Overview
About Olinda Ranch
Olinda Ranch runs 162.6 acres in the northern hills and holds 637 addresses across 5.49 miles of street and thirty-three named roads. Most of them are birds: Hummingbird, Condor, Skylark, Hawks, Starling, Sandpiper, Falcon, Mockingbird, Cardinal, Redtail, Morning Dove, Blue Jay, Robins, Owl, Roadrunner, Woodpecker, Pheasant, Heron, Partridge and Swallow. A second group names the railroad that once served the oil field: Whistle Train Road, Trolley Court, Boxcar Lane and Valley Crossing Road, alongside East Santa Fe Road. The parcel layer counts 681 parcels, 675 of them residential, on lots to a median of 0.105 acres with structures to a median of 2,504 square feet and four bedrooms.
The Olinda Oil Museum and Trail sits inside the boundary at 4025 Santa Fe Road, where a well drilled in 1898 still stands and 1.9 miles of trail run around it, and the Olinda Museum and Historic Park is carried on the city's historic property register. Two sculptures stand here, Magdalena Abakanowicz's Hand-Like Trees of 2003 and Michael Stutz's Red Tail Hawk of 2007, and the tree inventory records 523 street trees. All 135.5 classified acres fall in the Very High fire hazard severity class with 7.7 acres in the landslide layer. Olinda Elementary is 0.87 miles away with 649 students and Brea Olinda High 2.02 miles with 1,676.
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How Olinda Ranch was built
About 660 homes were built across eight neighborhoods between 2001 and 2004 at Valencia Avenue and Santa Fe Road, and the city counts 637 addresses inside the boundary with a typical house around 2,504 square feet and four bedrooms. Working oil derricks still stand in the common areas, a Southern California wildlife corridor runs through the community, and the Olinda Oil Museum and Trail sits inside the boundary at 4025 Santa Fe Road, built around a well drilled in 1898 with 1.9 miles of walking around it.
The street names tell the site's whole history in two lists. One is birds: Blue Jay, Cardinal, Condor, Falcon, Heron, Hummingbird, Lark, Mockingbird, Morning Dove, Owl, Partridge, Pheasant, Redtail, Roadrunner, Robins, Sandpiper, Skylark, Starling, Swallow and Woodpecker. The other is the railroad that made the field pay: Boxcar Lane, Trolley Court, Whistle Train Road, Railway and Santa Fe Road itself. Orange Grove Lane and Tangerine Place remember what came between the oil and the houses. A sculpture called Red Tail Hawk by Michael Stutz stands in the community, which closes the circle neatly.
By the Numbers
Olinda Ranch by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Olinda Ranch lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Olinda Ranch
Olinda Ranch sits inside Brea Olinda Unified. Olinda Elementary is 0.87 miles away, Brea Country Hills Elementary 1.73 miles and Brea Olinda High 2.02 miles, with Brea Junior High at 3.07 miles. Enrollment below is the 2024-25 federal count. Attendance boundaries set the assignment, so confirm a specific address with the district.
9-12 · 1,676 students
9-12 · 41 students
7-8 · 921 students
K-6 · 649 students
K-6 · 544 students
K-6 · 504 students
K-6 · 498 students
K-6 · 460 students
K-6 · 434 students
K-6 · 13 students
FAQs
Common questions about Olinda Ranch
How big is Olinda Ranch?
162.6 acres against the boundary the City of Brea publishes, with 637 addresses and 681 parcels, 675 of them residential, on 5.49 miles of street.
When was Olinda Ranch built?
Under the Olinda Heights Specific Plan, which the city adopted by Ordinance 977 on October 3, 1995 for the applicant Santa Fe Energy Resources. Tract 14884 was recorded in 1996 by The Keith Companies, and seven phase tracts followed by Pardue Cornwell and Associates between 1999 and 2002. The parcel record dates the housing from 2001 to 2009.
What is the Olinda Oil Museum and Trail?
A city site at 4025 Santa Fe Road inside the community. It holds Olinda Oil Well Number One, drilled in 1898, the former field office that now serves as the museum, a jackline pump and 1.9 miles of trail. The Olinda Museum and Historic Park is Site 19 on the City of Brea's historic resource register, one of only two register entries inside any of the city's 43 mapped communities.
Why are the streets named after birds and trains?
Twenty of the thirty-three named roads are birds, from Hummingbird and Condor to Roadrunner and Heron. A second group names the railroad that once served the Olinda oil field: Whistle Train Road, Trolley Court, Boxcar Lane, Valley Crossing Road and East Santa Fe Road.
What should a buyer check about the hillside?
All 135.5 classified acres inside the boundary fall in the Very High fire hazard severity class on the map the City of Brea publishes, and the city's landslide layer covers 7.7 acres.