Overview
About Serrano Park
Serrano Park covers 125.9 acres and holds 593 homes on 43 streets, sixth largest of the fifty Lake Forest communities on this site by acreage and eighth by home count. The median lot measures 7,202 square feet. The land use layer sets 23.9 acres inside the boundary to low density residential, 7.1 to open space, 1.4 to community park and open space and 0.8 to business park.
The city's pool layer counts 115 backyard pools inside the boundary, 95 solar installations, 65 spas, two tennis courts, a playground and a volleyball court, alongside a single community pool. Irvine Ranch Water District supplies the water, street sweeping runs Thursday morning, and children go to Rancho Canada Elementary, Serrano Intermediate and El Toro High.
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How Serrano Park was built
The name comes from the man who owned everything here first. Jose Antonio Serrano was granted Rancho Canada de los Alisos in 1842 by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado, 10,668 acres running down the valley, and Pio Pico enlarged the grant in 1846. Serrano and his family ran cattle for hides and tallow and built five adobes. One of them, from about 1863, survives at Heritage Hill Historical Park a short way along Serrano Road, the only one of the five left standing.
Serrano Park covers 126 acres and holds 593 homes on 43 streets, and almost every street inside it is Spanish: Avenida Albercon, Avenida Amapola, Avenida Ambiente and the rest of a long run of Avenidas. The median lot is 7,202 square feet, and the build year layer puts most of it in the 1970s.
By the Numbers
Serrano Park by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Serrano Park lifestyle
Lake Forest keeps 31 parks open from dawn to dusk. The Lake Forest Sports Park and Recreation Center opened in November 2014 on 86 acres, with 57 of them given over to sports fields, and the city runs the largest free skatepark in Orange County at Etnies Skatepark.
Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park holds 1,575 acres of county open space against the north edge of the city, and the city's trail map carries 49 named trails.
Across the whole city the general plan sets 3,756 acres to residential use and 3,065 acres to open space and parks, which is why so much of Lake Forest reads as green from the ridgelines.
Schools
Schools serving Serrano Park
The City of Lake Forest property record names Rancho Canada Elementary for all 610 addresses in Serrano Park, with Serrano Intermediate for middle school and El Toro High for high school. There is no split at any level. All three are Saddleback Valley Unified campuses.
9-12 · 1,902 students
7-8 · 868 students
K-6 · 633 students
FAQs
Common questions about Serrano Park
How big is Serrano Park?
The community covers 125.9 acres on the city's published boundary and holds 593 homes on 610 parcels across 43 named streets. It ranks sixth by acreage and eighth by home count of the fifty Lake Forest communities on this site, and the median parcel measures 7,202 square feet.
Who developed Serrano Park?
The owner's certificates on three of the six recorded maps name Woodbine Corp., a California corporation, as the subdivider. The certificate on tract 9245 was signed in May 1976 and records 100 lots. Earl L. McCray surveyed all six maps.
When was Serrano Park laid out?
All six subdivision maps inside the boundary were recorded in 1976, between August 27 and December 9. The city's build year layer places 77.9 acres of building footprint in the 1971 to 1980 band and 27.9 acres in 1981 to 1990.
Which schools serve Serrano Park?
The city's property record names Rancho Canada Elementary, Serrano Intermediate and El Toro High for all 610 addresses inside the boundary, with no split at any level. All three are Saddleback Valley Unified campuses.
Is there a community pool?
Yes, one. The city's recreation layer records a single community pool inside the boundary alongside 115 private backyard pools, 65 spas, two tennis courts, a playground and a volleyball court.