A Hurricane community
Living in Hillside Estates.
A new-construction, custom-home development of 18 exclusive lots perched high on the hillside on Hurricane's west side. The lots look out over the valley toward Zion and the Pine Valley Mountains, and you are still minutes from town and Sand Hollow.
I am Scott Buehler. I have spent 20+ years in Southern Utah, and this page is the honest version of what Hillside Estates offers, what it costs, and what you trade for a view lot at the top end of the Hurricane market.
New to the area? Start with the Hurricane guide, then come back for the hill.
Current listings
Homes for sale in Hillside Estates.
Fed straight from the MLS and limited to homes inside the subdivision: new Hillside Estates listings appear here the day they list, and sold homes drop off.
No homes available? Be sure to check out all Hurricane listings.
Want the map view? Open the full Hillside Estates search. Selling instead? Start with what your home is worth.
Listing information comes from the local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
On this page
Life on the bench
What a day up here looks like.
Hillside Estates climbs enough to earn its name. Set on the west side of Hurricane in the Sand Hollow corridor, the lots are perched high on the hillside, and once you are up there the view opens across the valley: Pine Valley Mountain and the plateaus in the distance, and valley light stretching toward Zion. These are homesites laid out to make the most of the elevation, so a view is the whole reason the development exists.
Mornings up here are still and quiet. You catch the first light on the valley while the town below is still waking up. The elevation is enough to set you apart from the traffic on State Street without making the run into town a chore. SR-9 and the route toward Zion are just a few minutes off, and from there the whole valley is open: St. George in about 25 minutes, Zion in about 30, Sand Hollow Reservoir in about 15.
Summer afternoons on the hillside run hot, but you catch more breeze than the neighborhoods down on the flats, and evenings cool off quickly once the sun drops behind the ridge. Winter is the payoff: daytime highs in the 50s, a few cold nights, and golf weather in February. Most people who choose Hurricane make that trade knowingly, and the hill makes the summer end of it a little easier.
Around Hurricane
The setting, from your front door.
Sand Hollow Reservoir
About fifteen minutes north. Warm water, sandy beach, red rock coves, and an OHV area on the dunes above for people who like their lake day with a side of horsepower.
Quail Creek Reservoir
About fifteen minutes east on SR-9. Quieter and cooler than Sand Hollow, good for trout and bass, with a boat ramp that rarely has a wait.
Sky Mountain Golf
Ten minutes from the driveway. The back nine sits right on the Virgin River bluff with straight-on views into Zion. Municipal rates, year-round play.
Zion National Park
Thirty minutes east on SR-9. Being this close means you can hit the park on a weekday morning before the shuttle line gets long, and be back home by lunch.
Homes & lots
What you can buy and build here.
Hillside Estates is a new-construction, custom-home development, not an older tract. It is a small enclave of 18 exclusive hillside lots, and you buy a pad-ready homesite and build a custom single-family home rather than pick from a production floor plan. Artisan Homes and PSI Construction are the builders working the development, and because the homes are custom, the size, layout, and finish are yours to shape.
Lots run around a half-acre and sit high on the hillside, so no two homesites capture the view quite the same way. The whole development is marketed on that view, with unobstructed panoramas of Zion, Pine Valley Mountain, Kolob, and the surrounding plateaus. The view premium is real here, and the lots that frame it best command the top of the range.
- Type
- New-construction custom
- Lot count
- 18 exclusive homesites
- Builders
- Artisan Homes, PSI
- Lot sizes
- Around a half-acre, hillside
- Views
- Zion, Pine Valley, Kolob
- Price range
- Around the $1,000,000s
The live listings above show what is actually available right now. A small custom development like this one can go quiet between listings, and a busy month may show only a lot or two.
Getting outside
Trails, water, and red rock, all within reach.
From Hillside Estates you are close to the outdoor recreation that defines this corner of Utah. The Hurricane Rim trail system runs along the cliffs on the east and southeast side of town, and Gould's Rim, the JEM Trail, and the Gooseberry Mesa network are all roughly twenty minutes out, depending on which trailhead you pick.
Sand Hollow Reservoir deserves its reputation. It is about fifteen minutes north, with a sandy beach, warm water, and coves you can paddle into. The red rock dunes above the reservoir are a major OHV destination. Quail Creek Reservoir, about the same distance east, is the calmer alternative: cooler water, fewer boats, good fishing. Both reservoirs have state park facilities with boat ramps, picnic areas, and day-use parking.
Golfers have three courses within striking distance. Sky Mountain is the closest at about ten minutes: an 18-hole municipal course on the bluff above the Virgin River with a back nine that looks straight into Zion. Sand Hollow Golf Club has 27 resort-style holes about fifteen minutes north. Copper Rock, the newer championship course, is about twenty minutes south toward St. George.
Errands & drive times
The grocery run, the hardware store, the doctor's office.
