Overview
About Crown Valley Highlands
Crown Valley Highlands covers 129.5 acres and holds 446 addresses on 452 parcels, at a median lot of 0.167 acres. Twenty-four named streets run 4.18 miles inside the boundary and many carry Scottish names: Lochlomond, Balloch, Buckhaven, Troon, Tieree, Abotsinch and Telfair among them, with Kensington Drive running 0.62 miles. The city's zoning layer gives 28 acres to Single Family District 3, 27 acres to attached residential and 9.2 acres to Single Family District 4, with 17.1 acres in the Aliso Creek Local Coastal Program area and 2.7 acres zoned park and recreation.
The association's own record with the city lists a clubhouse, a pool, a tot lot, two parks and volleyball courts, the fullest amenity list of any ungated boundary in Laguna Niguel. The ground runs from 376 feet to 572 feet and every parcel inside drains to Aliso Creek. The 2025 fire hazard layer rates 55.7 acres Very High and 41.9 acres High, and the city records fuel modification on 21 parcels. A quarter mile of the Aliso Summit Trail runs inside the boundary.
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How Crown Valley Highlands was built
The city's record runs the years built in Crown Valley Highlands from 1968 to 1992 with a median of 1971, and 87 homes carry 1972 alone, which puts the first houses within a few years of the completion of Crown Valley Parkway in 1964 and while the city's population was still counted in the low thousands.
The land was Rancho Niguel, 13,316 acres granted to Juan Avila in 1842 and worked as a sheep and cattle ranch by Lewis Moulton and Jean Pierre Daguerre from 1895 until the families divided it in 1951. Many of the streets here are Scottish, Lochlomond, Balloch, Buckhaven, Troon, Tieree, Abotsinch and Telfair among them, with Kensington Drive running through the middle. The association's own record with the city lists a clubhouse, a pool, a tot lot, two parks and volleyball courts.
By the Numbers
Crown Valley Highlands by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Crown Valley Highlands lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Crown Valley Highlands
Capistrano Unified serves Crown Valley Highlands. Probed at five addresses inside the boundary, the district's locator returned Moulton Elementary at every one, and split above it: Niguel Hills Middle with Dana Hills High at some points and Aliso Viejo Middle with Aliso Niguel High at others. The boundary straddles that middle and high school line, so confirm the campus for a specific address with the district.
9-12 · 2,563 students
9-12 · 1,725 students
6-8 · 803 students
6-8 · 693 students
K-5 · 538 students
FAQs
Common questions about Crown Valley Highlands
How big is Crown Valley Highlands?
Measured against the boundary the City of Laguna Niguel publishes, Crown Valley Highlands covers 129.5 acres. The city's address layer records 446 addresses inside it and the parcel layer 452 parcels, at a median lot of 0.167 acres.
When was Crown Valley Highlands built?
Its five tract maps were recorded between August 1968 and March 1976, second only to Pacific Island Village I for age among the community boundaries in the city. The city's parcel layer dates 331 parcels here between 1968 and 1992, with 99 in the 1960s, 230 in the 1970s, and 1972 the busiest single year at 87.
What does the Crown Valley Highlands association maintain?
The facilities the city records are a clubhouse, a pool, a tot lot, two parks and volleyball courts. That is the fullest amenity list of any ungated association boundary in the city.
Is Crown Valley Highlands gated?
No. The city's HOA zoning lookup records it as not gated with public streets, and lists 436 units.
Which schools serve Crown Valley Highlands?
Capistrano Unified. Moulton Elementary serves the whole boundary, but middle and high school assignment splits inside it between Niguel Hills and Dana Hills on one side and Aliso Viejo and Aliso Niguel on the other, so a specific address needs checking with the district.