Dynamite Foothills Character Area homes for sale in Scottsdale

Scottsdale's Dynamite Foothills Character Area: from 112th St east to the city's eastern limit at 136th St, and from Deer Valley Rd north to Lone Mountain Rd. A large share is McDowell Sonoran Preserve land.

Boundary traced along streets from the official plan description.

The City Council adopted the Dynamite Foothills Character Area Plan in March 2000 (Resolution No. 5492) with a companion implementation program. Its goals are to preserve the existing rural desert character, balance development with the environment and promote open space.

The plan keeps existing densities of mostly two to three acre lots, favors native streetscapes, ribbon curbs, minimal street lighting and trails instead of sidewalks, and discourages gated communities. Much of the area has since been acquired for the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, including the former Brown's Ranch lands around Granite Mountain.

Rural desert acreage mixed with planned subdivisions and golf club neighborhoods at the edge of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. The plan's base density is two to three acre lots on unsubdivided land, but many homes inside the mapped area sit in planned subdivisions, and the median single family lot in county parcel records is about 20,000 sq ft (just under half an acre).

When homes were built

Scattered rural homes from the 1980s; most building since the mid 1990s; active new construction near the preserve.

Home styles

Contemporary and modern desert customs, territorial and Santa Fe.

Lots

The plan keeps two to three acre densities on unsubdivided land, but planned subdivisions (including Troon's eastern neighborhoods) bring the median single family lot inside the mapped area to about 20,000 sq ft. Larger acreage parcels remain common toward the preserve.

Home types

Custom estates, newer planned enclaves, horse properties and vacant acreage.

HOAs and gates

Mixed: unsubdivided acreage without HOAs plus HOA and gated enclaves, even though the plan discourages gating.

Neighborhoods inside

Goldie Brown Pinnacle Peak Ranch, Storyrock, Sereno Canyon, Scottsdale National Golf Club, Troon Ridge Estates, Desert Crest at Troon Ridge, Windy Walk Estates, Atalon, Boulder Ranch, Sonoran Crest

School districts (county records)

Cave Creek Unified School District (98%)

Inside Dynamite Foothills Character Area: Large parts of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve with Brown's Ranch, Granite Mountain and Fraesfield trailheads; Scottsdale National Golf Club (private).

Nearby: Troon and Troon North to the west, Rio Verde Foothills to the east, shopping at Pima Rd and Happy Valley Rd.