Overview
About Emerald Point
Emerald Point covers 22.7 acres and records 239 addresses on two parcels, 237 of them with a unit designator. Eight streets serve it and seven of them are flowers: Begonia, Daffodil, Iris, Jasmine, Lilac, Orchid and Poppy, with Park Terrace the eighth, running 0.92 miles inside the boundary. The general plan puts 22.1 acres at 6.5 to 14 homes an acre and half an acre at 14 to 30.
The whole boundary lies in flood zone X. Capistrano Unified serves it, and the district's address locator returns Carl Hankey Elementary at 284 students, Carl Hankey Middle at 181 and Capistrano Valley High at 1,991 from every interior point tested. Emerald Point is one of only two communities in this guide fed by the Carl Hankey campuses.
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How Emerald Point was built
Emerald Point, often spelled Emerald Pointe on its own condominium listings, went up in two phases in south Mission Viejo near Cordova Park: 108 units in 1986, then a second phase of 137 more units in 1989, both built in a contemporary style rather than the Spanish look found in much of the rest of the city.
Membership in Lake Mission Viejo comes with the address. The Mission Viejo Company began building the lake in October 1974, damming Oso Creek to create 124 acres of water, and opened it to association members on June 3, 1978. Lake membership became mandatory for any home built after April 1977, so both phases of Emerald Point, finished nearly a decade and more than a decade after that cutoff, belonged to the lake association from the day their first owners moved in, with the boating, fishing and beach at Playa del Norte that came standard for a mid-1980s Mission Viejo address.
By the Numbers
Emerald Point by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Emerald Point lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Emerald Point
Capistrano Unified serves Emerald Point, and the district's address locator returns Carl Hankey Elementary, Carl Hankey Middle and Capistrano Valley High at every interior point tested. Enrollment below is the 2024-25 federal count.
9-12 · 1,991 students
6-8 · 181 students
K-5 · 284 students
FAQs
Common questions about Emerald Point
Why do the streets have flower names?
The recorded maps named them. Begonia, Daffodil, Iris, Jasmine, Lilac, Orchid and Poppy are seven of the eight street names the city's address layer records inside this boundary, and Park Terrace is the eighth.
What is the rancho line on the recorded map?
Tract 12226 draws the approximate boundary between two Mexican land grants across the tract, with Rancho Trabuco on one side and Rancho Mission Viejo, also called La Paz, on the other. Both patents sit in Book 1 of Patents in the records of Los Angeles County.
When was Emerald Point subdivided?
In 1984 and 1985, on three recorded county tract maps. Tract 12226 was surveyed in November 1984 by Jack G. Raub and recorded in 1985, and Tract 12429 was recorded the same year under Jan A. Adams of Adams, Streeter Civil Engineers.
Which schools serve Emerald Point?
Capistrano Unified, and the district's address locator returns Carl Hankey Elementary with 284 students, Carl Hankey Middle with 181 and Capistrano Valley High with 1,991 at every interior point tested. Only Cordova shares that assignment among the communities in this guide.
How many homes are in Emerald Point?
The city's address layer records 239 addresses across 22.7 acres, 237 of them with a unit designator, sitting on two parcels.