A Hurricane community
Pecan Valley Real Estate & Homes.
A newer Artisan Homes resort community on Hurricane's southwest edge, out toward Sand Hollow. Large homes built for recreation and rental income: private pools, 45-foot RV garages, and short-term-rental approval on many of the lots. This is not a quiet cul-de-sac subdivision. It is a purpose-built play address minutes from the reservoir and the dunes.
I am Scott Buehler. I have spent 20+ years in Southern Utah, and this page is what I would tell you about Pecan Valley if we were driving out 2250 South toward the water.
New to the area? Start with the Hurricane guide, then come back for the neighborhood.
Current listings
Homes for sale in Pecan Valley.
Fed straight from the MLS and limited to homes inside the community: new Pecan Valley listings appear here the day they list, and sold homes drop off.
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Life in Pecan Valley
What a day in the neighborhood looks like.
A morning here usually points at the water. Sand Hollow is about ten minutes down the road, so the boat or the side-by-side comes out of that oversized garage, and you are launching or airing down on the dunes before the day heats up. On the days you stay put, the pool in the backyard is the whole plan, which is exactly what most of these homes were designed around.
Midday means a run into town for supplies, because Pecan Valley sits on the desert edge rather than inside the grocery grid. It is roughly ten minutes up to the State Street stores, so people tend to stock the fridge on the way in and not think about it again. When a home is being rented, the pattern shifts to guests unloading gear and figuring out the pool controls while the RV or trailer tucks in alongside the house.
Evenings are quiet in a way that surprises people. There is a lot of open ground out this direction and not much through-traffic, so the sound after dark is mostly wind and the pool pump. On a clear night the sky opens up because you are away from the brighter core of town, and the red rims around Sand Hollow hold the last light longer than they do downtown.
The Sand Hollow corridor
What is out your door.
Sand Hollow State Park
Utah's warm-water boating reservoir and its red sand dunes sit about ten minutes south. Wakeboarding and paddleboarding on the water, side-by-sides on the dunes: this is the reason most Pecan Valley homes were built with a boat-and-toy garage.
Sand Hollow Golf Course
The 27-hole Sand Hollow layout, with its championship holes running along the rim above the reservoir, is a short drive from the neighborhood, one of the best-known desert courses in the state.
The backyard pool
Most Pecan Valley homes were built with a private pool and a fire-pit patio, sized so a full house of guests has somewhere to be. It is the amenity that carries the summer here, when the dunes get too hot by midday.
Quail Creek Reservoir
Sand Hollow's cooler, deeper sibling sits a few minutes northwest off SR-9, popular for trout fishing, scuba, and a quieter paddle than the main reservoir on a busy weekend.
The 45-foot RV garage
Artisan's signature here is an oversized garage, up to about 45 feet deep, with extra RV parking alongside the house. It is built to swallow a motorhome, a boat, and a trailer of toys without a storage-lot bill.
Zion, when you want it
Zion National Park is roughly 35 minutes east on SR-9, close enough for a morning hike and a return to the pool by afternoon. St. George and its airport are about 25 minutes the other direction.
Homes & garages
Big homes built to hold a crowd.
Pecan Valley is an Artisan Homes development that has been going vertical since around 2020, phase 1 first, with more lots filling in behind it. The product is consistent and specific: large single-family homes, most of them with a private pool, a fire-pit patio, and that signature oversized RV garage. Floor plans generally run from four to seven bedrooms with the square footage to match, so these read more like desert vacation homes than everyday starter houses.
The design brief was rental income and group stays, not resale of a typical family home. Many plans carry fire-suppression sprinklers so they can be occupied by larger groups, and the layouts lean toward bunk rooms, multiple gathering spaces, and outdoor living around the pool. Even if you buy one to live in full time, you are buying a home that was engineered to host.
Out here, the garage is the feature. People walk the pool and the kitchen, then spend twice as long measuring whether their motorhome and boat will both fit inside.
One thing to check before you fall for a plan: how the specific home is set up to be used. A home dialed in for nightly rental, with a management setup, a booking history, and furnishings that convey, is a different purchase from a bare shell you intend to live in. Both exist in Pecan Valley. I will help you separate what conveys, what the rental approval on that lot permits, and what the numbers look like either way.
