Living in Old Sorrel Ranch

Old Sorrel Ranch is a tucked-away area on the hillside on Cedar City's west side. From I-15 Exit 59, head west on Highway 56, then turn south toward Westview Drive. Bladen Street, Foundation Trail, and May Drive run through the community, and the builder is still opening new phases on the slope above.

The hill sets the pace of the day up here. D.R. Horton sells the community on its sunset views and how close it is to town, and the miles back that up. I-15 and Cedar City Regional Airport are each roughly 2.5 miles away. Southern Utah University is around 3 miles, and the Cedar City Utah Temple is about 1.5. What you give up are the big, mature trees of the older neighborhoods. What you get is height on the hill and a brand-new home.

I treat the whole community as an active build. D.R. Horton phases, the Old Sorrel Heights phase, finished homes, and vacant lots all come up in the same conversation. Each one gets priced its own way, and checked its own way, before you buy.

Old Sorrel Ranch is 2020s new construction, so most of what you tour is D.R. Horton inventory, meaning homes the builder is selling right now. Plans run to roughly 3,146 square feet or more, with 3 to 5 bedrooms, 2 to 2.5 baths, and 2- to 3-car garages. Every one comes with a mud room, smart-home wiring, and an unfinished basement. Single-family lots start around a quarter acre. A separate line of Old Sorrel Townhomes sits at a lower price in the same master plan.

On the single-family side, the builder's released prices have run from roughly the high $400,000s into the low $600,000s, depending on plan, size, and lot. The townhomes have generally started in the $300,000s. Old Sorrel Heights is a later phase on the same hillside. New sections come out on their own schedule, so one blended number lumps a starter plan in with a big two-story and raw ground. That is why I never lead with one figure. I pull live MLS listings and the builder's current prices before I quote anything.

If you are buying, I compare each listing on its plan, its lot, how high it sits on the hill, the basement, and how close it is to done. I also weigh what is included and any builder incentive (a deal the builder is offering). If you are selling, I split finished homes from lots. Then I weigh yours against what the current phase has for sale before we set a price.

Old Sorrel Ranch is part of the Iron County School District. The builder's own listings for the community point to Iron Springs Elementary (grades K-5) on the west side of town as the elementary school. For middle and high school, Cedar City splits students between the Cedar and Canyon View zones. This part of the west side does not fall cleanly into either one, so I do not name a middle or high school here. Check it with the district by address.

The district is also changing which schools serve which streets. Six elementary zones shift for the 2026-27 school year, and both middle and high school boundaries shift for 2027-28. Before anyone writes an offer, confirm the elementary, middle, and high school for that exact home with the district. GreatSchools and Niche both publish data you can weigh for yourself. Southern Utah University is about three miles back toward town.

The community's name is not a marketing invention. In January 1898, a group of Cedar City men set out for a sawmill on the mountain. They needed lumber for the college that would become Southern Utah University. A record snowstorm buried the road in drifts up to fifteen feet deep. The men walked an old sorrel horse at the front, and it pushed into the snow again and again until the drifts gave way. They made it home alive, and the college was finished that September. SUU still honors the horse with a bronze Old Sorrel statue near the America First Event Center, where you can see it from the football field.

This hillside sits a few miles from that campus and its statue, which is why the builder borrowed the name for a community on Cedar City's west side. It is a small piece of local history worth knowing before you tell people where you live.