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Walnut Ridge
East Flagstaff near Continental Country Club, inside city limits. MLS data as of September 2026
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Walnut Ridge, recorded as Walnut Ridge Estates at Fairfield Country Club Estates, is a single-family neighborhood on Flagstaff's east side near Continental Country Club, with homes built mostly from the late 1990s on lots of about a third of an acre and an HOA with dues of about $65 a quarter.
Highlights
Walnut Ridge, at a glance
City or county
Inside City of Flagstaff limits; City of Flagstaff Fire Department
Typical lot size
About 15,700 sq ft (0.36 acre), median of homes sold over three years
Water and sewer
Inside city limits, where City of Flagstaff water and sewer is standard
HOA
Walnut Ridge Estates HOA, managed by Peaks HOA Management; about $65 a quarter on 2026 listings
Wildfire setting
Pines at the east edge of the city, near Coconino National Forest and Campbell Mesa
Build-out
Homes sold were built 1996 to 2024
Snow and plowing
Public streets with City plowing, per listings; the HOA requires sidewalks cleared within 24 hours
Homes sold, last 3 years
24, all single-family (8 in the last 12 months)
Short-term rentals: city license
City of Flagstaff rules, plus the HOA documents
Walnut Ridge 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 HOA's rules summary reviewed in September 2026 did not address rentals, and most 2026 listings marked short-term rentals as allowed, but the recorded CC&Rs are the document that controls.
Getting around
Country Club Drive to I-40 and US 89
From Abineau Canyon Drive, Safeway on Highway 89 is about 7 minutes away; Walmart on Huntington Drive, Whole Foods, and Sam's Club about 10; Bashas' at Woodlands Village, Sprouts, Natural Grocers, and Target about 12. Flagstaff Medical Center is about 6.2 miles, downtown about 6.8, NAU about 8, and Pulliam Airport about 11.
Walnut Ridge sits on Flagstaff's east side near Continental Country Club, next to Walnut Meadows. Its recorded name is Walnut Ridge Estates at Fairfield Country Club Estates, and its 1996 CC&Rs, from Circle G Development, require homes of at least 1,800 square feet with a two-car garage and architectural approval. Streets include Abineau Canyon Drive, Barney Drive, Bristlecone Drive, Colter Drive, and Olson Drive.
Walnut Ridge buyers usually want a newer, larger home with room between neighbors, without a big HOA bill. We read the HOA rules with them early, because the parking and RV rules here shape daily life more than the dues do.
Because fewer than ten homes sold here in the last twelve months, these figures cover the last three years. The MLS shows 24 single-family closings, 8 of them in the last twelve months, between $720,000 and $1,550,000, with a median of $922,500 and the middle half between about $826,000 and $1,066,000. The typical home was about 2,590 square feet, built around 1999, on about 15,700 square feet. Median days on market was 56, and HOA dues on these sales ran about $58 to $65 a quarter.
The HOA's rules summary, updated in September 2025, bans street parking year-round, limits RVs and trailers to 72 hours in 30 days, allows only dogs and cats as pets, and requires sidewalks cleared of snow within 24 hours. Walnut Meadows borders the neighborhood, and the Campbell Mesa trail system on the Coconino National Forest, with several loops, lies beyond Walnut Meadows to the east.
Questions buyers ask us most about Walnut Ridge
Does Walnut Ridge have an HOA?
Yes. Walnut Ridge Estates has an HOA managed by Peaks HOA Management, with dues of about $65 a quarter on 2026 listings. Its rules summary bans street parking year-round, limits RVs and trailers to 72 hours in 30 days, and allows only dogs and cats as pets.
What is the difference between Walnut Ridge and Walnut Meadows?
Are short-term rentals allowed in Walnut Ridge?
What do homes in Walnut Ridge cost?
Terrain & Access
The neighborhood, mapped
Walnut Ridge sits on Flagstaff's east side near Continental Country Club, next to Walnut Meadows and the Campbell Mesa trails.
In the Area
What's changing around Walnut Ridge
HOA rules summary updated
Walnut Ridge Estates' management company posted an updated summary of eight rules in September 2025, covering design review, trash, pets, RVs and trailers, fences, sidewalk snow, and a year-round street parking ban.
peaks-hoa.comPrescribed burn on Campbell Mesa
The Coconino National Forest planned a 2,800-acre prescribed burn on Campbell Mesa, east of Flagstaff and south of I-40, for late March 2026, and noted the Country Club community could see smoke.
fs.usda.govNeighborhood
Areas within Walnut Ridge
Walnut Ridge Estates
The recorded subdivision, on streets such as Abineau Canyon Drive, Barney Drive, Bristlecone Drive, Colter Drive, and Olson Drive.
Walnut Meadows
The neighboring subdivision, with its own HOA and smaller homes built 1996 to 2000.
Recent Sales in Walnut Ridge
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What makes this neighborhood unique
Walnut Ridge offers late-1990s and newer homes on lots of about a third of an acre inside city limits, near Continental Country Club and the Campbell Mesa trails, with HOA dues of about $65 a quarter. The plan weighs the HOA's parking and RV rules against how you'll use the home, and compares it with Walnut Meadows next door.
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