A Cedar City community
Living in Rancho Bonita.
A west-side Cedar City address off Midvalley Road, west of Enoch, where half-acre-plus lots leave room to spread out, a newer builder is still finishing lots in the second phase, and Three Peaks Elementary sits along the same road.
I am Scott Buehler, a Southern Utah resident of 20-plus years and a licensed REALTOR and lender. Out here the lot and the phase do as much work as the floor plan, so this page is the honest read on what I would check before you buy or sell.
New to the area? Start with the Cedar City guide, then come back for the west side.
Current listings
Homes for sale in Rancho Bonita.
No active listings today. One side of Rancho Bonita finished settling years ago while the newer phase is still delivering lots one at a time, so active inventory swings between thin and none. Both phases feed this page the instant the MLS records them. Prefer to hunt on your own? Open the map search or start from the homepage.
Buying here
Be first in line when one lists.
Rancho Bonita listings need reading carefully because the established half-acre section and the newer phase off Midvalley Road behave like different neighborhoods, and I verify the phase on every Iron County MLS entry before passing it along. Spell out your must haves and the right one triggers my call, not a maybe.
Selling here
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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
A west-valley address with room around the home.
Rancho Bonita sits on Cedar City's west side, off Midvalley Road west of Enoch, in the streets around 2300 to 2700 West and 4800 to 4975 North. It is not a downtown address, and it is not out at Cedar Valley Acres either, the acreage pocket several more miles northwest near Three Peaks Recreation Area. Rancho Bonita sits in between: a platted subdivision with curb, gutter, and sidewalks already in, on lots that still run half an acre and up.
That setting shapes the daily routine. Three Peaks Elementary sits along the same stretch of Midvalley Road, and groceries, I-15, and the airport are all a short drive rather than a walk. I map every one of those from the actual driveway rather than assume them from a central Cedar City address, because the west side reads differently once you are actually standing on the lot.
The thing that draws most buyers out here is room. Lots run a half acre and up, there is no shortage of side yard, and a newer phase of construction has been going in alongside older resales on the same streets, so you can compare an established home against a brand-new one within the same subdivision name.
West-side highlights
The west side has its own logic.
Six things make this stretch of town its own place, and each one is specific: the elementary school along the same road, half-acre lots with utilities already run, a named builder still finishing homes here, RV room on many lots, a west-side freeway on-ramp, and an inventory that spans more than one build era under one name.
Three Peaks Elementary on Midvalley Rd
The school sits at 1685 Midvalley Road, the same corridor Rancho Bonita addresses front. For some streets the school run is a short hop rather than a drive across town.
Half-acre lots, ready to build on
Curb, gutter, sidewalks, and full utilities are already in, so this lives like a finished subdivision on generous ground rather than raw acreage.
A named builder still finishing lots
Wade and Mark Wilcock have built the newer phase here with plans like the Paria and the Evergreen, so a fresh build can sit a few doors from an older resale.
Room for an RV
Several resales here list RV parking as a feature, which is part of what a half-acre-plus lot buys you that a standard city lot cannot.
West-side freeway access, ~10 min
Interstate 15 at Exit 59, the UT-56 interchange, is the on-ramp this side of town uses, with the airport and the Three Peaks Recreation Area trailhead off the same corridor.
One name, more than one phase
Established resales and the newer Wilcock-built phase both carry the Rancho Bonita name, so I confirm which phase and build year before I compare any two homes.
Homes & lots
Half-acre-plus lots with two build eras to compare.
Rancho Bonita is single-family homes on half-acre-plus lots, and the inventory splits cleanly into two groups. Established resales, some with finished basements and RV parking, share the streets with a newer phase that Wade and Mark Wilcock have been building out under named plans such as the Paria, a roughly 1,560-square-foot three-bedroom, two-bath layout with a two-car garage, and the larger Evergreen, at roughly 1,882 square feet with three bedrooms and three baths.
New-build base pricing in that newer phase has generally started in the high $300,000s to around $430,000 depending on the plan, while established resales on these half-acre lots, especially the larger ones with finished basements, have sold well into the $600,000s and $700,000s. That is a wide range for one subdivision name, which is exactly why I split resale from new construction before I compare a single number.
