Neighborhoods

North Durango

The Animas Valley filings first, then Glacier Club, Tamarron, and the resort at the end of Highway 550.

North Durango is the Animas Valley along Highway 550, then the climb toward Hermosa and the ski area. Dalton Ranch and the neighborhoods around it sit about ten miles out, with the red cliffs on both sides and the river on the west. Farther up, the lots get larger and the drive back to Main gets longer.

Glacier Club and Tamarron are still short of the lifts. Purgatory itself is about twenty-five miles north, and a lot of the base is San Juan County, not La Plata. A Durango-only search misses those buildings. Most of what sells there is a second home.

Waterfall Village

Waterfall Village is in the Animas Valley, about ten to fifteen minutes north of town. The entrance is off Trimble Lane from Highway 550, or the slower way up County Road 203. Mailboxes sit on the right as you come in, and the first townhomes are on the left. Houses, duplexes, and townhomes share the subdivision. Farther back, some of the houses look onto a community pond. The waterfall is west of the entrance, across County Road 203, where Falls Creek drops, and you can hear it on a spring evening. A small association covers the common landscaping and plows Waterfall Lane. The buildings are on central water, sewer, and natural gas.

North Dalton Ranch

North Dalton Ranch is the original section of the golf community, on the north side of Trimble Lane, the same side as the clubhouse at 589 County Road 252. Houses and townhomes sit along the back nine. Part of it is gated. Short-term rentals have been allowed here. The course is 18 holes, open to the public, and the club describes its ground as roughly 250 to 270 acres. Owning a house is not the same thing as a club membership. Tee times are booked no earlier than seven days out, at 970-247-8774.

South Dalton Ranch

South Dalton Ranch is the smaller section on the south side of Trimble Lane, wrapped by the front nine, about the 3rd through the 8th holes. Most of the houses are single-family and date from the 1990s. The views open to the south, and it is the quieter of the two older sections.

West Dalton Ranch

West Dalton Ranch is the newest filing. Lots are still for sale and houses are still going up. Fewer of them face a green than in the north and south sections. It is the part of Dalton Ranch that still looks like a subdivision under construction.

Cottonwoods at Dalton Ranch

The Cottonwoods started in 2001. It has 37 single-family homesites and 29 townhomes. The townhomes are a second association, The Greens at Dalton, inside the Cottonwoods association. The neighborhood is semi-gated, off Highway 550: past the Trimble Lane light, right on Hermosa Meadows Road, then the second right onto North Dalton Ranch Road. The other entrance is North Dalton Ranch Road off Trimble Lane. Residents have river access, walking trails, and golf-cart access to the Dalton Ranch course. The park has a pond. Downtown is about 10 miles south. Purgatory is about 15 miles north. The Animas Valley balloon rally uses fields next door, and the train is visible on its way to Silverton.

Aspen Glade

Aspen Glade is a newer pocket in the valley, with houses going up in the last few years on small lots, some under a quarter acre. Listings describe mountain and valley views and a location near the golf course. It is a tight subdivision, not acreage.

The Cove

The Cove is a gated subdivision of 42 lots on the Animas, just north of Dalton Ranch and close to Animas Valley Elementary. Houses look at the river, the 16th green, or the pond in the middle. The original plan was smaller lots and more open space, including a park of about 11 acres on this side of the river and more association ground across it so that bank does not get built on. Roads are paved and maintained by the association. Utilities are underground, including natural gas. Residents have private access to the river. Listings have put the annual dues around $500, and those dues have included the irrigation water.

Red Rock Ranch

Red Rock Ranch is tucked off Highway 550 in the Animas Valley. Lists also shorten it to Redrock. Lots run from just under an acre to about an acre and a half, and the houses are custom. The entrance comes in at a community trout pond. Views run around the valley rather than onto the highway. Hermosa Creek and the County Road 203 loop are a short ride.

Blue Sky Ranch

Blue Sky Ranch is 42 homes just north of Dalton Ranch and Trimble Crossing, next to Animas Valley Elementary. The association's own site puts downtown about 15 minutes south and Purgatory about 20 minutes north. Views are the valley and the red cliffs of the Hermosa Creek basin. Dues are $700 every six months, due in January and July, and they include the central well water, so there is no separate water bill. The same dues cover the roads and the common ground. Most of the houses date from the late 1990s.

Estancia

Estancia is one of the newer valley subdivisions. Most of the houses have gone up since about 2018. Lots are closer together than the acreage plats farther north, and a number of them look back across the Animas Valley. A neighborhood tour of this side of County Road 203 also ties Estancia to a nature preserve next door.

Gleneagles

Gleneagles sits about a mile north of Trimble Hot Springs on County Road 203, off the noise of Highway 550. One loop runs through it, with a pond in the middle, and the houses take different angles on the valley. Mailboxes are at the entrance. Hermosa Creek and the valley shops are a few minutes away. Listings spell it Gleneagles.

Sanctuary

The Sanctuary is on County Road 203, a short way from the valley's smaller plats. Lots run about half an acre to about six-tenths of an acre. The houses are the larger, newer ones on this stretch, and the subdivision is known for its water features. County Road 203 here is flat and paved, with a 35 mile-an-hour limit, and it is the road people use to walk or ride between these neighborhoods.

Hermosa Creek

Hermosa Creek, as a place to live, is the ground along the creek where it comes down to the Animas, not the trail of the same name farther up the drainage. Houses here sit on the creek or just off it, with cottonwoods and the red cliffs. It is acreage rather than a golf-course filing, and it is the quieter water in this part of the valley.

