Overview
About El Niguel Heights
El Niguel Heights covers 142 acres and holds 250 addresses on 263 parcels, at a median lot of 0.236 acres. Twenty-one named streets run 3.28 miles inside the boundary and every one of them is a golf course: Augusta, Pebble Beach, Oakmont, Inverness, Medinah, Pinehurst, Doral, Seminole, Colonial, Cherry Hills, Bellerive, Boca Raton, Innisbrook, Riviera, Olympic, Palmetto, Cypress, Concord, Cascades, Canterbury and Mauna Kea. The city's zoning layer divides the boundary almost evenly, 63 acres to Single Family District 3 and 57.9 acres to open space.
The ground runs from 353 feet to 549 feet and drains to Salt Creek, with 66 parcels in the Aliso Creek watershed. The 2025 fire hazard layer rates 48.5 acres Moderate, 37.8 acres Very High and 35.4 acres High, and the flood layer places the whole boundary in zone X. The city's Open Space Inventory covers 74.1 acres inside it across 155 parcels, 41.6 of those acres recorded as partially maintained natural area rather than landscaped slope.
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How El Niguel Heights was built
Twenty one streets run through El Niguel Heights and every single one of them is a golf course: Augusta, Pebble Beach, Oakmont, Inverness, Medinah, Pinehurst, Doral, Seminole, Colonial, Cherry Hills, Bellerive, Boca Raton, Innisbrook, Rivera, Olympic, Palmetto, Cypress, Concord, Cascades, Canterbury and Mauna Kea. The El Niguel Country Club sits alongside.
The Laguna Niguel Corporation bought in 1959 and had Victor Gruen plan a town of 7,100 acres; AVCO Community Developers took over in 1971. El Niguel Heights came in the decade after that, with the city's record running its years built from 1977 to 1989, a median of 1979, and 93 homes dated 1978. The boundary divides almost evenly between housing and open space, 63 acres against 58.
By the Numbers
El Niguel Heights by the numbers
Lifestyle
The El Niguel Heights lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving El Niguel Heights
Capistrano Unified serves El Niguel Heights. The district's locator was probed at five addresses inside the boundary and returned Moulton Elementary, Niguel Hills Middle and Dana Hills High at every one. The city's own elementary boundary layer agrees, placing the whole 142 acres in the Moulton attendance area.
9-12 · 1,725 students
6-8 · 693 students
K-5 · 538 students
FAQs
Common questions about El Niguel Heights
How big is El Niguel Heights?
Measured against the boundary the City of Laguna Niguel publishes, El Niguel Heights covers 142 acres. The city's address layer records 250 addresses inside it and the parcel layer 263 parcels, at a median lot of 0.236 acres.
Why are the streets named after golf courses?
The recorded tract maps laid them out that way. All twenty-one street names the city's address layer records inside this boundary are golf courses, among them Augusta, Pebble Beach, Oakmont, Inverness, Medinah, Pinehurst, Doral and Seminole.
When was El Niguel Heights built?
Its residential tract maps were recorded between December 1977 and July 1980, six of the seven surveyed by William J. Frost. Sheet 1 of Tract 9974 names Broadmoor Homes Inc. as the subdivider. The city's parcel layer dates 251 parcels here between 1977 and 1989, with 161 in the 1970s and 1978 the busiest year at 93.
Is El Niguel Heights gated?
No. The city's HOA zoning lookup records El Niguel Heights as not gated with public streets, lists 250 units, and records no association facilities.
How much of El Niguel Heights is open space?
The city's zoning layer puts 57.9 of the 142 acres in open space, and the city's Open Space Inventory covers 74.1 acres inside the boundary across 155 parcels, of which 41.6 acres are recorded as partially maintained natural area.