Canyon Creek Estates Homes for Sale — Cottonwood Heights, Utah

Canyon Creek Estates is one of Cottonwood Heights’ most distinctive custom-home neighborhoods — a substantial estate community positioned off Big Cottonwood Canyon Road, just south of the historic Cottonwood Paper Mill ruin and Old Mill Point. The community is small and tightly defined, with only two streets: Canyon Creek Circle and Canyon Creek Road. The neighborhood’s defining feature is its direct backing to Big Cottonwood Creek — the same stream that anchors the historic Cottonwood Paper Mill site and runs the length of Big Cottonwood Canyon. Residents have community access to the Big Cottonwood Canyon Trail directly from the neighborhood, with hiking, running, and biking on the trail system minutes from front doors.

Most homes were built between the early 1990s and the early 2000s, giving Canyon Creek Estates a custom-built estate character with substantial architectural variation across the neighborhood. Stone, stucco, board-and-batten, and cedar-shake exteriors are common, with many homes designed specifically to take advantage of the canyon-mouth setting and creek-side backyards. Square footage ranges from approximately 4,000 to 8,000+ finished square feet, sitting on lots between 0.26 and 0.96 acres — an unusually broad lot size range for Cottonwood Heights and one of the few neighborhoods in the city where buyers can find genuine sub-acre estate lots. Common features include 5–7 bedrooms, 4–6 bathrooms, gourmet kitchens with high-end appliances, vaulted ceilings, oversized 3- and 4-car garages, expansive view-oriented great rooms, finished basements with second family rooms and wet bars, and extensive outdoor living spaces. Canyon Creek Estates is a non-HOA neighborhood, giving homeowners full flexibility on architectural style, landscaping, and property use — rare in a Cottonwood Heights luxury price tier.

Canyon Creek Estates homes typically sell in the $1.5 million to $3 million+ range, reflecting the custom-build pedigree, substantial square footage, larger estate lots, and the irreplaceable canyon-mouth location. The wide price spread reflects the level of updating on individual properties and the scale and orientation of each home. List your Canyon Creek Estates home with DiscountAgent.com at 1.5% commission and save approximately $30,000 on a $2 million sale compared to traditional 3% listing agents. If you’re buying in Canyon Creek Estates, our 50% buyer rebate program returns approximately $30,000 to you at closing on a $2M home — usable for closing costs, a rate buy-down, custom upgrades, or simply kept as cash.

Canyon Creek Estates is served by the Canyons School District with three top-rated Cottonwood Heights public schools: Butler Elementary (a French Dual Language Immersion school), Butler Middle School (ranked #4 in Utah and the only public middle school inside Cottonwood Heights city limits), and Brighton High School (rebuilt in 2022, the only public high school inside city limits, serving 2,300+ students). The combination of Butler Elementary (well-regarded immersion program), Butler Middle (top-5 statewide), and Brighton High (modern facility, strong AP and athletics) makes the Canyon Creek Estates feeder chain genuinely strong from K–12.

What sets Canyon Creek Estates apart is its canyon-mouth geography and creek-side setting. The community is walking distance to the historic Hog Wallow Pub — established 1947 (under various names, current incarnation since 1997) and the iconic Cottonwood Heights gathering spot located kitty-corner to the Cottonwood Paper Mill ruin. Direct trail access into Big Cottonwood Canyon puts Solitude and Brighton ski resorts approximately 20–25 minutes away, with Snowbird and Alta another 10 minutes south on Wasatch Boulevard. I-215 access is minutes away, putting downtown Salt Lake City within 20–25 minutes and the airport within 25–30 minutes. For buyers who want custom-built estate homes, creek-side backyards, direct canyon trail access, top-rated schools, and Cottonwood Heights’ signature canyon-mouth lifestyle on substantial lots — Canyon Creek Estates delivers a rare combination.

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