Living in Sandstone Fields

Sandstone Fields is on the south side of Hurricane along Sandstone Drive. It is a newer area of larger homes, with garages built to hold more than two cars, and the streets are still filling in. Mornings start with garage doors opening and neighbors heading to work or school. You hear the distant hum of SR-9, a truck warming up, and the quiet of a neighborhood that went in over the last several years.

The homes are the draw: recent single-family builds on quarter-acre lots. What sets them apart is the garage: an oversized bay, a shop stall, or room for the RV and the toys. All of it sits on a level lot, not a slope. You get a step up in house and garage from much of south Hurricane without leaving town.

Summer runs hot, same as everywhere in Hurricane, but the newer homes come with newer systems. Groceries on State Street are about 12 minutes away, Sand Hollow Reservoir is a few minutes away, and SR-9 is about ten minutes north, so getting around the valley is easy.

Sandstone Fields is single-family homes, most built from the late 2010s onward, so it is a newer neighborhood, not an established one. Many homes run 2,300 to 4,000 square feet, from four-bedroom two-story plans to larger custom builds. Three-bay and oversized garages are common. A fair number of homes add RV parking, shop space, or an oversized bay you do not always find on a standard subdivision lot.

Lots sit in the quarter-acre range, so this is a graded subdivision (the lots are leveled for building) rather than acreage. The newer homes and the extra garage space are the main draw. Want a recent home with a real garage and room for the RV, close to Sand Hollow and the golf? That mix is the biggest reason to choose Sandstone Fields.

Hurricane is one of the best towns in Utah for getting outdoors. From Sandstone Fields you are a short drive from most of the trailheads and both reservoirs. The Hurricane Rim trail system runs along the Hurricane Cliffs east/southeast of town, about ten minutes out. Gould's Rim and the JEM Trail are roughly fifteen minutes away. The Gooseberry Mesa slickrock (smooth, grippy sandstone) trail network is about twenty-five minutes out on SR-59.

Sand Hollow Reservoir is about fifteen minutes away, with warm water, a sandy beach, red rock coves, and the OHV dunes above. Quail Creek is fifteen minutes west, cooler and quieter, with good trout and bass fishing. Both have state park day-use facilities. For golf, Sky Mountain is ten minutes away, Sand Hollow Golf Club is about fifteen, and Copper Rock is twenty minutes southeast.

Sandstone Fields is close to the main shopping area along State Street. Most of what you need in a given week is within a ten-minute drive.

The Washington County School District serves Sandstone Fields. On this south side of Hurricane, the district's map shows Coral Canyon Elementary (grades K-5) in Washington. From there, students go on to Hurricane Intermediate (grades 6-7), Hurricane Middle (grades 8-9), and Hurricane High (grades 10-12). Valley Academy, a K-8 charter school in Hurricane, is another choice. The district is changing which schools serve which streets as the area grows, so check the current assignment for a specific address with the district before you commit.

For ratings and parent reviews from outside sources, visit GreatSchools or Niche and search for Hurricane schools. Every family weighs schools differently. Visit them yourself while you are in town looking at homes.

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.