A Washington community
Living in Cotton Meadow.
A small, established single-family pocket in east Washington City, north of the Virgin River on and around Cotton Meadow Lane, tucked against the foothills above the Telegraph Street corridor. The name nods to the area's Cotton Mission roots, the historic Washington Cotton Mill sits just down the hill, and the river trail, the freeway, and the community center are all a few minutes away.
I am Scott Buehler, a Southern Utah resident of 20-plus years and a licensed REALTOR and lender. This is the honest version of what Cotton Meadow offers, what it costs, and what I would check before you buy or sell on this quiet east-side street.
New to the area? Start with the Washington City guide, then come back for the neighborhood.
Current listings
Homes for sale in Cotton Meadow.
No active listings today. Mostly finished in the late 1990s and 2000s, Cotton Meadow has little room left to grow and less urgency to sell. Each new listing transfers from the MLS to this page immediately. Prefer to hunt on your own? Open the map search or start from the homepage.
Buying here
Be first in line when one lists.
The foothill blocks above Telegraph near the old Cotton Mill hold Cotton Meadow's quarter-acre resales, and they surface too rarely to leave to chance. My Washington County MLS reading takes the chance out daily; rambler or two-story, tell me which and the next posting is voiced to you first.
Selling here
Own a home in Cotton Meadow?
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Listing information comes from the local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
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Life in Cotton Meadow
A quiet, settled corner of east Washington.
Cotton Meadow is one of the small, established subdivisions on the east side of Washington City, north of the Virgin River and up toward the foothills above the Telegraph Street corridor. It sits next to Pine View Estates and the Hobble Creek pocket, off Cotton Meadow Lane, and it is exactly what it looks like from the street: a settled single-family neighborhood that filled in years ago and has stayed quiet ever since. It is not a master-planned community and it is not an active build-out, which is part of what people like about it.
Built largely from the late 1990s through the 2000s, the homes here are past their break-in years. The trees have grown up, the yards are mature, and the streets carry local traffic rather than cut-through commuters. Mornings are walk-the-dog quiet. Afternoons are the school run. Evenings are someone's sprinklers and a few garage doors going up.
What makes the location work is how close it is to everything without sitting on top of it. The historic Cotton Mill, the Washington City Community Center, the Virgin River Trail, and the I-15 ramp at Telegraph are all a few minutes down the hill, and St. George opens up the moment you hit the freeway.
Around the neighborhood
What sits right outside your front door.
Six specifics tell you what this east-side pocket is actually like: a piece of Utah cotton history at the base of the hill, the city's rec center, the river trail, the freeway ramp, the historic core, and a small-subdivision feel that does not change much.
The historic Cotton Mill, ~4 min
The 1860s Washington Cotton Factory on Telegraph Street is the landmark the neighborhood's name points back to. Restored and on the National Register, it sits just down the hill and anchors the city's Cotton Mission story.
Washington City Community Center, ~5 min
At 350 N Community Center Drive: an indoor pool with slides, a gym, courts, and year-round programs. A few minutes down toward Telegraph, it covers most of what you would otherwise pay several memberships to get.
Virgin River Trail, ~6 min
The paved river path and Sullivan Virgin River Park sit down toward the river corridor. It runs flat along the water and ties into the wider Washington and St. George trail network for walks, rides, and runs.
I-15 at Exit 13, ~5 min
The Washington Parkway and Telegraph interchange is the neighborhood's freeway on-ramp. From there St. George is a quick run west and Hurricane and Zion open up to the east.
Washington's historic core, ~5 min
Old-town Washington along Telegraph, with Washington Elementary, the city offices, and the original pioneer grid, sits a few minutes down the hill. It is the settled, walkable heart of the original townsite.
A small, finished subdivision
Cotton Meadow is a short run of established single-family homes, not an active tract. The roughly 400-resident pocket does not turn over often, which keeps the street quiet and the listings scarce.
Homes & lots
Established single-family, mature lots.
Cotton Meadow is a single-family neighborhood, plain and simple. There are no townhomes, condos, or mixed-use here, just detached homes on Cotton Meadow Lane and the streets around it. The bulk of the subdivision went in from the late 1990s through the 2000s, so these are settled homes on settled lots, with the landscaping and the trees that come with a couple of decades in the ground.
