Camelback Mountain Foothills homes for sale in Phoenix and Paradise Valley

The homes around Camelback Mountain between McDonald Dr on the north and Camelback Rd on the south, from 44th St on the west to Invergordon Rd and 64th St on the east, excluding the city preserve itself.

Approximate boundary based on common local usage, traced along streets.

This boundary is approximate. It follows how the area is commonly described rather than an official line, so confirm the exact address with us before relying on it.

Building on the mountain's sides began after World War II; Phoenix New Times dates the first home on its slopes to 1947, north of Camelback Rd near 56th St. Concern over homes climbing higher led the county in 1956 to declare nothing should be built above 1,600 ft, a limit that was not enforceable, and then to the Goldwater led preservation campaign of the 1960s. In 1970 Phoenix bought 91 acres of a 129 acre Echo Canyon parcel, and the developer kept the rest just west of the future trailhead parking for higher density housing; the Echo Canyon subdivision there was built mainly in the 1970s and early 1980s.

The Phoenician resort and its residential neighborhoods occupy the south slope within Phoenix city limits. On the north face in Paradise Valley, the Paradise Valley Racquet Club opened in 1957, became John Gardiner's Tennis Ranch in 1970 and reopened as Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain in 2001.

Hillside custom estates on the north slope in Paradise Valley and the west and south slopes in Phoenix, resort condos and estates at The Phoenician, and 1970s to 1980s patio and townhome style enclaves near Echo Canyon.

When homes were built

1940s onward; heaviest building in the 1970s, with ongoing rebuilds (county construction years).

Home styles

Mid century ranch, Santa Fe and territorial, Mediterranean, and modern hillside contemporary.

Lots

Wide range: about one acre and up in Paradise Valley, smaller lots and condos in parts of Phoenix.

Home types

Custom estates, condos, townhomes, resort residences.

HOAs and gates

Mix of gated enclaves (several at The Phoenician and Ascent) and non gated streets.

Neighborhoods inside

Tennis Ranch on Camelback, Stone Canyon, Stone Canyon East, Camel Dale Properties, Camelback Lands, Jokake Camelback Properties, Mirador, Village at Camelback Mountain, Echo Canyon, Heritage Hills

School districts (county records)

Scottsdale Unified School District (100%)

Inside Camelback Mountain Foothills: Echo Canyon and Cholla trailheads, Sanctuary Camelback Mountain, The Phoenician, Hermosa Inn (5532 N Palo Cristi Rd).

Nearby: Arcadia restaurants on 40th St to 56th St south of Camelback Rd, Lincoln Dr resorts to the north, Old Town Scottsdale to the east.