A St. George community
Living in Cottages North.
A small, settled pocket of compact single-level homes on Canyon View Drive, in the Green Valley part of west St. George, where the street runs straight into the Green Valley Loop trailhead at the edge of the red bluffs.
I am Scott Buehler, a Southern Utah resident of 20-plus years and a licensed REALTOR and lender. In a subdivision this small, a single sale moves the comps, so I read the most recent Cottages North and Green Valley closings before I put a number on anything.
New to the area? Start with the St. George guide, then come back for the neighborhood.
Current listings
Homes for sale in Cottages North.
No active listings today. Built out from the late 1980s into the early 2000s, this Green Valley pocket long ago ran out of new homes to offer, leaving occasional resales as the whole story. Each new MLS chapter posts here as it opens. Prefer to hunt on your own? Open the map search or start from the homepage.
Buying here
Be first in line when one lists.
Walking distance to the Green Valley Loop trailhead sells itself, which is why Canyon View Drive homes barely pause on the market when they show. My daily Washington County MLS reading keeps Cottages North in frame; tell me the trail access is your reason and the next listing reaches you with time to act.
Selling here
Own a home in Cottages North?
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Life in Green Valley
A quiet street at the edge of the red bluffs.
Cottages North sits on Canyon View Drive, in the Green Valley part of west St. George. You reach it off Dixie Drive, a short hop south of Sunset Boulevard, and the street runs west toward the open desert, ending where the pavement gives way to the Green Valley Loop trailhead. It is a settled, low-key corner rather than a new-construction subdivision, and the homes are compact and single-level, which is exactly what draws the buyers who find it.
Daily life here leans on Sunset Boulevard and Dixie Drive. The Lin's Fresh Market at 1930 West Sunset is a few minutes out, the Walgreens on Sunset is right there with it, and Dixie Drive carries you down into historic downtown St. George in about ten minutes. You are on the quieter west side of town, close to the errands you run every week and a quick line to the interstate at the Bluff Street interchange.
The thing that makes this street its own place is the edge it sits on. Canyon View Drive dead-ends into one of the two ends of the Green Valley Loop and Bear Claw Poppy trail system, so the desert starts where the neighborhood stops. That combination, an established Green Valley address with slickrock riding and hiking off the end of the block, is the honest pitch for Cottages North.
Neighborhood highlights
A few things that are true of this street.
Four specifics set Cottages North apart from the newer subdivisions across town: a trailhead at the end of the street, single-level floor plans, the Sunset Boulevard errand strip, and a settled build era from the late 1980s into the early 2000s.
A trailhead at the end of the block
Canyon View Drive runs straight into the Green Valley End of the Bear Claw Poppy trail system, just past the Green Valley Market. Few St. George streets put a named slickrock trail this close to the front door.
Single-level living
The homes here are compact and single-level, most on the order of three bedrooms and two baths with an attached garage. No interior stairs is a real draw on the west side, and it is part of why these move when they list.
Sunset Boulevard errands, ~4 min
Lin's Fresh Market at 1930 West Sunset and the Walgreens at 1849 West Sunset anchor the weekly-errand strip a few minutes north, so groceries and the pharmacy sit on one short loop.
A settled build era
County records show homes here built from the late 1980s into the early 2000s. That means mature landscaping and a finished streetscape rather than an active construction zone.
Homes here
Small, single-level, and attainable.
Cottages North is a compact-home subdivision, not a big-lot one. County records list the homes as single-family, but the lots are small and the floor plans are efficient, most on the order of three bedrooms, two baths, and an attached garage, kept to a single level. Recorded build years run from the late 1980s into the early 2000s, so it reads as a settled Green Valley pocket rather than new construction.
Because the footprint is modest and everything is on one floor, this has been one of the more attainable places to buy into Green Valley. Recent single-family listings on Canyon View Drive have tracked around the high $300,000s, with updated homes running higher, and that is a starting frame from the live and recent listings rather than a promise. In a subdivision this small, the right two or three comps do far more than any citywide average, so I always confirm the current number against what is actually on the market.