Floor plans run to single-level ramblers and two-story plans, the styles that defined this stretch of east Washington when it was built. Lots are typically quarter-acre and larger, which gives you real yard, room for an RV pad or a garden, and some daylight between you and the next fence. Because the neighborhood was built over a short window, the streets read consistently rather than as a patchwork of eras.
The thing to understand here is scarcity, not variety. Cotton Meadow is small, so it does not produce a steady flow of listings the way a big build-out does. When a home does come up, the right handful of nearby comparable sales matters far more than any neighborhood average, which is exactly how I read it for buyers and sellers alike. Confirm everything against the live listings before you anchor on a number.
In a small, finished subdivision, the right three comparable sales tell you more than any neighborhood average ever will.
Trails & outdoors
Water and red rock, both close by.
East Washington sits between the river corridor and the red rock, so the outdoor menu runs from a flat after-dinner walk to a full day on the water. Here is the honest tiering, from close-to-home to weekend drive.
Virgin River Trail (easy)
The paved river path and Sullivan Virgin River Park, about six minutes down toward the corridor. Flat, shaded in stretches, and good for a walk or ride that does not need a trailhead drive.
Red Cliffs Desert Reserve (moderate)
The reserve's slickrock and sand trails wrap the north side of Washington and St. George. The Grapevine and Cottonwood Springs trailheads sit a short drive northwest for desert hiking and biking.
Sand Hollow & Quail Creek (day out)
Sand Hollow's warm blue water and red dunes, and Quail Creek's cooler reservoir, are both out toward Hurricane, roughly twenty minutes east. Boating, paddling, swimming, and fishing in season.
Zion National Park (road trip)
The south entrance at Springdale is roughly forty minutes east via I-15 and State Route 9. Close enough for a spur-of-the-moment Saturday, far enough that you still feel like you left town.
The wider day-trip map, from the state parks to Warner Valley's dinosaur tracks, lives in the Washington City guide.
Errands & drive times
Errands, measured in minutes.
This is the practical answer to how far everything is from this east-side pocket. The short version: Cotton Meadow Lane feeds down toward Telegraph Street, so groceries, the freeway, and the community center are all single-digit minutes. Times are measured from Cotton Meadow Lane near the foothills; from the lower streets, shave a minute.
| The errand | Where it happens | From Cotton Meadow |
|---|---|---|
| Full grocery run | Lin's Fresh Market, Green Springs Drive | ~6 min |
| Second grocery option | Walmart Supercenter, 625 W Telegraph St | ~7 min |
| Pharmacy and urgent care | Telegraph Street clinics and pharmacies | ~6 min |
| Freeway on-ramp | I-15 at Exit 13, Washington Pkwy / Telegraph | ~5 min |
| Community center | Washington City Community Center, 350 N Community Center Dr | ~5 min |
| Healthcare | St. George Regional Hospital, Medical Center Dr | ~12 min |
| Big-box and shopping | Red Cliffs Mall corridor, St. George | ~10 min |
| Sand Hollow State Park | Boating and red sand beaches, toward Hurricane | ~20 min |
| Zion National Park | South entrance, via I-15 and SR-9 | ~40 min |
East Washington puts you on the doorstep of the recreation corridor that runs toward Hurricane and Zion, with the St. George retail and medical clusters a quick run the other way. The full day-trip map lives in the Washington City guide.
Schools & education
Schools, by the facts.
Cotton Meadow is part of the Washington County School District, in the Pine View cone. The historic-core neighborhood school is Washington Elementary (grades PK-5) at 300 N 300 East, a few minutes down the hill in old-town Washington. From there the cone runs to Fossil Ridge Intermediate (grades 6-7), Pine View Middle (grades 8-9), and Pine View High (grades 10-12) over in St. George.
The district adjusts boundaries as the county grows, and a 2024 boundary change shifted parts of southern Washington Fields between cones starting in 2025, so confirm the current assignment for any home you are serious about 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 fifteen minutes away in St. George.
I cover the bigger education picture in the Washington City guide.
The Cotton Mission name
Where the cotton in the name comes from.
