Overview
About Sycamore Canyon
Sycamore Canyon covers 248.9 acres between Weir Canyon Road and Serrano Avenue, the third largest community in this section, with 5.5 miles of street and 33 named roads, most of them named for plants: Azalea, Briarrose, Dewberry, Goldenrod, Hibiscus, Ladyfern, Lilac, Mint, Orchid, Periwinkle, Rosebud, Rosemary, Snapdragon, Snowberry and Wildflower among them. The city records 861 addresses on 540 parcels, 515 of them single family and 22 held as common ground, with a median lot of 6,000 square feet.
Ninety-six of the 248.9 acres carry the Open Space designation and 8.5 more are designated Parks, and two city parks sit partly inside the boundary: Sycamore Park, of whose ten acres 45 percent falls here, and Ronald Reagan Park, of whose 18.2 acres a quarter does. A twelve-acre Neighborhood Center designation covers the shopping ground on Weir Canyon. One hundred and thirty-one parcels carry a pool. The boundary lies in ZIP 92808 and Sycamore Canyon sits in Orange Unified School District.
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How Sycamore Canyon was built
Sycamore Canyon takes its name from what the developers kept. When Anaheim Hills was planned the sycamore, oak and eucalyptus groves that had grown up along the canyon bottoms were written into the design rather than cleared, and close to a thousand acres across the community went to public agencies as open space. This canyon is one of the places that decision shows.
Underneath is Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, granted to Jose Antonio Yorba and his nephew Juan Pablo Peralta in July 1810, then Bixby range, then the cattle ranch Louis E. Nohl took a deed to on 6 October 1943 and worked with 1,100 head and a block of avocados. The eastern canyons stayed grazing land the longest. Anaheim adopted the Sycamore Canyon plan for this ground in 1988 and most of the 861 homes went up around 1990, with a scattering earlier and later.
By the Numbers
Sycamore Canyon by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Sycamore Canyon lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Sycamore Canyon
Sycamore Canyon lies within Orange Unified School District. Its campuses in Anaheim are listed below, each with its grade span and its enrollment on the 2024-25 federal count.
9-12 · 2,183 students
7-8 · 1,144 students
K-6 · 805 students
K-8 · 643 students
K-6 · 524 students
K-6 · 509 students
K-6 · 476 students
K-6 · 389 students
K-12 · 109 students
FAQs
Common questions about Sycamore Canyon
How big is Sycamore Canyon?
It covers 248.9 acres on the boundary the City of Anaheim publishes, with 861 addresses across 540 parcels, which makes it the third largest community in this section after Summit and Highlands.
When was Sycamore Canyon built?
Its eleven tract maps were recorded in 1989 and 1990, all signed by surveyor James R. Gill. Of the 501 buildings that carry a year on the city's footprint layer, 442 were finished during the 1990s and 55 in the 1980s.
Why are the streets named after flowers?
Most of the 33 named streets inside the boundary carry plant names, from Azalea and Briarrose through Goldenrod, Hibiscus, Lilac and Orchid to Snapdragon, Snowberry and Wildflower, all on the city's own address layer.
Which parks are in Sycamore Canyon?
Two, both partly inside. Forty-five percent of the ten-acre Sycamore Park falls within the boundary and a quarter of the 18.2-acre Ronald Reagan Park, alongside 96 acres the general plan designates Open Space.
Which schools serve Sycamore Canyon?
It sits in Orange Unified School District. The schools page for this community lists each of the district's Anaheim campuses with its grade span and its enrollment on the 2024-25 federal count.