Single-level and compact is the whole appeal here. It is why these homes find their buyer fast when one comes up.
Trails & outdoors
The desert starts at the end of the street.
The Green Valley End trailhead of the Bear Claw Poppy system is on Canyon View Drive itself, just past the Green Valley Market where the road turns to gravel. From there the rest of the west-side outdoor menu is a short drive. Here is the honest tiering, from walk-from-the-block to day trip.
Green Valley Loop / Bear Claw Poppy
A well-known slickrock mountain-bike and hiking network that runs from the Green Valley end on Canyon View Drive over the bluffs toward Bloomington. It sits inside the BLM Red Bluff area that protects the endangered dwarf bear-claw poppy.
Tonaquint Park & Nature Center, ~8 min
A city park and nature center on the Santa Clara River with ponds, cottonwoods, and an easy paved loop. A calmer counterpoint to the slickrock, and a short drive southeast.
Chuckwalla & Turtle Wall, ~10 min
Off the north end of Bluff Street in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, the Chuckwalla trailhead opens onto Turtle Wall and Paradise Canyon, a rockier hiking and climbing area on the other side of town.
Snow Canyon State Park, ~15 min
Northwest via Snow Canyon Parkway, the state park stacks red-and-white sandstone, lava tubes, and a paved canyon path. The signature outdoor day out from the west side of St. George.
Farther out, Sand Hollow and Quail Creek reservoirs are roughly 25 minutes east and Zion National Park is about 45 minutes northeast. The full day-trip map lives in the St. George guide.
Trail details come from the BLM Bear Claw Poppy Trail System page and Hike St. George. Please stay on marked routes: the Red Bluff area is a protected habitat for an endangered plant.
Errands & drive times
Errands, measured in minutes.
This is the practical answer to how far everything sits from the neighborhood. Times are measured from Canyon View Drive off Dixie Drive; from the west end of the street nearer the trailhead, add a minute or two. Sunset Boulevard is the errand spine, and the interstate is a short run east on Sunset to the Bluff Street interchange.
| The errand | Where it happens | From the street |
|---|---|---|
| Full grocery run | Lin's Fresh Market, 1930 W Sunset Blvd | ~4 min |
| Pharmacy | Walgreens, 1849 W Sunset Blvd | ~4 min |
| Trailhead | Green Valley Loop, end of Canyon View Dr | ~3 min |
| Freeway on-ramp | Interstate 15 at Exit 6, Bluff Street | ~7 min |
| Dinner downtown | Historic Main Street and Ancestor Square | ~10 min |
| Healthcare | St. George Regional Hospital, River Road | ~13 min |
| University | Utah Tech University | ~12 min |
| Red rock day out | Snow Canyon State Park | ~15 min |
| Flights | St. George Regional Airport (SGU) | ~20 min |
Farther out, the weekend map opens up fast: Sand Hollow and Quail Creek reservoirs are about 25 minutes east, and Zion National Park is roughly 45 minutes northeast. The full day-trip map lives in the St. George guide.
Schools & education
Schools, by the facts.
Cottages North is part of the Washington County School District, and the Green Valley area is served by Sunset Elementary (grades K-5). The wrinkle worth knowing is that Sunset appears in two feeder cones on the district's chart, so the secondary schools depend on the exact address. On the Dixie cone the path runs Tonaquint Intermediate (grades 6-7), Dixie Middle (grades 8-9), and Dixie High (grades 10-12); on the Snow Canyon cone it runs Lava Ridge Intermediate (grades 6-7), Snow Canyon Middle (grades 8-9), and Snow Canyon High (grades 10-12).
Because this street can fall on either side, confirm the current assignment for any specific home directly with the district rather than guessing from a map. For independent school information, GreatSchools and Niche both publish data you can weigh for yourself. Utah Tech University is about twelve minutes east across town.
I cover the bigger education picture in the St. George guide.
The small-market read
Why one sale moves the whole street.
The single most useful thing to understand about Cottages North is that it is small. The comp pool is thin, which means one recent closing can swing the read on the entire street in a way it never would in a 300-home subdivision. Pull the wrong comp, or lean on a broad citywide average, and the number you land on can be off in either direction.
