Exploring the Shady Canyon Neighborhood

One of the newest luxury gated communities in Southern California, Shady Canyon boasts natural beauty and organic landscaping. Covering over 16,000 acres, the Irvine community is nestled among gently rolling hills and the Shady Canyon Golf Club.

Shady Canyon Homes

The exclusive enclave of Shady Canyon features luxury Mediterranean and Tuscany-style homes built on generous lots. With a maximum of 400 homesites zoned for the community combined with 16,000 acres of space, there is plenty of open space for residents to enjoy. The custom homes within this guard-gated community rest upon approximately 1,200 acres of space.

Shady Canyon Amenities

In addition to offering plenty of outdoor space and lovely views, Shady Canyon also provides residents with easy access to the Shady Canyon Golf Club. One of the finest private clubs in the country, the Shady Canyon Golf Club boasts great natural beauty with its scenic and unspoiled landscape. To maintain this natural look, the clubhouse and the golf course itself are artfully shaped within the natural contours of the land. The Tom Fazio-designed course winds around the bends of the hills and through the canyon as it follows the natural change of the elevation.

Due to the natural backdrop of Shady Canyon, which includes the Bommer and Shady canyons, residents also enjoy ample opportunity to enjoy the outdoors from their windows or by going outside to take advantage of what the area has to offer. Among these options are a number of hiking and biking trails along with a historic former cattle camp.

Living in Irvine

Irvine offers a number of features that make it the ideal place to live. With an average annual high temperature of 73 degrees Fahrenheit combined with minimal rain, the area offers plenty of sunshine and opportunity for enjoying the outdoors. A planned city developed by the Irving Company starting in the 1960s, Irving encompasses 66 square miles and has a population of more than 250,000.

An affluent city in Orange County, Irvine is the home to a number of corporations. Several technology and semiconductor companies have their national or international headquarters located in Irving, including LA Fitness, Ford Motor Company, Taco Bell and Gateway, Inc. Several institutions of higher learning are also located in Irvine, including the Concordia University, the Orange County Center of the University of Southern California, the University of La Verne, Pepperdine University and the University of California, Irving.

Home to the Irvine Community Television station, a number of television programs are broadcast directly out of Irvine. The city also hosts the Irvine Global Village Festival, which celebrates the diversity among the city’s citizens by exhibiting items, entertainment and food from diverse cultures. The city also boasts dozens of community parks and neighborhood parks, with neighborhood parks providing open space and some recreational amenities. There are also 44.5 miles of off-road bicycle trails and 282 miles of on-road bicycle lanes available throughout the city, with the extensive system of bicycle lanes and trails meant to encourage bikes as a means of transportation.