Two ways to own here
Primary home, or working asset.
Almost nobody buys the same way in Pecan Valley, and that is the thing to sort out first. The homes were designed to do two jobs, and which one you are after changes what you should look at, what you should pay, and how you should finance it. Here is how I frame the two paths.
The recreation home
You want the pool, the toy garage, and Sand Hollow at the end of the street, whether as a full-time residence or a family getaway. Here the questions are livability ones: floor plan, garage clearances for the rigs you own, pool orientation, and how the street feels off-season. The rental approval matters less than whether the home fits how you will use it.
The income property
You are underwriting the home as a nightly rental. Now the lot's short-term-rental approval is the whole ballgame, along with sleeping capacity, what furnishings and management convey, and any documented booking history. This is where being dual-licensed helps: I can line up the property picture and the financing conversation side by side instead of in two separate silos.
A quick, honest word on the money: projected rental income is not a promise, occupancy and rates swing with the season and the market, and expenses on a pool-and-RV-garage home are not trivial. Treat any pro forma as a starting point, and confirm the rental approval on the specific parcel with Hurricane City before you lean on it. This is general information, not financial, tax, or legal advice.
Sand, water, and slickrock
Why the toys come first.
Living on this side of Hurricane puts you at the doorstep of Washington County's recreation core rather than its downtown. The reservoirs, the dunes, and the OHV country all sit within a short drive south and west, which is exactly why homes here were built around a garage big enough to store what you use it for.
Sand Hollow dunes
The open red sand inside Sand Hollow State Park is prime side-by-side and dirt-bike country, about ten minutes south. Air down at the staging area and you are riding within the hour.
Sand Mountain OHV
The larger Sand Mountain trail network fans out beyond the reservoir with miles of dunes and slickrock, one of the best-known off-road areas in the state's southwest corner.
Gooseberry Mesa
World-class slickrock mountain biking on a mesa with Zion views, reached on dirt roads southeast of town, a bucket-list ride for guests who bring bikes.
The full outdoor picture, including Zion, the trail networks, and the reservoirs, is in the Hurricane guide.
Errands & drive times
Errands, measured in minutes.
This is the tradeoff of a Sand Hollow-corridor address: you are close to the water and the dunes, and a little farther from the store than a downtown lot. Measuring from 2250 South, here is what the everyday runs look like.
| The errand | Where it happens | From Pecan Valley |
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| Boat and dune day | Sand Hollow State Park entrance | ~10 min |
| Full grocery run | Walmart Supercenter, west State Street | ~10 min |
| Second grocery option | Lin's Marketplace, State Street | ~12 min |
| Fuel and quick stop | Maverik, State Street corridor | ~10 min |
| Dining out | State Street and downtown Hurricane | ~12 min |
| Nearest ER | St. George Regional Hospital, Hurricane Campus, 75 N 2260 West | ~11 min |
| Golf | Sand Hollow Golf Course clubhouse | ~8 min |
| Zion National Park | Springdale entrance via SR-9 | ~35 min |
| Flights | St. George Regional Airport (SGU) | ~25 min |
The pattern that emerges is a recreation-first address: the reservoir, the dunes, and the golf are the closest things to your door, and the grocery run is the trip you plan around. St. George and its airport sit about 25 minutes west when you need the bigger city. The full day-trip map lives in the Hurricane guide.
Schools & education
Schools, by the facts.
Pecan Valley falls within the Washington County School District. A fair number of buyers here treat the home as a second residence or a rental, so schools are not always the deciding factor, but for anyone moving in full time the in-town public options are Three Falls School at 789 S 700 W and Hurricane Elementary for the younger grades, then the town's shared chain of Hurricane Intermediate, Hurricane Middle, and Hurricane High. Valley Academy, a K-8 charter in Hurricane, is an alternative some families choose. This is a fast-growing corner of the county and the district redraws boundaries as it builds, so confirm the current assignment for any specific address directly with the district before you count on it. GreatSchools and Niche both publish independent data you can weigh for yourself. Higher education runs through Utah Tech University and Dixie Technical College in St. George, about 25 minutes west.
I cover the bigger education picture in the Hurricane guide.
What locals know
Notes from around Hurricane.
