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Coyote Springs
North Flagstaff off Fort Valley Road, inside city limits. MLS data as of September 2026
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Coyote Springs is a small community of custom homes on about 1 to 5 acres off Fort Valley Road in north Flagstaff, built from the mid-1990s on around the 1929 Colton House next to Museum of Northern Arizona land, with City water and sewer and a property owners association.
Highlights
Coyote Springs, at a glance
City or county
Inside City of Flagstaff limits; City of Flagstaff Fire Department
Typical lot size
About 1.3 to 3.6 acres on MLS sales and listings
Water and sewer
City of Flagstaff water and sewer on every subdivision sale and listing found
HOA
Coyote Springs Property Owners Association; $864 twice a year ($1,728 a year) on the 2025 sale and 2026 listings
Wildfire setting
Pine forest acreage next to Museum land, including a 28-acre protected area
Build-out
Homes built 1996 to 2023; custom homes on individual lots
Snow and plowing
Private paved roads, per lot listings; recent listings show the POA plowing
Homes sold, last 5 years
1 in the subdivision; a second sale in the MLS area was outside it
Short-term rentals: city license
City of Flagstaff rules, plus the POA documents
Coyote Springs is inside city limits, so the City of Flagstaff's short-term rental license applies: $250 a year, an Arizona TPT license, notice to adjacent, across-the-street, and diagonal neighbors with a 24-hour emergency contact, $500,000 in liability insurance, a sex-offender registry check before each stay, required equipment, and hotel-rate sales and BBB taxes. ADUs that received a Certificate of Occupancy after September 14, 2024 require the owner to live on the property. The POA's CC&Rs couldn't be found online in September 2026, so any rental limits in them are unconfirmed, and they come first if rental income is part of the plan.
Getting around
Fort Valley Road to downtown
From Creekside Drive, Bashas' on Humphreys Street about 5 minutes away; Safeway on Cedar Avenue and Natural Grocers about 7; Sprouts about 8; Whole Foods and Target about 9; Walmart at Woodlands Village and Sam's Club about 10. Flagstaff Medical Center is about 2.1 miles, downtown about 2.6, NAU about 3.1, and Pulliam Airport about 7.9.
Coyote Springs is reached from Fort Valley Road, US 180, by turning onto Creekside Drive, which it shares with Anasazi Ridge. The community grew around the Colton House, the 1929 home of Museum of Northern Arizona founders Harold and Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and operated today by the Museum for retreats and events. Homes follow Spanish Colonial, Pueblo Revival and Craftsman styles in keeping with the Colton House, according to a local brokerage.
Coyote Springs rarely comes to market: a handful of estates, next to protected land, inside city limits. With almost no recent sales, we price from the land, the home and the setting, and we read the POA documents closely.
Sales here are rare, so this section looks back five years. In that time the MLS shows one home sale in the subdivision: a 2023 home on about 2.2 acres that sold for $4,100,000 in March 2025 after 40 days. The only other sale filed in the same MLS area was a 1974 home on Colton Ranch Road, outside the subdivision, with a well, septic and no HOA, so it isn't a Coyote Springs comparison. In September 2026 two homes were listed for sale, at $2,250,000 and $4,850,000.
One 2026 listing borders a 28-acre area permanently protected by the Museum of Northern Arizona, where, by covenant, no fences, trails or improvements can be built, according to a 2026 magazine article. The spring itself, on Museum land, is a wet meadow that feeds the Rio de Flag. Anasazi Ridge is next door on Creekside Drive, and Fort Valley Road leads north to Arizona Snowbowl.
Questions buyers ask us most about Coyote Springs
What is the Colton House?
It is the 1929 home of Harold and Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton, who founded the Museum of Northern Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and the Museum operates it for retreats, conferences and weddings.
Is Coyote Springs inside Flagstaff city limits?
Does Coyote Springs have an HOA?
What do homes in Coyote Springs cost?
Terrain & Access
The neighborhood, mapped
Coyote Springs sits off Fort Valley Road in north Flagstaff, on Creekside Drive beside the Museum of Northern Arizona.
In the Area
What's changing around Coyote Springs
Fort Valley Road crossings
Work on the City's First Mile, Last Mile pedestrian project began on Fort Valley Road on August 17, 2026, adding crossings at Anderson Road and Whiting Road and at Meade Lane.
connect.flagstaffaz.govTwo estates listed
Two Coyote Springs homes came to market in the summer of 2026, a 1996 home on about 2.5 acres at $4,850,000 and a 2007 home on about 2.2 acres at $2,250,000.
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Areas within Coyote Springs
Colton House
The 1929 home of the Museum founders, on the National Register since 1984, operated by the Museum of Northern Arizona for retreats and events.
Creekside Drive
The entry road from Fort Valley Road and the main street, shared with Anasazi Ridge.
Museum Trail, Colton Court and Mary Russell Way
Interior streets with custom homes on acreage; Colton Court is a private cul-de-sac with two lots.
Recent Sales in Coyote Springs
Listing Provided By Russ Lyon Sothebys Intl Realty
Listing Provided By Realty One Group, Mountain Desert
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What makes this neighborhood unique
Coyote Springs offers custom estates on acreage beside protected Museum of Northern Arizona land, inside city limits with City water and sewer. With one sale in five years, the plan prices from the land and the home, and reads the POA's documents and any covenants on neighboring protected land.
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Compare with similar neighborhoods
Neighborhood
Anasazi Ridge
Anasazi Ridge is newer custom homes next door on Creekside Drive. Choose Anasazi Ridge for a lower price; Coyote Springs for more land.
Neighborhood
Linwood Heights
Linwood Heights is custom homes on acreage in northwest Flagstaff. Choose Linwood Heights for a lower price; Coyote Springs for the Museum setting.
Neighborhood
Fort Valley and Baderville
Fort Valley is acreage farther out on US 180. Choose Fort Valley for a lower price; Coyote Springs for City water and sewer.
Neighborhood
Rockridge
Rockridge is established homes on Mars Hill to the south. Choose Rockridge for a lower price; Coyote Springs for acreage.
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