The Ranch

The Ranch is the waterscape subdivision: Fawn Lake, Bear Lake, and a long list of smaller ponds, many of them with a house on the bank. Detached houses and townhomes share it. A nature preserve of about 30 acres runs through cottonwoods and then opens into pasture, with Hermosa Creek through the middle and private access down to where the creek meets the Animas. The meadow beside the conservation ground is where the elk come through.

Glacier Club

The Glacier Club is on Highway 550 between town and Purgatory, built around 27 holes of Arthur Hills golf. Houses in Clubhouse Village are the newer ones by the clubhouse. The Overlook is half-floor residences near the dining rooms and the fairways. The Summit is the larger homesites with the longer views. Residents also get heated pools, tennis, and pickleball, plus a mountain clubhouse and a valley clubhouse. This is a club purchase as much as a house purchase. The drive back to Main on a Saturday ski day is part of the price.

Tamarron

Tamarron is the condominium community on the Glacier Club ground. The spelling is Tamarron, not Tammeron. The buildings sit about fifteen miles north of downtown, short of the ski area, so a weeknight in town is a drive and a Saturday on the mountain is a shorter one. Tamarron owners have had a membership arrangement with the Glacier Club. The condos are the less expensive end of this corridor, not the ski-in buildings at the base.

Celadon

Celadon is farther up the valley, on rolling ground rather than the flat meadow. Lots are large. Water here is the Animas, Bear Creek, and private ponds, and a number of the houses sit on one of those. Views run down the valley and up toward the Needles. Horses are allowed. San Juan National Forest is the back edge. It is one of the high-end filings on this side of Hermosa.

Elkhorn Mountain Estates

Elkhorn Mountain Estates is off County Road 250, the road locals call the gold coast of the Hermosa valley, on the hillside rather than the valley floor. The turn is Elkhorn Mountain Road. Lots are large, and the view that sells them is Engineer Mountain to the north and the valley back toward Durango. At least one entrance on this road is gated. It is halfway, in drive time, between downtown and Purgatory.

Hermosa Vista

Hermosa Vista is the small-lot subdivision on the flat pasture of County Road 203. Houses run about 1,200 to 2,100 square feet, on lots of about a tenth to a sixth of an acre. Water is Animas Water Company. Gas is Atmos. Electric is La Plata Electric. An association plows and maintains the roads, and a brokerage guide has put those dues a little over $300 a year. The red cliffs are the view north and south. Dalton Ranch, the hot springs, and Animas Valley Elementary are the nearby stops.

Animosa / Albrecht

Animosa and Albrecht are two neighboring subdivisions from the 1970s, named for the two streets. They sit at the north end of the valley floor where the ground starts to rise, backed up to the Animas and to Hermosa Creek. Lots run about 3 to 9 acres, flatter than Celadon, with cottonwoods, pines, and irrigated meadow. Horses are part of the use. Riverfront houses are the expensive ones. Deer and elk are routine, and the red cliffs close the view on both sides.

The Resort

The resort is the base of Purgatory, about twenty-five miles north on Highway 550, much of it in San Juan County. Groceries and dinner in Durango are about 35 minutes when the road is clear. A condo here is usually a second home, and the dues are higher than a valley house because the association plows, maintains the building, and in several cases keeps a pool. Many of the buildings also belong to the Durango Mountain Master Association, which adds the club across the plaza: a heated outdoor pool, a hot tub, a fitness room, tennis, and an owners' restaurant and bar.

Purgatory Lodge

A condominium building at the base. The Durango Mountain Club is in this building: a heated outdoor pool, a hot tub, a fitness room, and a lounge. It has its own association, and owners are also in the master association.

Village Center

The slopeside condominium building in the main plaza. The lifts, the ski school, and the plaza shops are in and under the building. Pets are not allowed. Owners are in the master association.

Eolus

An older condominium building in the main plaza. Units are ski-in and ski-out, with an elevator down to the plaza and the lifts. It has its own association.

Edelweiss

Condominiums a short walk from the lifts. Some units ski in and ski out. Parking is covered, in garages or carports.

Angel Haus

A condominium building at the base, with its own association. Owners are also in the master association.

ElkPoint

Ski-in, ski-out townhomes at the resort, with their own association and membership in the master association.

Alpenglow

Slopeside townhomes, with their own association and membership in the master association.

Black Bear

Townhomes at the base, with their own association and membership in the master association.

Kendall Mountain

Condominiums on the resort side of the base. Own association, plus the master association.

Peregrine Point

Condominiums at the resort. Own association, plus the master association.

Twilight View

Ski-in, ski-out condominiums beside the beginner terrain. It has its own association.

Cascade Village

Condominiums a few minutes down Highway 550 from the base, still in San Juan County. The association has an indoor pool, hot tubs, a sauna, a fitness room, and tennis. A shuttle runs to the resort in ski season.

Silverpick

Condominiums a short drive from the base, in the aspen just off the resort. It has its own association.

Lake Purgatory

Houses around the lake on the way to the ski area, not a condo building. The published owners association covers Unit I only: 73 lots, most about an acre, on Lake Purgatory Drive, Ponderosa Way, Columbine Way, and Big Pine Trail. Other filings share the drive through a separate road association. Unit I dues for 2026–2027 are $850, and winter plowing of the shared road is a separate assessment.