Overview
About San Simeon
San Simeon covers 13 acres, the second smallest of the fifty Aliso Viejo communities on this site, and the city's address layer records 159 addresses inside it across 40 mapped parcels. Seventeen streets run within that footprint, the fourth highest count of the fifty on the second smallest ground, and the naming crosses Europe and California in the same breath: Alistair, Ambrose, Amelia, Andaluz, Beaumont, Brittania, Fairfield, Hearst, Jourdain, Lafayette, Laurent, Maison, Mondrian, Normandie, Palacio, Ventana and Wyndham. The city zones 9.2 acres Residential Low Density, where the municipal code allows up to eight units to the gross acre.
Acorn Park stands 103 feet from the boundary, three acres kept by the Aliso Viejo Community Association with a sports field, a tot lot, a drinking fountain, a restroom, picnic tables and walkways, and Grand Park at 7.9 acres is 1,501 feet. Capistrano Unified's own address locator assigns this ground to Don Juan Avila Elementary for TK through grade 5, then Don Juan Avila Middle and Aliso Niguel High. Both Don Juan Avila campuses sit 0.06 miles from the boundary, and only Canyon View Estates sits closer to a school among these fifty.
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How San Simeon was built
San Simeon is the stretch of the central California coast where William Randolph Hearst had Julia Morgan build La Cuesta Encantada, the Enchanted Hill, between 1919 and 1947, on a 250,000 acre ranch his father George began buying in 1865. One street here is simply called Hearst. The others are a scatter of French and Spanish names, Andaluz and Palacio, Normandie and Lafayette, Laurent, Jourdain, Maison, Beaumont, Brittania, Mondrian and Ventana, which is the Spanish for window and also the name of the wilderness above Big Sur.
San Simeon was built in 1995, gated, with back yards on many of the plans, 159 homes on 13 acres within walking distance of the schools and close to the Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. The Mission Viejo Company had bought the last 6,600 acres of the Moulton Ranch in 1976 and the county approved the master plan in 1979.
By the Numbers
San Simeon by the numbers
Lifestyle
The San Simeon lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving San Simeon
Capistrano Unified serves San Simeon, and the district's own address locator returns one set of campuses across the boundary: Don Juan Avila Elementary for TK through grade 5, then Don Juan Avila Middle and Aliso Niguel High. Both Don Juan Avila campuses are 0.06 miles away, and only Canyon View Estates sits closer to a school among these fifty communities. 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 · 863 students
6-8 · 803 students
K-5 · 672 students
K-5 · 569 students
K-5 · 533 students
FAQs
Common questions about San Simeon
How big is San Simeon, and how many homes are there?
Measured against the boundary the City of Aliso Viejo publishes, San Simeon covers 13 acres, the second smallest of the fifty Aliso Viejo communities on this site. The city's address layer records 159 addresses inside it, across 40 mapped parcels.
Why are there seventeen street names on thirteen acres?
The city's address layer names seventeen distinct streets inside the boundary, the fourth highest count of the fifty communities here and the highest relative to acreage bar The Hamptons. The names run from Normandie, Lafayette and Jourdain to Hearst, Ventana and Palacio.
Which schools serve San Simeon?
Capistrano Unified's own address locator returns Don Juan Avila 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. Both Don Juan Avila campuses are 0.06 miles off, the elementary with 672 students and the middle school with 863 on the 2024-25 federal count, and Aliso Niguel High is 1.41 miles with 2,563.
When was San Simeon subdivided?
Four maps cover it, recorded between 30 January 1996 and 13 March 1998, all engineered by Crosby, Mead, Benton and Associates. Alvin S. Levy signed the first two and Ruel Del Castillo the last two. Only six of the fifty communities here were first mapped later. A recorded map dates the subdivision rather than the buildings on it.
What parks are nearby?
Acorn Park is 103 feet from the boundary at three acres, with a sports field, a tot lot, a drinking fountain, a restroom, picnic tables, walkways and an information kiosk. Grand Park at 7.9 acres is 1,501 feet off. Both are kept by the Aliso Viejo Community Association.