Mount Elden Foothills

Mount Elden Foothills sits where east Flagstaff meets the mountain. The streets carry bird names, Avocet, Gannet, Jacamar and Pipit, and run up to the Coconino National Forest at the base of Mount Elden, the 9,301-foot lava dome that rises behind the east side of town. Next door to the west is Swiss Manor along Fanning Drive. It is a small, mostly 2000s and 2010s neighborhood, and listings here regularly describe trail access across the street or straight out the back gate.

We like Mount Elden Foothills for people who want newer construction and city services with the forest right at the end of the street.

Sales are few, so we look at three years. In the 36 months ending October 2026 the MLS shows 11 closings: 7 townhomes and 4 single-family homes. Townhomes sold between $525,000 and $620,500 with a median of $569,900, in two floor plans of about 1,536 and 1,932 square feet built from 2006 to 2009. The single-family homes in the Mount Elden Foothills subdivision sold for $790,000 in 2025 and $1,350,000 twice in 2026, with 2,008 to 3,120 square feet on 0.18-acre lots, built 2013 to 2017. Over the last twelve months there were five sales, and median days on market for the 36 months was 50. Two single-family homes were listed at $1,100,000 and $1,200,000 as of October 2026.

Living here means city water and sewer, City-plowed streets on the single-family side, and an HOA on every home: about $324 a year for houses and $210 a month for the Villas townhomes, and on most townhome listings the HOA handles lane maintenance and snow removal. The forest edge is the draw and also the thing to plan around. The 1977 Radio Fire burned much of Mount Elden's southern and southeastern slopes, so we look at defensible space, roofing and the insurance quote before you write, and we read both sets of HOA documents for rental and architectural rules.