Nestled among the rolling knolls and cool valleys of Anaheim Hills in Central Orange County, the Anaheim Hills Golf Course Clubhouse looks out over emerald fairways and clear blue skies. Oak Canyon Nature Center is a 58-acre natural park nestled in the Anaheim Hills.  A year-round stream meanders through the park.  Consisting of three adjoining canyons, four miles of hiking trails traverse one of the few remaining areas of oak woodland and coastal sage scrub in our region.

Anaheim Hills is located just south of Yorba Linda, California, opposite the 91 freeway at Imperial Highway. The western border is the 55 freeway opposite the city of Orange, California. On the northeast side the community extends past Gypsum Canyon, bordered by unincorporated areas of Orange County and the Cleveland National Forest (east). To the south is the Santa Ana foothills opposite the community of Villa Park, California. The entirety of Anaheim Hills is within the city limits of Anaheim, California.

Prior to the development, a few scattered low density neighborhoods existed in the area including Peralta Hills and Mohler Loop (tracts which still exist today) that were developed primarily in the 1940s and 1950s. The remaining portions of Anaheim Hills were primarily developed in the 1970s after rancher and land owner Louis Nohl sold his massive parcel in the foothills east of Anaheim. The area was taken over by Texaco Industries in 1970 when the company announced plans to develop an expansive and upscale master planned community of 7,000 homes, estates, and townhomes.

The original master plan included a proposal for three new lakes with high density condominiums clustered around these water features. The initial master plan proved to be unsustainable due to the topography and geology of the area. Construction of the community began in 1971 and was branded as a rural enclave and alternative to the more dense subdivisions emerging in the Orange County basin with homes on large lots, hiking trails, a golf course, and low densities. Anaheim Hills is the first residential development to utilize “Landform Grading.”

The community grew quickly and by 1974 the Orange Unified School District had constructed a high school to serve the growing community. In 1990, the city of Anaheim approved several large developments surrounding Weir Canyon Road (East Hills and The Highlands) expanding the community toward the 241 toll road. In 2007, the Irvine Company received approval for additional 2,500 homes just east of the 241 toll road on a parcel of land it has owned for over fifty years. This community will be the last major development in Anaheim Hills.

Anaheim Hills consists of several planned neighborhoods, including the following:

Amber Lane
Anaheim Foothills
Anaheim Ridge Estates
Bauer Ranch
Belsomet
Camino Grande Villas
Canyon Heights
Canyon View Estates
Canyon Hills
Canyon Pointe
Canyon Rim/Sunset Ridge
Canyon Terrace
Canyon Terrace Estates
Canyon Terrace Townhomes
Canyon View Estates
Canyon View Terrace
Cape Cod Village
Carriage Hills
Crown Pointe
Carriage Hills
Copa De Oro
Embassy Pointe
East Hills
Eastridge Estates
Feather Hill
Firenze
Haven Hill
Hidden Canyon Estates
Horizons
Hunters Pointe
Kings Meadow
Lake Summit
Morningview
Mohler Loop
Mountain Park
Nohl Crest
Old Bridge
Quail Ridge
Oak Hills
Peralta Hills
Pointe Quissett
Prado Ridge Estates
Prado Woods
Quail Ridge
Quail Vista
Renaissance
Ridgeview
Rim Crest Villas
Robin Hill I
Robin Hill II
Royal Circle Village
Scout Trail
Silverbrook Estates
Singingwood Hills
Skygate
Summit Pointe
Summit Terrace
Sycamore Canyon
Stonegate Hills
The Gallery
The Highlands
The Summit
The Palms
Windsor Terrace
View Pointe
Vista Del Sol
Village at Fiesole
Villa Palatino
Window Hill
Windsor Terrace
Westridge
Yorba Woods

The Anaheim Hills school system mostly operates under the Orange Unified School District.

Elementary school

Canyon Rim Elementary School | 1090 The Highlands • Anaheim, CA 92808

Anaheim Hills Elementary School | 6450 East Serrano • Anaheim, CA 92807

Crescent Primary School | 5125 Gerda Drive • Anaheim, CA 92807

Crescent Intermediate School | 5001 E. Gerda Drive • Anaheim, CA 92807

Nohl Canyon Elementary School | 4100 Nohl Ranch Road • Anaheim, CA 92807

Running Springs Elementary School | 8670 Running Springs Drive • Anaheim, CA 92808

Imperial Elementary School | 400 S. Imperial Hwy. • Anaheim, CA 92807

Middle schools

El Rancho Charter School | 181 South Del Giorgio Road • Anaheim, CA 92808

High schools

Canyon High School | 220 S. Imperial Hwy • Anaheim, CA 92807

Specialty schools

Canyon Hills School | 260 S. Imperial Highway • Anaheim, CA 92807

Hillsborough School | 191 Old Springs Road • Anaheim, CA 92808

Fairmont Private School | 5310 East La Palma Ave. • Anaheim, CA 92807

Hephatha School | 5900 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road • Anaheim, CA 92807