Overview
About Heather Ridge 1
Heather Ridge 1 covers 13.4 acres, the third smallest of the fifty Aliso Viejo communities on this site, and the city's address layer records 228 addresses inside it across six mapped parcels. Six lanes run within the boundary and every one of them carries the same suffix: Bramble, Brandy, Bridle, Cambria, Laurel and Rambling. At 17 addresses to the acre the measured density is the seventh highest of the fifty. The city zones the whole 13.4 acres Residential Medium Density, where the municipal code allows up to 18 units to the gross acre.
Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park begins 153 feet from the boundary. Woodfield Park is 867 feet off, 22.9 acres kept by the Aliso Viejo Community Association with a baseball field, hiking trails, a concession stand and lighting, and Aliso Viejo Community Park at 13.9 acres is 1,161 feet. Capistrano Unified's own address locator assigns this ground to Wood Canyon Elementary for TK through grade 5, then Don Juan Avila Middle and Aliso Niguel High.
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How Heather Ridge 1 was built
Heather Ridge is about as old as Aliso Viejo gets. It was built in 1981, and the first homes in Aliso Viejo were offered for sale in March 1982 with the first residents moving in that November. The people who bought here were among the first residents of the city. Behind them was nothing but the Moulton Ranch.
The six streets here are hedgerow and bridle path words, Bramble, Brandy, Bridle, Cambria, Laurel and Rambling, and the architecture is Cape Cod, which was the house style the earliest Aliso Viejo builders reached for. Two hundred and twenty eight homes sit on 13.4 acres near the Aliso Viejo Community Center.
By the Numbers
Heather Ridge 1 by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Heather Ridge 1 lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Heather Ridge 1
Capistrano Unified serves Heather Ridge 1, and the district's own address locator returns one set of campuses across the boundary: Wood Canyon Elementary for TK through grade 5, then Don Juan Avila Middle and Aliso Niguel High. Aliso Viejo Middle stands closer than any other campus at 0.45 miles and is not the assignment. The tiles below carry federal enrollment counts and distances measured from the city's published boundary. Confirm the campus for a specific address with the district before it matters to an offer.
9-12 · 2,563 students
6-8 · 803 students
K-5 · 456 students
K-5 · 425 students
K-5 · 569 students
K-5 · 672 students
FAQs
Common questions about Heather Ridge 1
How big is Heather Ridge 1, and how many homes are there?
Measured against the boundary the City of Aliso Viejo publishes, Heather Ridge 1 covers 13.4 acres, the third smallest of the fifty Aliso Viejo communities on this site. The city's address layer records 228 addresses inside it and its parcel layer records six parcels underneath them.
What form does the housing take?
The city's record points to attached housing. All 228 addresses sit on six mapped parcels, and the ground is zoned Residential Medium Density, where the municipal code allows up to 18 units to the gross acre. The measured figure works out to 17 addresses to the acre, the seventh highest density of the fifty communities here.
Which schools serve Heather Ridge 1?
Capistrano Unified's own address locator returns Wood Canyon Elementary for TK through grade 5, then Don Juan Avila Middle and Aliso Niguel High, and it returns the same three at every interior point across the boundary. Aliso Niguel High is 0.78 miles away and enrolled 2,563 students on the 2024-25 federal count, and Wood Canyon Elementary is 1.18 miles off with 425. The nearest campus of any kind is Aliso Viejo Middle at 0.45 miles, which is not the assignment.
When was Heather Ridge 1 subdivided?
Tract 11407 was recorded on 25 September 1981 and Tract 11408 on 23 October 1981, together covering the whole boundary bar four percent that Tract 11168 added in May 1984. Only the three Moulton Parkway tracts carry an earlier first map among the fifty communities here. A recorded map dates the subdivision rather than the buildings on it.
How close is the open space?
Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park begins 153 feet from the boundary. OC Parks runs it across roughly 4,500 acres with more than 30 miles of official trails, two year round streams under mature oaks and sycamores, and a wildlife sanctuary designation. Woodfield Park, at 22.9 acres, is 867 feet off.