Because so much of the value lives in the lot size, the build era, and which phase a home belongs to, I sort resales and new construction separately from the first comparison rather than blending them into one average.
Out here the lot and the phase do as much pricing work as the square footage.
Trails & outdoors
Three Peaks sits at the end of the same road.
Rancho Bonita's real outdoor advantage is the road it sits on. Midvalley Road runs straight out to the BLM's Three Peaks Recreation Area, so the trailhead is a short drive rather than a cross-town trip. Here is the honest tiering, from a quick ride out to a full day trip.
Three Peaks Mountain Bike Trailhead (short drive)
Reached by continuing west on Midvalley Road, this BLM trailhead anchors more than 6,000 acres of terrain, with singletrack, an OHV trailhead, and an equestrian trailhead all off the same access road.
Three Peaks OHV and disc golf (short drive)
The same recreation area holds an OHV trailhead and two disc golf courses, so the west side doubles as the closer route into a genuinely large public-land amenity.
Coal Creek Trail (across town)
Cedar City's paved Coal Creek Trail follows the creek through the center of town, a straightforward drive in from this side once you are through the UT-56 corridor.
Cedar Breaks and Brian Head (day trip)
Farther out, State Route 14 and the Parowan exit reach the high country, with Cedar Breaks National Monument seasonal above about 10,000 feet and Brian Head's ski runs beyond it.
Trailhead access and mileage come from the BLM's own Three Peaks Recreation Area and Three Peaks Mountain Bike Trailhead pages. The wider outdoor picture 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 4900 North on Midvalley Road; the UT-56 corridor and Exit 59 are the fastest way in and out, so I route groceries, the hospital, and the freeway from the actual driveway rather than from downtown.
| The errand | Where it happens | From Rancho Bonita |
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| Freeway on-ramp | Interstate 15 at Exit 59, SR-56 / 200 North | ~10 min |
| Flights | Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC), Aviation Way | ~10 min |
| Full grocery run | Lin's Fresh Market, 150 N Main Street | ~13 min |
| Second grocery option | Walmart Supercenter, 1330 S Providence Center Dr | ~15 min |
| Hardware and home improvement | The Home Depot, Providence Center | ~15 min |
| Healthcare | Cedar City Hospital, 1303 N Main Street | ~12 min |
| Trailhead | Three Peaks Mountain Bike Trailhead, Midvalley Rd | ~10 min |
| Campus and downtown | Southern Utah University, historic Main Street | ~14 min |
| Elementary school | Three Peaks Elementary, 1685 Midvalley Rd | ~5 min |
Farther out, Exit 59 puts St. George about 50 to 55 minutes south and the Kolob Canyons entrance of Zion roughly 25 minutes south on I-15. Brian Head and Cedar Breaks run 35 to 40 minutes northeast, but that trip routes through town first. The full day-trip map lives in the Cedar City guide.
Schools & education
Schools, by the facts.
Rancho Bonita is part of the Iron County School District, and Three Peaks Elementary (grades K-5) sits along the same Midvalley Road corridor. Three Peaks is one of six elementary schools with boundary changes the district board approved for the 2026-27 school year, so an assignment that held true last year may not hold for the next incoming class. For middle and high school, this side of town is split between the Cedar and Canyon View zones, and the district's secondary boundaries are separately set to shift for 2027-28.
Given both changes are in motion, confirm the current elementary, middle, and high school assignment for any specific address directly with the district rather than assuming it from a neighbor or an old listing. For independent school information, GreatSchools and Niche both publish data you can weigh for yourself, and Southern Utah University is about 14 minutes back toward town.
One name, two phases
Why the "same" address is not always the same home.
Rancho Bonita is not a single, single-phase plat, and that is the detail worth understanding before you fall for one listing. County records show a later zone-change request tied to this same Midvalley Road corridor, and the newer phase that Wade and Mark Wilcock have been building carries its own marketing and its own plans, distinct from the established resales that share the Rancho Bonita name on the older streets.
