There is steady bicycle traffic because of the proximity to the university. T he area is popular with young families as there is a very highly regarded elementary school smack-dab in the middle of the neighborhood. And University High, a magnet school for the brainy, is on the southern border. Himmel Park and Branch Library are also enclosed inside the two-mile square area. T here are 1748 homes in the greater Sam Hughes area.
Home prices range dramatically because of the age vs. rehab situation.
Maybe a few lower, maybe a few higher. North of Cimarron Estates, between Craycroft on the west and Kolb Road on the east, it's bordered on the north by Craycroft where it curves around to Ventana Canyon on Kolb. T his is an area currently under major development. Alta Vista has really only been built in seriously since about 1985, so most of the homes are newer than some of its foothill's neighbors. Every home here will have some sort of magnificent view, more often of the city than the mountains, but there are some that have both.