Overview
About Laguna Audubon I
Laguna Audubon I covers 48.5 acres, the fourth largest of the fifty Aliso Viejo communities on this site, and holds 290 addresses across 312 mapped parcels. Fifteen lanes run inside it and every one carries a bird's name: Blue Heron, Condor, Falcon Crest, Firecrest, Hummingbird, Phoebe, Royal Tern, San Bittern, Sanderling, Songbird, Starling, Trumpeter, White Pelican, Willet and Woodswallow. The city zones 24 acres Residential Low Density, where the municipal code allows up to eight units to the gross acre, and gives a further 10.4 acres the Open Space Preservation designation, the third largest such holding of the fifty.
Hummingbird Park adjoins the boundary, 5.6 acres kept by the Aliso Viejo Community Association with a tot lot, a drinking fountain, picnic tables, a hiking trail and walkways. Wingspan Park at 15.5 acres is 1,535 feet off and Canyon View Park at 23.8 acres is 1,903 feet. Unusually for Aliso Viejo, this ground is in Laguna Beach Unified rather than Capistrano, and the district's own street list assigns all fifteen of these lanes to Top of the World Elementary, then Thurston Middle and Laguna Beach High.
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How Laguna Audubon I was built
Fifteen streets and fifteen birds: Blue Heron, Condor, Falcon Crest, Firecrest, Hummingbird, Phoebe, Royal Tern, San Bittern, Sanderling, Songbird, Starling, Trumpeter, White Pelican, Willet and Woodswallow. The community is named for John James Audubon, who spent the 1820s and 1830s documenting North American birds and published The Birds of America between 1827 and 1838, 435 hand colored life size prints covering 497 species.
Laguna Audubon was first developed in the late 1980s and takes in a group of separate neighborhoods, among them Seacove Place, Seacrest Villas, Seagate Colony and Seaway Collection, all of which carry bird streets of their own. This first phase holds 290 homes on 48.5 acres. Underneath is Rancho Niguel, granted to Juan Avila in 1842 and worked as cattle range by the Moulton family from 1895 until 1976.
By the Numbers
Laguna Audubon I by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Laguna Audubon I lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Laguna Audubon I
Laguna Beach Unified serves Laguna Audubon I, not Capistrano. The county's school district layer returns Laguna Beach Unified at every interior point of the boundary, the Capistrano locator reports every one of those points as outside its district, and the Laguna Beach street list names all fifteen of this community's lanes and assigns each to Top of the World Elementary. The district runs one middle school and one high school, Thurston and Laguna Beach High, so the rest of the feed follows from its own record. The tiles below carry federal enrollment counts and distances measured from the city's published boundary. Confirm the campus for a specific address with the district before it matters to an offer.
9-12 · 815 students
6-8 · 524 students
K-5 · 536 students
K-5 · 404 students
FAQs
Common questions about Laguna Audubon I
How big is Laguna Audubon I, and how many homes are there?
Measured against the boundary the City of Aliso Viejo publishes, Laguna Audubon I covers 48.5 acres, the fourth largest of the fifty Aliso Viejo communities on this site. The city's address layer records 290 addresses inside it, across 312 mapped parcels.
Which school district serves it, and which campuses?
Laguna Beach Unified, which is unusual for an Aliso Viejo address. The district's own Aliso Viejo street list names 26 streets and marks every one for Top of the World Elementary, and all fifteen lanes inside this boundary are on that list. Top of the World enrolled 536 students on the 2024-25 federal count and stands 3.08 miles from the boundary, Thurston Middle 524 at 2.98 miles and Laguna Beach High 815 at 3.75 miles.
When was Laguna Audubon I subdivided, and when was it built?
Four of its six maps were recorded on 21 December 1987 and the last two in February 1988. The county assessor's parcel record carries a year built on 244 of the 313 parcels inside the boundary, and 224 of those read 1989. A recorded map dates the subdivision rather than the buildings on it.
How much of it is open space?
The city's general plan layer gives 10.4 of the 48.5 acres inside the boundary the Open Space Preservation designation, the third largest such holding of the fifty communities here, with 24 acres zoned Residential Low Density. At 290 addresses over 48.5 acres the measured density is six to the acre.
What parks are nearby?
Hummingbird Park adjoins the boundary at 5.6 acres, with a tot lot, a drinking fountain, picnic tables, a hiking trail and walkways. Wingspan Park at 15.5 acres is 1,535 feet off and Canyon View Park at 23.8 acres is 1,903 feet. All three are kept by the Aliso Viejo Community Association.