A listing photo shows you the pool and the garage. It does not tell you how a resort-corridor address lives day to day, or what to check before you buy one. Here is the part I would walk a friend through.
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Rental approval is per-lot, not per-name. Buyers assume "resort community" means every home can be rented nightly. It does not work that way. The short-term-rental status attaches to the specific parcel and to Hurricane's current rules, so verify the exact address with the city before you build a budget on booking income.
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Measure the garage, do not trust the label. "45-foot RV garage" covers a lot of real depths and door heights across the plans out here. If a specific motorhome or a boat on a tall trailer has to fit, bring the dimensions and we will confirm the actual clear opening on that home, not the brochure number.
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The pool is an operating cost, not just a feature. Desert sun, hard water, and heavy guest use mean these pools want real upkeep, and a rented home usually needs a service on contract. Factor the maintenance and the utility bill into the number, because summer here runs the equipment hard.
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You trade errands for recreation. This is the desert edge of town, so the grocery store is a ten-minute drive rather than around the corner. In exchange, Sand Hollow and the dunes are the closest thing to your driveway. Whether that is the right trade depends entirely on why you are buying here.
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The neighbors may be guests. In a community built for nightly rental, some homes turn over weekly with visitors rather than settled owners. If you plan to live here full time, walk it on a busy summer weekend so you know the mix on the street you are considering.
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It is still filling in. Pecan Valley is a young development with lots and phases still coming, and Artisan has floated added amenities as the site builds out. That means new-construction upside, but also active construction nearby, so ask what is committed versus what is a rendering before you price it in.
Buy or sell here
The buyer side and the seller side.
Buying in Pecan Valley
Pecan Valley sits on Hurricane's southwest side along the Sand Hollow corridor, off 2250 South near 5200 West. That puts it out toward the reservoir and the red dunes rather than downtown, with Sand Hollow State Park about 10 minutes away and State Route 9 reached in a few minutes for the run into town or east to Zion.
Pecan Valley is a newer resort-style community built by Artisan Homes since around 2020. The homes are large single-family plans, most with a private pool and an oversized RV garage, and many carry Hurricane's short-term-rental approval. Floor plans run from roughly four to seven bedrooms, so a home here is a very different animal from a standard Hurricane subdivision.
Many Pecan Valley homes sit in Hurricane's overlay that permits nightly rental, which is a big part of why the community exists. Approval is tied to the specific lot and to current city rules, not to the neighborhood name, so before you count on rental income confirm the status of the exact home with me and with Hurricane City. I can pull the zoning and the licensing picture on any address you are weighing.
Pecan Valley is about ten minutes from the State Route 9 corridor where Walmart, Lin's Marketplace, and Davis Food & Drug anchor Hurricane's grocery and retail. It sits on the desert edge toward Sand Hollow, so daily errands are a short drive rather than around the corner, with dining and services clustered along State Street.
Pecan Valley runs well above Hurricane's median because the homes are large, amenity-heavy, and built for rental income. Recent activity has spanned the high $600,000s into seven figures depending on size, pool, garage, and finish. Prices move, so treat that as a starting point and confirm against the live listings above.
Ready to look? See what is on the market or tell me what you are after.
Selling in Pecan Valley
Hurricane values have moved a lot in recent years, and lot position and finish level make a real difference. Start with the home valuation page and I will run a real comparison against recent Pecan Valley 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 is competing with you along the Sand Hollow corridor. Pecan Valley is a thin, specialized pool of large rental-ready homes, so a well-presented one with a documented rental history stands out when buyers are shopping that specific product. Tell me your timeline and how the home has been used and I will give you a straight read.
It does. A Pecan Valley buyer is often underwriting the home as an income property, so the listing has to speak to that: booking and revenue history if you have it, what conveys with the pool and RV garage, sleeping capacity, and the rental approval on the lot. I market these to that audience rather than to a typical primary-residence buyer, and because I am dual-licensed I can keep the sale, a buyer's search, and the financing on one desk.
Thinking about it? Start with your number or see how featuring works.
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Buying, I can pull the current listings and tell you honestly which streets fit what you are after. 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 Pecan Valley
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Recent activity has spanned the high $600,000s into seven figures, and because many of these homes carry short-term-rental approval, buyers underwrite them as income property, so pricing has to speak to booking and revenue history as well as finishes.