In practice, that means two homes both labeled Rancho Bonita can differ by more than a decade of build year, a different lot layout, and a different price tier entirely. A buyer comparing a 2020s Wilcock-built Paria against an established resale on a larger lot with a finished basement is comparing two different products, not two versions of the same house.
So I treat the phase and the build year as a real line item on every Rancho Bonita comparison, not an afterthought, and I confirm which phase a specific parcel sits in before I price it against anything else carrying the name.
What I check before I compare two Rancho Bonita homes
- Which phase and builder the home belongs to, and the actual build year rather than an assumed one.
- The recorded lot size and plat, since half-acre-plus lots on this side of town are not all cut the same.
- RV access, basement finish, and garage setup, since those extras carry real value on a lot this size.
- Whether the builder still has active inventory nearby, since a fresh build competes directly with any resale the same week.
Sources: Iron County Planning Commission records for this corridor, the builder's own site for the newer phase, and the local MLS for resale comparables.
What locals know
The details I would slow down and check.
No listing photo tells you this part. After more than 20 years in Southern Utah, here is what I would tell a friend looking in Rancho Bonita.
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Read it as west-side, not far-north. The address grid and the school put this on the Midvalley corridor west of Enoch, closer in than Cedar Valley Acres and a different drive pattern than the north-end neighborhoods.
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Confirm which phase you are buying. A resale and a Wilcock-built new home can share the Rancho Bonita name and still be a decade and a price tier apart.
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The elementary boundary is moving. Three Peaks is one of six elementaries with a boundary change for the 2026-27 school year, so verify the assignment fresh rather than trusting last year's map.
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The lot carries real value. Half-acre-plus ground, RV access, and basement finish belong in the comp discussion here, not just the bed-and-bath count.
Buy or sell here
Straight answers for Rancho Bonita decisions.
Buying in Rancho Bonita
Rancho Bonita sits on Cedar City's west side, off Midvalley Road west of Enoch, in the 2300 to 2700 West streets around 4800 to 4975 North. Three Peaks Elementary sits right along Midvalley Road nearby. It reads as a west-valley address, not a downtown one, roughly 10 to 15 minutes from Main Street.
Single-family homes on half-acre-plus lots, mixing established resales with newer construction. The Rancho Bonita 2 phase has been built out by Wade Wilcock and Mark Wilcock with named plans including the Paria and the Evergreen, and several resales here have finished basements and RV parking. I confirm the build year and phase on any specific address before comparing it to the next one.
It depends heavily on lot size, age, and whether you are looking at a resale or a new build. New construction plans in the Rancho Bonita 2 phase have started in the high $300,000s to around $430,000, and larger established homes on these half-acre lots have sold well into the $600,000s and $700,000s. Confirm any number against live MLS, because a half-acre lot with a finished basement is a different sale than a standard one.
I confirm the recorded boundary and the MLS subdivision field first, then lot size, utilities, the recorded documents that govern the lot, which phase and builder built that specific home, RV access, the school assignment for that exact address, route timing, and live comparable sales.
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Selling in Rancho Bonita
Value here turns on the exact street, lot size, build year, condition, how much new construction is competing in the same phase, the basement and garage setup, and current west-side Cedar City comparable sales. Start with the home valuation page and I will run a real comparison, no obligation.
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I start with live MLS and confirm the Rancho Bonita boundary, then adjust for half-acre-plus lot value, build era, which phase and builder, the garage and basement setup, RV access, condition, and whatever new construction is selling at the same time. It is hands-on pricing, not an automated guess.
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Buying, I can confirm which phase a listing really belongs to and compare it against the right west-side homes and the new construction next door. Selling, I will price the lot, the build era, the basement and garage setup, and the live competition instead of leaning on one broad average.
Selling in Rancho Bonita
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New construction in the Rancho Bonita 2 phase has started in the high $300,000s to around $430,000 while established half-acre homes have sold well into the $600,000s and $700,000s, so pricing has to account for what a builder is offering just down the street.