A Washington community
Living in Green Springs
Green Springs is Washington City's established hillside golf community. It climbs the slope off Green Spring Drive, around the public Green Spring Golf Course. One name covers a wide range here. You will find low-maintenance garden homes, settled single-level and two-story homes, golf-front homes along the fairways, and larger custom view homes near the top. They all share a park inside the community. The Red Cliffs are a few minutes out, and I-15 is right at the bottom of the hill.
New to the area? Start with the Washington City guide, then come back for the hill.
Current listings
Homes for sale in Green Springs
These listings come straight from the MLS and show only homes inside Green Springs. New listings show up here the day they list, and sold homes drop off. This area has garden homes, established homes, golf-front homes, and custom view homes all together, so look at each type on its own.
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Listing information comes from the local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
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Life on the hill
A hillside with the freeway right below
Green Springs is one of Washington City's clearest north-side names. It follows Green Spring Drive as the road climbs off the road beside I-15 onto the slope above town. Get this straight first, because a lot of online write-ups put Green Springs in Washington Fields, south of the Virgin River. It is the opposite: this is the established hillside community on the north side, wrapped around the public Green Spring Golf Course.
It feels different from the flat grids of newer homes down in the fields. You sit up on the slope, with fairways running through the streets. The Pine Valley Mountain stands to the northwest, and the Red Cliffs reserve is right behind you. Green Spring Park sits inside the community for the everyday stuff. The freeway is a couple of minutes down at Exit 10, and St. George is a short hop south, so the drive to anything you actually need stays short.
I tour it as a wide-range area, because that is what it is. In one afternoon you can walk a low-maintenance garden home and a settled rambler, a one-level ranch home, on an interior street. Then you can walk a golf-front home along a fairway, and a larger custom home near the top with a view that stops people mid-sentence. Those four do not price or inspect the same way. Before you fall for any one listing up here, get two things right: the type of home, and where the lot sits.
Hillside highlights
What sets the north side apart
Six things set this end of town apart. A public golf course is woven through the streets, a city park sits inside the community, and the Red Cliffs reserve is on the back fence. Freeway access takes two minutes, an aquatic center is down the hill, and the homes for sale mix several types under one name.
Green Spring Golf Course, on-site
The public 18-hole course at 588 N Green Spring Dr runs through the community. Few Washington City neighborhoods are built around a course you can walk to and play without a membership.
Green Spring Park inside the community
At 1775 N Green Spring Dr, the city park sits right in the community, with a splash pad, two pickleball courts, a covered playground, and a looped walking trail. For some streets it is a short walk, not a drive.
Red Cliffs reserve on the back fence
The Red Cliffs Desert Reserve borders the north side of the community. That puts the Grapevine and slickrock trail network a few minutes out, not a drive across the county.
Freeway access, ~2 min
Interstate 15 at Exit 10 is named for Green Spring Drive, so the on-ramp is about two minutes down the hill. St. George is roughly twelve minutes south and Hurricane about twenty east.
Washington City Community Center, ~7 min
The city center at 350 N Community Center Dr holds an indoor aquatic complex with a leisure pool, lazy river, and slide. It also has courts, a track, and a climbing wall. It is about seven minutes from the hill.
Several home types, one name
Garden homes, interior single-levels, golf-front homes, and custom view homes all carry the Green Springs name. I sort them by type and by where the lot sits before I ever compare prices.
Homes & lots
A mixed search, not one kind of home
Green Springs is genuinely mixed, and that is the part most online searches get wrong. Under one name you have low-maintenance garden homes, where the exterior upkeep is handled for you. You have established single-level and two-story homes on interior streets that date back to the late 1990s and 2000s. You have golf-front homes along the fairways, and larger custom view homes near the top of the hill. Lump them together and the numbers lie to you: a row of attached garden homes can drag an average far below where a custom view home actually sells.
So I look at one group of homes at a time. On the Washington County MLS, garden homes and older interior homes have generally started in the mid $300,000s to $400,000s. Established and golf-front homes run through the $500,000s and $600,000s, and a spot on the fairway costs more. Larger custom view homes climb past $1 million. The neighborhood as a whole sells above the Washington median (the middle price), which shows how much the top end pulls the middle up.
The slope is the quiet detail behind all of it. The ground falls away toward the freeway, so many lots here lend themselves to daylight and walkout basements (basements with windows or a door to the yard). The better view lots sit higher on the slope. That is also why I look hard at how each lot is built into the slope. Before I get excited about a view, I check where the windows actually point.
For buyers, sort the search by type and where the lot sits before you judge value. For sellers, do the same before you pick the recent sales to compare against. Check everything against the live listings. In a community this varied, the right three comparable sales matter far more than any neighborhood average.
