A Cedar City community
Living in Monte Vista Acres.
Cedar Valley's far northwest shoulder, out past 6450 West, where lots are measured in acres instead of feet, the roads are paved, and the mountain views run the full width of the valley. Room for the shop, the animals, and a build of your own, well past the in-town grid.
I am Scott Buehler, a Southern Utah resident of 20-plus years and a licensed REALTOR and lender. Out here the honest version matters more than usual: the space is the easy part, and the parcel-level details are where a good buy is won or lost.
New to the area? Start with the Cedar City guide, then come back for the northwest valley.
Current listings
Homes and land for sale in Monte Vista Acres.
Buying here
Be first in line when one lists.
I'm Scott Buehler, and I watch the Iron County MLS daily for both houses and lots out past 6450 West. This subdivision's acre-sized parcels with paved roads move fast once they list, so tell me you're watching Monte Vista Acres specifically and I'll call you the moment a home or a lot comes up, before it ever reaches a public search.
Selling here
Own a home or lot in Monte Vista Acres?
Buyers check this exact page hoping to find your street. When you are ready, list it with me and get featured on MovingUtah. Start with an honest read on what your home is worth.
Listing information comes from the local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
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Life out here
More open ground, fewer close-in shortcuts.
Monte Vista Acres reads nothing like a subdivision inside the Cedar City grid. This is the far-northwest shoulder of Cedar Valley, out past 6450 West, where lots run around an acre apiece, the roads are paved, and the mountain views open across the valley floor. 1360 N 6450 W is a real address here and a handy way to picture where the subdivision sits.
Morning is quiet and wide. Midday means a drive: a full grocery run and the freeway sit roughly 15 to 20 minutes back toward town, which is the rural trade in one sentence, you swap drive-up convenience for room, open sky, and a shop or a build you could never fit on a city lot. Several lots I have checked carry animal rights for horses, livestock, or a hobby farm, which is part of why buyers come looking out here in the first place.
The appeal is space, sky, and a little more separation from the city grid. The tradeoff is due diligence: how the road reaches the parcel, where the utilities sit, whether a community well and septic are already solved, and how much of the acreage is actually usable. That is what this corner offers, and the rest of this page is the honest version of what it costs and what it asks of you.
The acreage setting
The lot is the first thing to study.
Monte Vista Acres is a land-first acreage subdivision, so the dirt is the headline before the house is. Lots I have checked run around an acre apiece, the roads through the subdivision are paved, and the views are open mountain and valley. 1360 N 6450 W is a useful orientation point, though I always check the recorded plat rather than lean on a single address.
Because the inventory leans toward land and build-ready lots more than a uniform home product, two parcels that look alike from the road can be very different buys. I start every comparison by sorting what is finished, what is build-ready, and what is still raw ground, and by confirming whether a lot ties into the community well or needs its own.
Where it sits
Far northwest Cedar Valley, out past 6450 West, well beyond the in-town grid. 1360 N 6450 W is a real address here, useful as a map pin, not a boundary line, so I confirm the recorded plat.
Paved access
Paved roads run through the subdivision, which is not a given on the rural edge. I still confirm road frontage, the driveway approach, and who maintains it for the exact lot.
Lot size
Lots I have checked run around an acre apiece. Gross acreage and usable acreage are not always the same, so I check slope, drainage, and setbacks.
Animal rights
Lots I have checked include animal rights for horses, livestock, or a hobby farm. I confirm the exact allowance for the specific parcel before anyone counts on it.
Homes & lots
A rural search that rewards parcel-level sorting.
Out here you are sorting two purchases at once: finished custom homes and the land they sit on. Lots run around an acre apiece, with the room that implies, detached shops, space for animals, and outbuildings you could never fit on a city lot. On a small acreage subdivision the mix swings between built homes and build-ready lots, so what is available shifts more than it would on a tract street. A bare acre lot here has recently listed in the neighborhood of $110,000, which I treat as a land data point, not a neighborhood price, since the market moves lot by lot.
