Overview
About Aspen Creek
Aspen Creek is 21.5 acres of 99 detached homes on Misty Creek, Indian Hill and Aspen Creek lanes, in the western arm of Laguna Hills the city calls the Westside Annexation. Lots are compact for detached housing, with a median of 0.09 acres across the 87 parcels the city records inside the boundary.
The homes carrying a build year on the city's record went up between 1984 and 1987, and the median living area on that record is 1,237 square feet. Five of the parcels carry a private pool. The Orange County Fire Authority places the boundary in evacuation zone LGH11, which covers 840 households, and Aspen Creek lies inside Saddleback Valley Unified School District, whose campuses inside the Laguna Hills city limit are Valencia, Lomarena and San Joaquin elementaries and Laguna Hills High.
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How Aspen Creek was built
This corner was built as part of Aliso Viejo, the community the Mission Viejo Company laid out after buying the last 6,600 acres of the Moulton Ranch in 1976. Laguna Hills annexed it on 18 September 2000, about 149 residential acres together with Sheep Hills Park, a year before Aliso Viejo itself became a city. So the homes here are older than their city: they went up between 1984 and 1987, with a middle year of 1985, on land that would not carry a Laguna Hills address for another thirteen years.
The whole western pocket was named on one system, and it is worth noticing when you drive it. Every street is a Creek Lane or a Hill Lane. Aspen Creek has Aspen Creek Lane, Misty Creek Lane and Indian Hill Lane, and the neighbors carry Dry Creek, Oxbow Creek, Clear Creek, Sage Hill, Robin Hill and Windy Hill. The city counts 99 detached homes on about twenty one acres here, small lots of roughly a tenth of an acre, and Sheep Hills Park sits at the edge of the group with a name that says exactly what Lewis Moulton did with this ground.
By the Numbers
Aspen Creek by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Aspen Creek lifestyle
The city publishes eight named trails and gives each its own mileage. Aliso Creek Trail runs 2.0 miles inside the city limit as a county maintained national recreation trail, open to walkers, cyclists and riders on horseback. Alicia Trail is a paved 1.33 miles from Moulton Parkway and Alicia Parkway northeast to the Laguna Hills Community Center.
Oso Parkway carries a trail on each side. The Oso Bikeway Trail is 1.64 paved miles along the north side from Moulton to Cabot Road, and the Oso Multi-Use Trail is 1.79 dirt miles along the south side open to every user. The Nellie Gail Trail adds 0.90 dirt miles from Ramona Street to La Paz Road, and the Veeh Trail follows 0.26 riparian miles beside Veeh Ranch Park.
Fossil Reef Park is built on a limestone reef the city dates to roughly 17 million years ago, when much of Orange County lay under a shallow tropical bay. The reef runs six miles long and 300 feet deep and holds scallop shells the city describes as the size of dinner plates.
Schools
Schools serving Aspen Creek
Aspen Creek lies inside Saddleback Valley Unified School District. The campuses below are the district schools inside the Laguna Hills city limit, with the enrollment the federal count records for each.
9-12 · 1,317 students
K-6 · 525 students
K-6 · 487 students
K-6 · 221 students
FAQs
Common questions about Aspen Creek
How big is Aspen Creek?
Aspen Creek covers 21.5 acres on the boundary the City of Laguna Hills publishes, and the city's own count gives it 99 detached homes across 87 recorded parcels.
When were the homes in Aspen Creek built?
The parcels carrying a build year on the city's record went up between 1984 and 1987, with a median of 1985. The subdivision maps beneath them were recorded earlier, Tract 11387 and Tract 11386 in 1984 and Tracts 11390 and 11392 in 1982.
Which school district serves Aspen Creek?
Aspen Creek lies inside Saddleback Valley Unified School District. The district publishes no attendance boundary map, so assignment for a specific address is confirmed through the district's own locator. Its campuses inside the Laguna Hills city limit are Valencia Elementary with 525 students, Lomarena Elementary with 487, San Joaquin Elementary with 221 and Laguna Hills High with 1,317, on the 2024-25 federal count.
How big are the homes and lots?
The median lot on the city's parcel record measures 0.09 acres, and the median living area on that record is 1,237 square feet. Five of the 87 parcels carry a private pool.
Was Aspen Creek always part of Laguna Hills?
No. Laguna Hills was incorporated on December 20, 1991 without it. The westside annexation approved on September 18, 2000 brought Aspen Creek and 149 residential acres inside the city limit, and the city's association record still carries the community as annexed in 2000.