Living in The Trails at Shurtz Canyon

The Trails at Shurtz Canyon sits at the mouth of Shurtz Canyon, on the south end of Cedar City. It is part of a larger area planned as a whole, which stretches south along the road from Main Street to Tipple Road. That road carried the name Old Highway 91 for decades. It was renamed Cedar Boulevard in 2025, so you will still hear both names. You drive in past fresh curb and gutter and homes still going up, and the first thing most people notice is how close the foothills feel.

A morning here can start on the Pyramid Ridge trails, right at the community's edge, and a few minutes later you can be on a grocery run toward Main Street. That is the real appeal of this end of town. You get singletrack (a narrow trail wide enough for one bike) out your door, and you are still a quick drive from I-15, Southern Utah University, and the rest of Cedar City.

These are new homes, so the big questions are about the build, not an old neighborhood's quirks. Which floor plan? Which lot? How far along is the home? What finishes are included? That is where I spend my time with buyers here.

Mann Developers builds The Trails at Shurtz Canyon in a clean, modern-organic style, with around ten floor plans. Some are single-story ranch homes and some are two-story. You will hear plan names like the Solitude, the largest, plus the Shasta, Summit, and Cascade. Most can be customized: you can change the finishes, tweak the layout, or add a third-car garage. Homes here have run from roughly 1,500 square feet on the smaller ranch plans to more than 3,000 square feet on the larger two-story plans, and they have been going up since 2023.

Prices generally start in the mid-to-high $400,000s and climb with size, plan, and the finishes you choose. The larger two-story homes cost more. Some homes are finished and some are not yet built, so size and price both change with the stage you buy at. If a certain plan, lot, or view direction matters to you, tell me early.

Here is one tip from more than 20 years of living in Southern Utah. Pay attention to which way the driveway and main living spaces face. South-facing concrete clears itself between storms, and shaded north spots hold ice longer. On a new lot you often still have a choice, so think about it before you fall for a floor plan.

The Trails at Shurtz Canyon is in the Iron County School District. These are new homes on the far south edge of the city, so I do not guess which elementary, middle, or high school will serve a given address. The district is also changing its school lines. Elementary lines change for the 2026-27 school year, and middle and high school lines change for 2027-28. If you are serious about a home, ask the district which schools it is zoned for before you write an offer. For outside school information, GreatSchools and Niche both publish data you can weigh for yourself. Southern Utah University is about twelve minutes up the road.

I keep what I say about schools to the facts. Start with the district's boundary tools and the outside school pages, then check the address before you count on any of it.