Butler Hills is one of Cottonwood Heights’ most established and most-loved East Bench family neighborhoods — positioned on the north side of Bengal Boulevard, with the kind of mature streetscapes, established families, and walking-distance amenities that have anchored the city’s identity for decades. The neighborhood’s defining feature is its very close walking distance to Brighton High School — one of only a small handful of Cottonwood Heights neighborhoods where families with high schoolers can genuinely skip the morning drop-off drive. Butler Hills is also known for unusually low turnover; many homes have been owned by the same families for 30, 40, or 50+ years, and resale inventory is typically tight.
Most original homes were built between the late 1950s and the early 1980s, giving Butler Hills the broad architectural variety that defined Cottonwood Heights’ original family-housing build-out — a healthy mix of brick ranchers, ramblers, split-levels, tri-levels, and two-story homes. Square footage on these original homes ranges 1,500 to 4,000 square feet, sitting on lots between 0.18 and 0.30 acres. A newer custom-home enclave — Butler Hills View, built by Ivory Homes along Butler Hills Drive and Orion View Circle — adds substantial new construction in the 4,000 to 7,000 sq ft range on larger 0.33 to 0.50 acre lots. The result is one of the broadest price- and size-mix neighborhoods in Cottonwood Heights, with options for first-time buyers in mid-century ramblers all the way up to brand-new luxury custom homes within the same school feeder. Butler Hills is a non-HOA neighborhood, giving homeowners full flexibility on architectural style, landscaping, and property use.
Butler Hills homes typically sell across a wide range: original 1,500–4,000 sq ft homes commonly run $700,000 to $1.4 million depending on size, lot, and updating, while Ivory Homes Butler Hills View properties run $1.4 million to $2.1 million+ for the largest custom plans. List your Butler Hills home with DiscountAgent.com at a low 1.5% commission and save approximately $18,000 on a $1.2 million sale compared to traditional 3% listing agents. If you’re buying in Butler Hills, our 50% buyer cash back program returns approximately $18,000 to you at closing on a $1.2M home — usable for closing costs, a rate buy-down, kitchen and bath updates, or simply kept as cash.
Butler Hills is served by the Canyons School District with three established schools: Bella Vista Elementary (the “Bella Vista Tigers” — serving Cottonwood Heights since 1965), Butler Middle School (ranked #4 in Utah and the only public middle school inside Cottonwood Heights city limits), and Brighton High School (rebuilt 2022). The genuine walking distance to Brighton High is a significant lifestyle and time-savings advantage rare on the Wasatch Front, and many Butler Hills families have multi-generational ties to the school.
Butler Hills residents have walking access to Butler Park — an 11.3-acre park directly adjacent to Butler Middle School and the Cottonwood Heights Recreation Center, with playgrounds, ball fields, picnic pavilions, and walking paths. Crestwood Park — at 58 acres the largest park in Cottonwood Heights, with the feel of a regional park — is nearby and excellent for team sports, walks, and longer-distance trail running. Brighton High’s athletic facilities are also walkable. Fort Union Boulevard’s shopping and dining corridor is minutes away with Smith’s, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and dozens of local restaurants. Big Cottonwood Canyon is approximately 10–15 minutes east, with four world-class ski resorts (Solitude, Brighton, Snowbird, Alta) within 25–30 minutes. I-215 access is just minutes north for downtown Salt Lake City and the airport. For families who want top schools at walking distance, an established East Bench character, low turnover, and Cottonwood Heights’ full canyon-adjacent lifestyle — Butler Hills consistently delivers.
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