So I work it the way a small pool demands. I start from the most recent Cottages North sales, then step out to comparable single-level homes in the wider Green Valley area to fill in the picture, and I adjust for condition, updates, and floor plan rather than treating the homes as interchangeable. For a seller, that thin pool is leverage: if nothing else on the street is listed when you come to market, you set the reference point. For a buyer, it means patience, since the right single-level home may not surface for a while, and a fast, informed offer when it does.
What I check before I put a number on a Cottages North home
- The most recent Cottages North closing, and how long ago it sold, since one sale carries a lot of weight in a pool this small.
- Comparable single-level homes in the wider Green Valley area to backstop a thin in-subdivision sample.
- Updates and condition, because in compact homes a remodeled kitchen or newer systems can separate two look-alike floor plans.
- Whether anything else in Cottages North is listed right now, since that alone changes the pricing conversation.
What locals know
The details I would slow down and check.
Cottages North rewards a buyer who reads the small print: the street, the floor plan, the trail at the end, and the comps. These are the things I would walk a friend through before they get attached to any one address.
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Read the recorded year built. Homes here span the late 1980s into the early 2000s, so two homes on the same street can be more than a decade apart. Systems and finishes track with the build year, so check it before you compare prices.
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Do not confuse Cottages North with Cottages South. The two share the Canyon View Drive area but are recorded as separate subdivisions. When you pull comps, make sure the parcel actually reads Cottages North, not the neighbor.
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The trailhead cuts both ways. Ending on the Green Valley Loop is a genuine draw, but the west end of the street sees trail traffic. Walk the specific block, not just the listing, and pick the position that fits how you actually live.
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Confirm the school cone by address. Sunset Elementary feeds both the Dixie and Snow Canyon cones, so the middle and high school depend on the exact home. If schools matter to your decision, verify the assignment with the district first.
Buy or sell here
The buyer side and the seller side.
Buying in Cottages North
Cottages North sits in Green Valley, on the west side of St. George, along Canyon View Drive where it runs off Dixie Drive just south of Sunset Boulevard. It is a small, settled subdivision of compact single-level homes near the Green Valley Loop and Bear Claw Poppy trailhead.
Compact single-level homes on very small lots, typically three bedrooms and two baths with an attached garage. County records show units built from the late 1980s into the early 2000s, so it is a settled Green Valley pocket rather than new construction. I read the exact year built and floor plan on each home before I read the price.
The Green Valley End trailhead of the Green Valley Loop and Bear Claw Poppy trail system is on Canyon View Drive itself, just past the Green Valley Market. It is a well-known slickrock mountain-bike and hiking network inside the BLM Red Bluff area that protects the endangered dwarf bear-claw poppy, which grows only in Washington County.
Cottages North is in the Washington County School District, and the Green Valley area is served by Sunset Elementary, grades K-5. The Washington County feeder chart lists Sunset in two cones, the Dixie cone that runs Tonaquint Intermediate 6-7, Dixie Middle 8-9, and Dixie High 10-12, and the Snow Canyon cone that runs Lava Ridge Intermediate 6-7, Snow Canyon Middle 8-9, and Snow Canyon High 10-12, so confirm the current assignment for a specific address directly with the district.
Because the homes are compact and single-level, this has been one of the more attainable pockets in Green Valley, with recent single-family listings tracking around the high $300,000s and updated homes running higher. That is a starting frame from the live and recent listings, not a promise, so confirm the current number against what is on the market.
Cottages North is a small subdivision, so the comp pool is thin and one recent closing can move the read on the whole street. I lean on the most recent Cottages North and nearby Green Valley sales rather than a broad citywide average, because in a pool this size the right two or three comparables matter more than any neighborhood number.
Ready to look? See what is on the market or tell me what you are after.
Selling in Cottages North
In a subdivision this small, timing and comps do most of the work. If no other unit is listed when you come to market, you set the reference point, and I price off the most recent Cottages North and Green Valley sales rather than a broad average. Tell me your timeline and I will give you a straight read, not a pitch.
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Selling in Cottages North
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