Because so much of the value out here lives in the dirt, the utilities, and the improvements rather than a tract floor plan, two similar-looking listings can be very different buys. I separate finished homes, utility-ready lots, and raw land from the first comparison, price the usable acreage rather than just the square footage, and check recent west-valley acreage sales against the live MLS before anyone leans on a number.
Out here you are buying the dirt and the systems as much as the house.
Trails & outdoors
The BLM's back door is a short drive.
Living this far out has one clear outdoor upside: the Three Peaks Recreation Area, a 6,000-plus-acre BLM trail system northwest of Cedar City, sits closer to Monte Vista Acres than it does to almost anywhere else in town. Here is the honest tiering, from the closest named trailhead to the in-town options.
Three Peaks Recreation Area, ~15 min
The BLM's Three Peaks system opens up more than 25 miles of mountain-bike singletrack plus OHV routes and a disc golf course on the desert floor northwest of town, and it is the closest named trail system to this corner of the valley.
Open desert riding from the door
Beyond the platted subdivision, the west valley opens into BLM ground, which is part of why this corner draws OHV and horse owners who want to ride straight from the property rather than trailer somewhere first.
Coal Creek Trail, ~20 min
Back in town, the paved Coal Creek Trail runs about 3.5 miles along the creek from Ann J. Gardner Canyon Park to Bicentennial Park, an easy walk or ride once you have made the drive in.
Iron Hills Trail System, ~25 min
On the opposite, south side of town, the Iron Hills system and the climb to the white "C" add dirt singletrack. It is a full crosstown drive from out here, so most Monte Vista Acres riders lean on Three Peaks first.
Farther out, Cedar Breaks National Monument and Brian Head are on the opposite side of the valley, roughly 55 to 60 minutes away via town and State Route 14 or the Parowan exit, so they read as a full day trip rather than an after-work drive from this side of the valley.
Trail details come from the BLM's Three Peaks Recreation Area and Coal Creek Trail pages. The wider outdoor picture is in the Cedar City guide.
Errands & drive times
Plan errands before you commit to the routine.
The honest answer to "how far is everything." Times are measured from near 1360 N 6450 W and are estimates, confirm door-to-door for the exact parcel. Groceries, the freeway, and downtown all sit a real drive back east across the valley floor.
| The errand | Where it happens | From the valley |
|---|---|---|
| Full grocery run | Lin's Fresh Market, 150 N Main Street | ~15 min |
| Second grocery option | Smith's Food & Drug, 633 S Main Street | ~17 min |
| Big-box and hardware | Walmart Supercenter and Home Depot, Providence Center Dr | ~18 min |
| Freeway on-ramp | Interstate 15 at Exit 59, SR-56 and 200 North | ~15 min |
| Downtown and campus | Historic Main Street and Southern Utah University | ~18 min |
| Healthcare | Cedar City Hospital, 1303 N Main Street | ~20 min |
| Flights | Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC) | ~15 min |
| Mountain biking and OHV | Three Peaks Recreation Area (BLM) | ~15 min |
Farther out, the freeway puts Zion's Kolob Canyons entrance about 40 minutes south and St. George around an hour and 10 minutes south, with Cedar Breaks and Brian Head roughly an hour away on the opposite side of the valley. The full day-trip map lives in the Cedar City guide.
Schools & education
Schools, by the facts.
Monte Vista Acres is part of the Iron County School District. This far-west edge of the valley sits between the district's elementary zones, and the district's board approved elementary boundary changes for the 2026-27 school year affecting several schools across town, so I do not name a specific elementary here without checking the district's own tool first. Middle and high school boundaries are also shifting, on a separate timeline for the 2027-28 school year. Confirm the current assignment for any home you are serious about directly with the district using its boundary map rather than guessing from a general area.
For independent school information, GreatSchools and Niche both publish data you can weigh for yourself, and Southern Utah University sits about 18 to 20 minutes back toward town.
Due diligence
The field checks matter more than the label.