The name is not decoration. Washington City was settled in 1857 as part of the Cotton Mission, when Brigham Young sent families south to grow cotton in the warm Virgin River bottoms, the effort that earned this whole corner of the state the nickname "Dixie." Cotton Meadow, like Cotton Meadow Lane and a handful of other local names, points straight back to that history.
The most tangible piece of it sits a few minutes down the hill from the neighborhood: the Washington Cotton Factory on Telegraph Street, a sandstone mill built in the early 1860s to spin and weave the valley's cotton. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it has been restored for modern use, and it is the rare piece of original industrial pioneer architecture still standing in Southern Utah. The cotton crop itself never really paid off in the desert heat, but the mill and the names it left behind did.
I mention it because it is the genuinely distinct thing about living here. You are not in a brand-new tract with an invented theme. You are in an established east-Washington neighborhood whose name ties to the reason the town exists at all, with the actual landmark within walking distance of a Sunday drive.
Cotton-history landmarks within a few minutes
- The Washington Cotton Factory on Telegraph Street, the restored 1860s mill on the National Register of Historic Places.
- The original 1850s pioneer townsite grid along Telegraph, the walkable historic core of old-town Washington.
- Washington City's history pages, which lay out the Cotton Mission story behind the local "cotton" names.
What locals know
The details I would slow down and check.
No listing photo tells you this part. After years of working east Washington, here is what I would walk a friend through before they get attached to any one address up here.
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It is north of the river, not Washington Fields. Plenty of online listings lump every Washington neighborhood together. Cotton Meadow sits on the established east side near Pine View Estates, a different market from the new-build Fields south of the river.
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Thin inventory cuts both ways. A small subdivision means few sales to price against, so a seller can stand out when nothing comparable is competing, and a buyer should be ready to move when the right home actually appears.
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These homes have history to inspect. Late-1990s and 2000s homes are well past new, so I look hard at roofs, HVAC, water heaters, and any updates, because those line items shape value more than square footage does at this age.
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The Telegraph corridor is your shortcut. Cotton Meadow Lane feeds straight down to Telegraph and Exit 13, which is why groceries, the freeway, and St. George all stay single-digit minutes from a street that still feels tucked away.
Buy or sell here
The buyer side and the seller side.
Buying in Cotton Meadow
Cotton Meadow sits in established east Washington City, north of the Virgin River, on and around Cotton Meadow Lane near the foothills above the Telegraph Street corridor. It is a short pocket next to Pine View Estates and the Hobble Creek area, with the historic Cotton Mill, the Washington City Community Center, and I-15 all within a few minutes.
Mostly established single-family homes, a mix of single-level ramblers and two-story plans built largely from the late 1990s through the 2000s on quarter-acre and larger lots. It is a small, settled subdivision rather than an active new-construction tract, so most homes here come up as resales.
Cotton Meadow is in the Washington County School District, in the Pine View cone. The historic-core neighborhood school is Washington Elementary (grades PK-5) on 300 East, then Fossil Ridge Intermediate (grades 6-7), Pine View Middle (grades 8-9), and Pine View High (grades 10-12). The district adjusts boundaries as the area grows, so confirm the current assignment for any home you are serious about directly with the district.
The Virgin River Trail and Sullivan Virgin River Park are about six minutes south of Cotton Meadow, down toward the river corridor. The paved trail runs along the river and ties into the broader Washington City path network for walking, biking, and early-morning runs.
Selling in Cotton Meadow
Values here move with lot size, condition, view, and which street a home sits on, and because the subdivision is small, the right few comparable sales matter more than any neighborhood average. Start with the home valuation page and I will run a real comparison against recent Cotton Meadow and nearby east-Washington sales, no obligation.
List with me and your home is featured across MovingUtah, on this page, on the Washington City 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 is active in the neighborhood right now. Because Cotton Meadow is small, listings here are thin by nature, and a well-kept home on a good lot draws attention when nothing comparable is competing with it. Tell me your timeline and I will give you a straight read, not a pitch.
Yes, and it is common here. Timing the two is mostly a sequencing problem, and 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 Washington
Want a closer look at Cotton Meadow?
Buying, I can pull the current listings and tell you honestly which homes on this east-side street fit what you are after, the moment something comes up in a neighborhood this small. Selling, I will price your home against the right slice of east Washington and get it featured in front of the buyers already on this site.
Selling in Cotton Meadow
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