Ponderosa Trails

Ponderosa Trails sits on the south side of Flagstaff, off Lake Mary Road, with I-17 running along its western edge. It is inside the city limits, featuring city water and sewer, city plowing, and city trail connections. The neighborhood was built mostly in the early 2000s, and the homes reflect it. Think craftsman-style two-stories with front porches, decently-sized backyards, and two-to-three-car garages on lots that run around 7,000 to 10,000 square feet. A townhome pocket called Ponderosa Highlands sits inside the neighborhood as well.

This is one of the neighborhoods we know best because this is where we've lived for over 10 years.

Over the last twelve months the MLS shows 35 closings, 32 of them single-family. Prices ran from $625,000 to just over $1.25 million, with a median of $875,000 and the middle half of sales landing between roughly $774,000 and $969,000. The typical home that sold was about 2,400 square feet, built in 2003 or 2004. Well-priced homes went under contract in about six weeks, which is on the faster side for Flagstaff right now.

What people love is the trail system. The paved two-mile Ponderosa Trail links the neighborhood park, an eight-acre park with a playground and a multi-use field, to Bow and Arrow Park and the wider Flagstaff Urban Trail System. Mountain School, a public charter, sits inside the neighborhood. Pulliam Airport is a couple of miles away, and the I-17 on-ramp makes Phoenix trips simple. Faculty, staff, and graduate students from NAU land here often because campus is about three miles up Lake Mary Road and Milton.