith's Food & Drug, 633 S Main Street | ~9 min |
| Big-box and hardware | Walmart Supercenter and The Home Depot, Providence Center Dr | ~11 min |
| Healthcare | Cedar City Hospital, 1303 N Main Street | ~11 min |
| Freeway on-ramp | Interstate 15 at Exit 59 (SR-56/200 North) | ~7 min |
| Dinner downtown | Historic Main Street | ~10 min |
| Campus and games | Southern Utah University | ~11 min |
| Flights | Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC) | ~13 min |
| Paved trail walk or ride | Coal Creek Trail, Bicentennial Park end | ~6 min |
Farther out, the freeway puts the region within reach: Three Peaks Recreation Area is roughly 20 minutes northwest via Midvalley Road, Brian Head's ski runs are about 40 minutes north via Parowan, the Kolob Canyons gate of Zion is about 25 minutes south on I-15, and St. George is roughly an hour. The full day-trip map lives in the Cedar City guide.
Schools & education
Schools, by the facts.
Iron Crest is part of the Iron County School District. The nearest elementary is Iron Springs Elementary (grades K-5) at 235 North 4050 West, a short distance from the neighborhood. Iron County School District is redrawing elementary boundaries for the 2026-27 school year and middle and high school boundaries for 2027-28, so confirm the current assignment for any home you are serious about directly with the district rather than assuming from a map.
For the secondary level, this side of town splits between the Cedar Middle/Cedar High and Canyon View Middle/Canyon View High attendance zones, and I would rather tell you that honestly than guess a specific school for a growing area mid-redraw. For independent school information, GreatSchools and Niche both publish data you can weigh for yourself, and Southern Utah University is about eleven minutes away.
I cover the bigger education picture, including SUU, in the Cedar City guide.
A community still forming
Buying into a work in progress.
Iron Crest is genuinely new. The recorded plat lays out a single cul-de-sac loop off 3800 West with lots sized from about a third of an acre up past four-tenths of an acre, and Radiant Blue Construction has been releasing it phase by phase rather than all at once. Phase 1 sold out first, and later phases have released as the earlier ones filled in, which is a very different rhythm than buying into a subdivision that finished building fifteen years ago.
What that means in practice: on any given week, Iron Crest can show you finished, lived-in homes right next to an active building lot with a crew on-site. That is not a defect, it is just what a young, phased subdivision looks like while it fills in. It also means the neighborhood's final character, its landscaping, its mature trees, its settled feel, is still a few years out.
I would rather tell a buyer that plainly than let a listing photo suggest a finished, mature street. If you want the quiet of an established neighborhood today, that is a different search. If you want a new home on a big lot and you do not mind some construction traffic for a while longer, Iron Crest is worth a serious look.
What I check before I call a phased-build home ready
- Which phase the lot sits in, and whether neighboring lots are finished, under construction, or still vacant.
- Whether the home is a finished resale, a completed spec, or still mid-build, since each is a different contract.
- Current lot availability and pricing directly with the builder, since a phased community's numbers move as each release sells.
What locals know
Notes from the west side.
No listing photo tells you this part. After more than 20 years as a Southern Utah resident, here is what I would tell a friend looking at Iron Crest.
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Ask which phase you are in. A finished resale, a completed spec, and a home still under construction are three different deals. The phase shapes price, timeline, and what you can still change.
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The lot is a big part of the value. Lot sizes here vary from about a third of an acre to nearly half an acre, and usable yard, slope, side access, and how the view actually sits change a lot from one parcel to the next. Walk the lot, not just the floor plan.
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Keep the comps narrow. An Iron Crest home should be measured against similar west-side new construction, not every newer listing in town. That is how you get a price that holds up.
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Do not count on Iron Hills as a walk-out amenity. It is a real trail system, but the trailheads sit on the other side of town. If singletrack access is a must-have, drive the route before you fall for the lot.
Buy or sell here
The buyer side and the seller side.
Buying in Iron Crest
Iron Crest is on Cedar City's west side, built around 3800 West and 975 North. It is a newer, quieter grid than the Main Street corridor or the northeast bench, with Main Street, groceries, and the hospital roughly ten minutes east.
Iron Crest is a Radiant Blue Construction community, a Cedar City custom builder that has been building homes, remodels, and additions in the area for more than 20 years. The community is rolling out in phases, you can build from their plans or bring your own, and I would confirm the current phase and lot availability for any home you are considering.
Single-family new construction on lots that run roughly a third of an acre to about half an acre, with mountain views. Plans generally run three to four bedrooms, two to three bathrooms, and roughly 1,850 to 2,650 square feet, and because it is a custom builder, finishes and layouts vary lot to lot.
Recent Iron Crest activity has generally started in the high $500,000s to low $600,000s and run into the $700,000s, depending on plan, square footage, lot, and finish package. Prices move as new phases release, so treat that as a starting point and confirm against the live listings.
Ready to look? See what is on the market or tell me what you are after.
Selling in Iron Crest
The closest named trail is the west end of Cedar City's paved Coal Creek Trail, which starts at Bicentennial Park a few minutes from the neighborhood. The Iron Hills singletrack system is real, but its trailheads sit on the south and southeast side of town, a drive rather than an edge-of-neighborhood amenity from Iron Crest.
Yes. Want to sell your home in Iron Crest? List it with Scott and get featured on MovingUtah, including this community page and the Cedar City guide.
I start with live MLS comps from the same west-side new construction, then adjust for plan, build phase, finish package, lot size, usable yard, garage setup, landscaping, views, and exact street position.
Yes, but on a 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.
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Keep exploring Cedar City
Want a closer look at Iron Crest?
Buying, I can pull the current listings and tell you honestly which plans, phases, and lots fit what you are after. Selling, I will give you a straight number and a plan to feature your home in front of the buyers already on this site. Either way, we start with a conversation.
Selling in Iron Crest
Want to sell your home in Iron Crest? List it with Scott Buehler and get featured on MovingUtah.
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