Under one name, a garden home and a custom home on the hilltop sell on different terms.
Trails & outdoors
Red rock right on the back fence
The Red Cliffs Desert Reserve borders the north edge of Green Springs, which makes trail access the feature the name only hints at. From the upper streets you are minutes from protected slickrock (smooth red rock) and desert singletrack (narrow dirt trails). Here they are in order, from a walk from home to a day trip.
Green Spring Park loop (easy)
The park is inside the community at 1775 N Green Spring Dr, with a looped walking trail, a decorative bridge, gardens, and seating. It is the kind of walk you take after dinner without driving anywhere.
Red Cliffs Desert Reserve (varied)
The reserve's Grapevine and Cottonwood trail network borders the north side of the hill. Easy trails that link up and harder slickrock climbs share the same red rock. It is real desert singletrack, a few minutes from the door.
Sand Hollow State Park, ~20 min
Sand Hollow is about twenty minutes east, with warm blue water against red dunes, boating, and paddleboarding. The Sand Mountain OHV (off-highway vehicle) dunes are next door. It is a standard Southern Utah summer Saturday.
Quail Creek State Park, ~15 min
Quail Creek Reservoir is roughly fifteen minutes east, off SR-9. It holds some of the warmest open water in the state, for fishing, swimming, and boating below the red ridges.
Farther out, Zion National Park is roughly forty minutes east on SR-9, and Snow Canyon State Park is about twenty-five minutes west, through St. George. The wider outdoor picture is in the Washington City guide.
Recreation details come from Washington City's parks pages and Utah State Parks. Green Spring Park amenities are from the Washington City parks page.
Errands & drive times
Errands, measured in minutes
Green Spring Drive feeds straight onto the road beside I-15, so the freeway, groceries, and the Telegraph Street stores are all less than ten minutes away. Times are estimated, measured from Green Spring Drive near Green Spring Park. From the upper streets, add a couple of minutes.
| The errand | Where it happens | From the hill |
|---|---|---|
| Full grocery run | Albertsons, 915 W Red Cliffs Dr | ~5 min |
| Pharmacy | Albertsons Pharmacy, 915 W Red Cliffs Dr | ~5 min |
| Big-box and supercenter | Walmart Supercenter, 625 W Telegraph St | ~7 min |
| Freeway on-ramp | Interstate 15 at Exit 10, Green Spring Dr | ~2 min |
| Healthcare | St. George Regional Hospital, 1380 E Medical Center Dr | ~12 min |
| Recreation and pool | Washington City Community Center, 350 N Community Center Dr | ~7 min |
| Tee time | Green Spring Golf Course, 588 N Green Spring Dr | ~2 min |
| Dinner and shopping | Red Cliffs Dr and Telegraph St stores | ~7 min |
| Flights | St. George Regional Airport (SGU) | ~20 min |
Farther out, Sand Hollow and Quail Creek are fifteen to twenty minutes east, and Zion National Park is roughly forty minutes away. Las Vegas is about two hours south on I-15. The full day-trip map lives in the Washington City guide.
Schools & education
Schools, by the facts
Green Springs is part of the Washington County School District. The area is generally served by Sandstone Elementary (grades PreK-5) at 850 North 2450 East in Washington. From there students go on to Pine View Intermediate (grades 6-7), then Pine View Middle School (grades 8-9), and last Pine View High School (grades 10-12). All are on the Pine View side of the district.
Boundaries can shift as the north end grows, so ask the district for the current assignment on any home you are serious about. Do not guess from a map. For outside school data, GreatSchools and Niche both publish numbers you can weigh yourself. Utah Tech University in St. George is about twelve minutes away.
I cover the bigger education picture, including Utah Tech, in the Washington City guide.
The public course
A golf community you do not have to join
Green Springs has something almost nothing else in the county has. The community is built around Green Spring Golf Course, a public course that belongs to Washington City. It opened in November 1989 and was designed by Gene Bates. It is an 18-hole course of roughly 6,562 yards at par 71, with the Pine Valley Mountain and the Red Cliffs as the backdrop.
Public matters here. At Green Spring there is no membership, no initiation fee (a fee to join a club), and no annual fees just to play. You pay a green fee (the price of a round) and tee off, the same as any visitor. That is a real difference from the private clubs elsewhere in Washington County. It changes what you pay for when you buy a golf-community home. You are paying for the home, the lot, and the fairway view, not for a club you must then fund every year.
When I tour a golf-front home up here, I treat the course as something you can use on your own terms, not a cost that comes with the address. I would rather you understand exactly what a lot on the fairway is worth, and what it is not, before you pay extra for it.