Hillside Estates is close enough to the main commercial strip that errands are quick. State Street, Hurricane's main north-south spine, is about five minutes from the subdivision. Most of what you need in a given week sits along that corridor.
| Errand | Where | Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Full grocery | Lin's Marketplace, Walmart Supercenter | ~10 min |
| Hardware | Ace Hardware, The Home Depot | ~10 min |
| Pharmacy | Lin's Pharmacy, Walmart Pharmacy | ~10 min |
| Nearest ER | St. George Regional Hospital Hurricane Campus (75 N 2260 West) | ~7 min |
| Full hospital | St. George Regional Hospital, St. George | ~25 min |
| Golf | Sky Mountain Golf Course | ~10 min |
| Airport | St. George Regional Airport (SGU) | ~30 min |
Drive times are estimated from the center of the subdivision in normal traffic. Your actual time will vary with your exact address and the time of day.
Schools
Where your kids would go to school.
Hillside Estates is served by the Washington County School District. On the west side of Hurricane, the closest K-5 elementaries are Three Falls Elementary (789 S 700 W, a short drive down the hill) and Hurricane Elementary; the district assigns by address, and the two of them cover this side of town. From there the chain runs Hurricane Intermediate (grades 6-7), Hurricane Middle (grades 8-9), and Hurricane High (grades 10-12). Valley Academy, a K-8 charter in Hurricane, is an alternative to the neighborhood schools.
The district is actively redistricting for growth, so boundary lines can shift. Confirm the current assignment for a specific address with the district before you commit to a purchase.
For third-party ratings and parent reviews, visit GreatSchools or Niche and search for Hurricane schools. Every family weighs schools differently. The best move is to visit them yourself while you are in town looking at homes.
For higher education, Utah Tech University and Dixie Technical College in St. George are about 25 minutes away. Southern Utah University in Cedar City is about 50 minutes north on I-15.
What locals know
Notes from the west bench.
No listing photo tells you this part. After years of showing homes on Hurricane's benches, here is what I would tell a friend.
The breeze is real. The bench catches airflow that the valley floor does not. Summer evenings up here cool off faster than they do two miles down on State Street, and that little bit of relief is noticeable when the thermometer has been sitting above 100 since lunch.
Not every lot is a view lot. The subdivision climbs, but some streets sit on the lower rise and look into the back of a neighbor's roofline instead of the mountains. When you walk a listing, walk to the back fence and look up. That is the view you are buying.
You are building, not just buying. These are custom homesites, so most of what you get is up to you and your builder rather than fixed by a floor plan. That is freedom, but it is also a construction timeline and a design process. Go in knowing the difference between buying a finished home and starting one from a graded pad.
Winter sun is the bonus nobody talks about. South-facing lots on the bench get low-angle winter light all afternoon. In January, when the valley floor homes are in shadow by four, a south-facing deck up here still has sun on it. That matters more than you think.
Buy or sell here
The buyer side and the seller side.
Buying in Hillside Estates
Hillside Estates sits on the west side of Hurricane, up on a hillside in the Sand Hollow corridor off 2250 South near Sand Hollow Boulevard. The lots are perched high enough to look out over the valley, and downtown Hurricane, Sand Hollow, and the SR-9 route toward Zion are all just a few minutes away.
This is a new-construction custom-home development of 18 exclusive hillside lots. You buy a pad-ready homesite and build a custom single-family home, and Artisan Homes and PSI Construction are the builders working here. Because homes are custom, the size, style, and finish are up to you rather than set by a production floor plan.
Yes. The whole point of the development is the elevation. The lots are perched high on the hillside and marketed for unobstructed panoramic views of Zion, Pine Valley Mountain, Kolob, the Hurricane Valley, and the surrounding plateaus. The best-positioned lots command a premium, and the elevation also catches more breeze than homes down on the flats.
This is a high-end custom-home enclave, so it runs well above the Hurricane average. Recent listing activity has centered around the low seven figures, roughly the $1,000,000s, with the finished custom homes at the top of that range and the vacant lots below it. Prices move, 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 Hillside Estates
Hillside values move with the view corridor, lot position, and how the home is finished. Start with the home valuation page and I will run a real comparison against recent Hillside Estates sales, no obligation.
List with me and your home is featured across MovingUtah, on this page, on the Hurricane hub, and in the featured listings buyers browse on this site. The get featured page walks through exactly how that works.
It depends on what else is listed on the bench and who is looking. View homes in Hurricane have their own buyer pool, and a well-positioned lot tends to draw interest even in a slower stretch. Tell me your timeline and I will give you a straight read, not a pitch.
Yes, and timing the two is mostly a sequencing problem. I cover the playbook in the buy and sell at once guide. Because I am dual-licensed, I can keep the sale, the search, and the financing on one desk.
Thinking about it? Start with your number or see how featuring works.
Keep exploring Hurricane
Want a closer look at Hillside Estates?
Buying, I can pull the current listings and tell you honestly which streets catch the best views. Selling, I will give you a straight number and a plan to get your home featured in front of the buyers already on this site. Either way, we start with a conversation.
Selling in Hillside Estates
Want to sell your home in Hillside Estates? List it with Scott Buehler and get featured on MovingUtah.
Recent listing activity here has centered around the low seven figures, roughly the $1,000,000s, and as a custom pad-ready lot community no two builds price the same, so comparing recent sales takes more care than an automated estimate would give you.