Welcome to Saguaro Forest 88, a custom homesite in Desert Mountain, one of the few remaining south by southwest exposure, ''city light view'' lots left in the premier golf and recreational development in the western United States, if not beyond. This 31,130 square foot site (elevation approx. 3,170'), offers a chance at year 'round living with panoramic views from south to west of the eastern end of the McDowell mountain range, downtown Phoenix and the mountains on the far side of the city, Lone Mountain (nearby) and more distant, multiple mountain ranges to the west by day, and a generous view of dazzling city lights on the valley floor by night. The lot is a ''knob'' lot, easily shaved down to create a home with no interior steps. Your architect will be excited about this one! Desert Mountain is a highly acclaimed thirty-four-year-old, 8,200 acre, gated, private golf and recreational-oriented master planned development in the mountains on the northern edge of Scottsdale, Arizona, about an hour's drive to Phoenix Sky Harbor airport and about thirty-five minutes to the main private air terminal at Scottsdale's airport. The Saguaro Forest, one of over forty "Villages" in Desert Mountain, is known for its views and thousands of native Giant Saguaro cacti, hence the name. This site has four big ones on it. It is also very quiet, as all main roads are relatively far away. The dark skies at night are perfect for stargazing.


The lot has a "Building Envelope" of 17,058 square feet, easily large enough for a home of about 5,000 square feet on one level (up to a third of the home could be two-stories, and the way the land falls away to the east and southeast from the lot's highpoints would make it easy (and desirable) to put some ancillary rooms on a lower level. Doing so would lift the main floor higher, to promote even better views, and be a relatively inexpensive way to add "bonus" space, such as a Craft Room, a Game Room, a Home Theater, or, for car collectors, a lower-level Collector's Gallery for a number of cars). Homes do have to go through an HOA administered design review process, but there is no time frame in which one must build, and any builder can be used. Desert Mountain, in the High Sonoran Desert at altitudes ranging from about 2,600' to well over 4,000' ASL, is famous for being a very nice place to spend a winter, but since a home built on this site would be so high, summers, particularly summer evenings when temperatures drop fifteen to twenty degrees below the Valley floor's, would be very comfortable, too.


The opportunity to be a member of the community's private club, The Desert Mountain Club, is a significant part of the attraction of living in Desert Mountain for most property owners. The Club is the emotional, physical, and social "core" of the place. The Desert Mountain Club is rightfully internationally famous as a year 'round, private spa and golf mecca, with seven clubhouses, nine dining venues, six eighteen-hole championship Jack Nicklaus Signature courses, four practice ranges, a high-tech golf performance center, and, as of Spring 2019, a seventh course, an eighteen-hole par-3 course that is rated for handicap purposes. Membership is not included in the purchase price of the lot (nor is a membership required) but is available through an application process.


One of the Clubhouses is the Sonoran Clubhouse, a truly amazing swim (three pools), tennis (nine courts, including one grass, five Har-Tru, and three cushioned surface hard courts), fitness, spa, and dining facility. It enjoyed a $12,000,000 renovation in 2016. The following summer saw six pickleball courts, two bocce courts, and a croquet court added. It is now perhaps the premier facility of its type in the entire Southwest.


The Club's dining venues offer a wide variety of food, wine, and atmospheres. No coats and ties required! A tremendous range of non-golf outdoor recreation and social activities are also available. The Club's membership is catered to relentlessly by an attentive Club staff and Concierge, providing unparalleled service. In a word, the place is "phenomenal". It is so good, three multi-hundred-million-dollar lottery winners have chosen Desert Mountain over the years as the place they want to live.


Desert Mountain is a place of surpassing scenic beauty with long-range, panoramic views of Scottsdale, Phoenix, the entire "Valley of the Sun", many mountain ranges near and far, and, of course, Arizona's famous sunrises and sunsets! It now has about 1,900 finished homes ranging in size from 1,800 to over 20,000 square feet and in price from about $700,000 to over $10,000,000. Owners have invested up to $38,000,000 in individual homes. It has attracted full-and part-time residents from all over North America and western Europe. It also has a an over twenty-mile-long hiking, biking, and equestrian trail system ranging up to 4,890' ASL in the mountains at the back of the property for the use of all residents (about a five minute drive from Saguaro Forest 88). Another steady attraction are real estate taxes that are strikingly low compared to many parts of the country, particularly the Northeast, Midwest, and California. The weather is famously sunny, and our risk of natural disasters is extremely low. Being higher and somewhat removed from the city means the air is typically much cleaner than what lies over the Valley.


Day-to-day shopping needs for Desert Mountain owners are well-handled within about a ten-minute drive by the merchants in the nearby towns of Carefree and Cave Creek. There are approximately 69 restaurants and bars within about sixteen minutes' drive of the Front Gate. The Phoenix/Scottsdale area is famous for world-class shopping, major league and collegiate sports, terrific air service, and a wide variety of cultural attractions. Desert Mountain is within two and a half hours of normally excellent snow skiing in Flagstaff. Desert Mountain's location in the southwestern part of the United States affords easy access to the entire American West, with especially easy access to San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, and a plethora of unbelievably beautiful places in Southern Utah. "Paradise" doesn't overstate it.


Thanks for your interest in this lot. We look forward to showing it to you someday and helping you learn about the community, the Club, and the area! In the meantime, enjoy the photographs of Saguaro Forest 88 and some of the Desert Mountain Club's facilities, and the provided links to the Desert Mountain Club's official website.