What I check before I price a lot on the fairway
- Which hole the lot backs, and whether the home faces an open fairway, a tee box, or a green with traffic.
- The chance of stray golf balls. A yard beside the course is handy, but a wild shot will land in it now and then.
- Whether the view is the course, the Pine Valley Mountain, the Red Cliffs, or some combination, because they do not price the same.
- How the lot sits on the slope. Walkout basements and view direction often go together up here.
Course details come from Washington City and Greater Zion golf pages and the Green Spring Golf Course site. Yardage and par can vary by tee set; confirm the current scorecard with the course.
What locals know
The details I would slow down and check
Before you get attached to one address up here, look at four things. Check the type of home and where the lot sits on the hill. Then check the view, and the way the course sits behind it. These are what I would walk a friend through first.
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It is the north side, not the fields. Green Springs is the hillside community off Green Spring Drive at I-15 Exit 10, not a Washington Fields subdivision south of the river. Plenty of listings and write-ups blur the two.
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The course is public, not a club. Green Spring is a public course that belongs to Washington City, with no membership or annual fees to play. A golf-front home buys you the view and the access, not a yearly club obligation.
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Where you sit on the hill changes everything. The slope runs from the freeway edge up toward the Red Cliffs. As you go up, the view, the chance of a walkout basement, and the price all climb. Walk the specific street, not just the listing.
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Garden homes and custom homes price differently. They share the Green Springs name, but a low-maintenance garden home and a custom home on the hilltop sell on different terms. Each needs its own set of recent sales to compare against.
Buy or sell here
The buyer side and the seller side
Buying in Green Springs
Green Springs is the hillside golf community on the north side of Washington City, built around the Green Spring Golf Course off Green Spring Drive. It sits right at I-15 Exit 10, which is named for the same street. The freeway and the Red Cliffs Drive and Telegraph Street stores are all within a few minutes.
The range is wide under one name, and that is the thing to understand before you compare prices. You will find four kinds of home. There are low-maintenance garden homes, and established single-level and two-story homes on the slope. There are golf-front homes along the fairways, and larger custom view homes near the top of the hill. Before I look at a single recent sale, I separate those by type and by where they sit on the slope.
Green Springs is in the Washington County School District. The area is generally served by Sandstone Elementary (PreK-5) in Washington. From there students go on to Pine View Intermediate (grades 6-7), then Pine View Middle School (grades 8-9), and last Pine View High School (grades 10-12). Boundaries can shift as the north end grows, so ask the district for the current assignment on any home you are serious about.
Yes, and that is the rare part. Green Spring is a public course that belongs to Washington City, at 588 N Green Spring Dr, and it has been open since 1989. There is no membership, initiation fee, or annual fee to play it. You pay a green fee and tee off, which is different from the private clubs elsewhere in the county. Living in Green Springs puts that course right among the streets.
It runs wide because you are comparing several kinds of home. On the Washington County MLS, garden homes and older interior homes have generally started in the mid $300,000s to $400,000s. Established and golf-front homes run through the $500,000s and $600,000s. Larger custom view homes climb past $1 million. The neighborhood as a whole sells above the Washington median. For a citywide measure, my 2025 market report puts the Washington median sale price at $589,025. Treat that as a starting point, and check it against the live listings.
Yes. Green Spring Park, at 1775 N Green Spring Dr, sits inside the community. It has a splash pad, two pickleball courts, a half basketball court, a covered playground, and a looped walking trail with a decorative bridge. For a good part of the neighborhood, it is a walk from home, and the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve trails are also a few minutes away.
Ready to look? See what is on the market or tell me what you are after.
Selling in Green Springs
The first question is what you actually own. A garden home, an interior single-level, a golf-front home, and a custom view home should not be priced the same way. They should not share one small set of recent sales just because they share the Green Springs name. Get the type, where the lot sits, and the view right, and the rest of the pricing gets a lot more honest.
I start with recent sales and live listings from the MLS. Then I sort them by type of home and by where the home sits on the hill, so I am comparing like with like. From there I adjust for a spot on the fairway, the Pine Valley Mountain and Red Cliffs view, square footage, condition, and how the lot handles the slope.
When you list with me, your home is featured on MovingUtah where it fits best. It shows first on the Washington City listings and on this Green Springs page, where buyers are already looking. The get featured page explains how it works. If you are thinking about selling, I would be glad to talk it through with you.
Yes, but on a purchase I take one role only, never both. I can work as your real estate agent or as your lender, and the role is disclosed before we move forward.
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Buying? I can pull the mix of homes for sale in Green Springs now. I separate garden homes, golf-front homes, and custom view homes by where the lot sits before you compare prices. Selling? I will price and market your home against the right part of the hill, not the whole north side.
Selling in Green Springs
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