Acreage rewards a careful buyer, and Monte Vista Acres is a good example of why. The subdivision was platted in numbered units, so two lots that share the same subdivision name can still sit in different phases with different utility histories. On at least one lot I have checked, the water source is a shared community well rather than an individual one, natural gas is available, and the county lists animal rights allowing horses, livestock, or a hobby farm on the parcel. None of that is safe to assume for every lot out here.
I treat that as the whole point of this section. A finished home, a utility-ready lot, and raw acreage are three different searches, and I separate them from the first comparison before we ever talk price.
What I check before I call a parcel out here a safe bet
- Whether the parcel ties into the community well, needs its own well, or has another water source, and who maintains the shared system.
- Septic status and permitting, plus whether natural gas or only propane and power reach the lot line.
- The exact animal-rights allowance recorded for that lot, since it can vary by unit within the same subdivision.
- Road frontage, driveway grade, winter access, and the recorded plat against the county parcel map before calling anything build-ready.
What locals know
Notes from the northwest valley.
No listing photo tells you this part. After more than 20 years in Southern Utah, here is what I would tell a friend looking out here.
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Land is not automatically build-ready. A lot on a community well with animal rights recorded and a lot on raw ground can look similar from the road but carry very different costs to get a house on them.
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Map the everyday drive. Monte Vista Acres sits far northwest of the in-town grid, so test the grocery, work, school, and winter routes from the exact parcel before you write.
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You buy the dirt and the systems. Water, septic, access, and usable acreage can move value more than the floor plan does, so price the land, not just the square footage, against live comps.
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Sellers should bring documents. Survey, utility, well, septic, fencing, animal-rights, and improvement records do more work than broad acreage language ever will.
Buy or sell here
Straight answers for Monte Vista Acres decisions.
Buying in Monte Vista Acres
Monte Vista Acres sits in the far northwest corner of Cedar Valley, out past 6450 West, well beyond the in-town grid. 1360 N 6450 W is a real address inside the subdivision and a useful orientation point, and the roads through it are paved with open mountain views across the valley floor.
It is a land-first acreage subdivision: a mix of custom homes and vacant, build-ready lots, most running around an acre apiece. Lots I have checked carry animal rights for horses, livestock, or a hobby farm, and several tie into a shared community well rather than an individual one, so I confirm the exact utility picture parcel by parcel.
It swings between both, and on a small acreage subdivision it is normal to see vacant land more often than finished homes. Because the inventory is land-heavy, read any single price as a land signal, not a neighborhood home median, and check the live MLS for what is actually available today.
Verify the recorded lot, road access, the community well connection or other water source, septic requirements, animal rights, fencing, drainage, and any county permitting before you treat a parcel as build-ready. On acreage the parcel file matters more than the listing photo.
Ready to look? See what is on the market or tell me what you are after.
Selling in Monte Vista Acres
Value depends on usable acreage, utilities, road access, fencing, water, septic status, views, and whether you are selling land or a finished home, so automated estimates miss badly out here. Start with the home valuation page and I will run a real comparison against recent west-valley acreage sales, no obligation.
List with me and your property 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 widen carefully to comparable Cedar Valley acreage, then adjust for usable land, utilities, water, septic status, road access, fencing, and views. It is hands-on pricing against live comps, not an automated guess.
Yes, and timing the two is mostly a sequencing problem. I cover the playbook in the buy and sell at once guide, and because I am dual-licensed I can keep the sale, the search, and the financing on one desk, taking one role only on any single purchase.
Thinking about it? Start with your number or see how featuring works.
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Want a closer look at Monte Vista Acres?
Buying, I can help verify whether a listing really belongs in the Monte Vista Acres search and check the land, utilities, water, septic, and access before you drive out. Selling, I will separate the acreage, the systems, and the build story so buyers understand exactly what they are comparing.
Selling in Monte Vista Acres
Want to sell your home or land in Monte Vista Acres? List it with Scott Buehler and get featured on MovingUtah.
No best-agent claims and no guaranteed-price promises, just honest pricing that separates finished homes from bare acreage before it ever names a number.