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Utah’s #1 Golf Resort Community

Sand Hollow Resort
in Hurricane, Utah,
by a local listing agent.

Utah’s top-ranked golf course, the red sand dunes, Sand Hollow Reservoir out the front door, and five distinct resort subdivisions that each price differently and each have different rental rights. Here is the honest seller read.

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#1
Ranked golf course in Utah, 9 years running
5
Distinct subdivisions inside the resort footprint
~40 min
To Zion National Park, 20 min to St. George
STR zones
Nightly rental approved in The Retreat and the Villas
The Character

A destination resort,
not just a subdivision.

Sand Hollow Resort sits on the south side of Hurricane along Southern Parkway, wrapped around the John Fought-designed Sand Hollow Championship Golf Course. The course opened in 2008 and has been ranked #1 in Utah for nine consecutive years, with three of its holes named to Golf Digest’s top 100 in the country. That is the front door. The back door is Sand Hollow State Park and the 15,000-acre Sand Mountain dune system.

The vibe is resort-first, suburb-second. Owners get golf, pro shop, and dining discounts. The Rock Bowl amphitheater runs a Sunset Concert series in summer and hosts the Sky Fest Hot Air Balloon Festival. Three resort pools, two hot tubs, a spa, and The Grille at the clubhouse anchor the day-to-day. The Tava-exclusive amenity package adds a lazy river, pickleball, tennis, racquetball, an art center, and a fitness facility.

It is not one neighborhood. Sand Hollow Resort is a stack of five subdivisions, each with its own product type, its own price band, and (this is the part most listings get wrong) its own short-term rental rules. The Dunes, The Retreat, The Estates, Tava Resort, and the Villas at Sand Hollow each pull a different buyer profile, and the label "Sand Hollow" covers everything from an entry condo to a custom home on the Estates.

In a sentence

If a buyer wants championship golf out the back door, the dunes out the front door, and the option to rent the place when they are not in town, Sand Hollow Resort is the shortlist.

Setting

Across Southern Parkway from Sand Hollow State Park, 20 minutes from downtown St. George, about 40 minutes from Zion National Park, and 15 minutes from the St. George Regional Airport.

Hurricane Market Snapshot

The city sets the frame,
your home sets the price.

These are the citywide Hurricane single-family numbers I brief every seller with before we talk strategy. Sales volume is up sharply while the median has normalized off its peak, a high-activity market where homes are still selling close to asking. What these figures cannot tell you is what your specific home is worth, because a citywide median hides the differences in lot, finish, and location that decide your number. That gap is exactly why a personalized Sand Hollow Resort valuation matters more here than any headline median.

How to read this

Citywide single-family figures, year over year. Strong sales volume with homes selling near asking signals a deep, active market. Use it as backdrop for your home, not as a per-square-foot price.

Median Sale Price
$581,000
Down 2% year over year
Homes Sold
463
Up 19% year over year
Sale to List
98%
Flat year over year
Days on Market
79
Median time to contract

Based on information from the Washington County Board of REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service for the period May 1, 2025 through May 1, 2026. Figures reflect citywide single-family residential activity for Hurricane and are not specific to Sand Hollow Resort. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

The Homes

Newer, resort-style,
built around the view.

Almost every home inside Sand Hollow Resort was built in 2008 or later, and the bulk of inventory is 2018 to 2024 construction. Architectural style is contemporary desert: stucco with stone or board-and-batten accents, single-level ramblers dominant in The Dunes and The Retreat, two-story with rooftop decks common in Tava, and full-custom modern desert designs at the Estates. Rooftop decks, casitas, swim spas, courtyard pools, and oversized garages with epoxy floors are common.

Quick reference
  • Median build year: ~2018
  • Typical lot: ~0.20 acre (Estates 0.30 to 1.5)
  • Typical home: 1,500 to 4,500 sqft
  • Common bed count: 3 to 5
  • Property type: Condo, villa, single-family, custom
Builders active inside the resort
CareFree Homes

Production and semi-custom across The Dunes and The Retreat. Aspen DM plans common.

MG Homes

Custom luxury at The Estates, built on a 3,500 sqft minimum.

Big Rock Homes

Production single-family across The Dunes and surrounding pockets.

Allenkey Development

Adam Wilkey custom builds, often on premium Dunes corner lots with view orientation.

If You’re Listing Here

What sellers should actually know
before listing in Sand Hollow.

Sand Hollow Resort is not a primary-residence market. Pricing strategy, presentation, and marketing channel are all different from a Cedar City or St. George owner-occupied listing. Here is what moves the number.

1. Rental rights are a price lever

A nightly-rental-approved villa is not the same product as a 30-day-minimum home.

The Retreat and the Villas are zoned for nightly rentals. Parts of The Dunes and Tava are 30-day minimums or owner-occupied. STR rights add real dollars to the comp. Listings that bury or misstate the rental zoning leave money on the table or invite contract problems mid-escrow. The disclosure has to be airtight up front.

2. Furnishings matter (and need their own line)

Most resort buyers want turnkey. Don’t let the furniture get rolled into the price by accident.

Fully furnished turnkey is the dominant product, especially in the Villas, Retreat, and Tava. Bundle pricing depresses the per-sqft comp the next seller in your subdivision has to fight against. A separate bill of sale for the furniture protects your comp and protects the next seller’s appraisal.

3. View premium is real, view dispute is common

Golf-frontage, Pine Valley Mountain, and reservoir view lots trade at a clear premium.

View lots can carry a significant premium depending on tier. Appraisers want to see the comp split. If your listing is on a view lot, the photo set, the drone shot, and the listing remarks all need to make that case explicitly. If it is not on a view lot, pricing to a view comp will earn you sit-time.

4. The buyer pool is national, not local

Your buyer probably lives in Las Vegas, Salt Lake, California, or Texas right now.

A Sand Hollow listing has to win the search before it wins the showing. That means professional photo and aerial, a real listing video, accurate STR/30-day disclosure on the syndicated detail page, and visibility on the actual portals second-home buyers use. MovingUtah.com (my network site, 500+ Southern Utah neighborhood pages) feeds a steady stream of out-of-state buyers searching this exact pocket.

5. 67 days on market is normal, not a red flag

Don’t panic-cut in week three. Resort markets close differently than primary markets.

Average DOM at the resort is in the high 60s and has been for years. That is the rhythm of second-home buying. The mistake is pricing aggressively, panicking at day 21, and dropping into a competing pocket. Better to price to the right band on day one and hold.

6. HOA, amenity, and dues disclosure

Buyers care about what they get and what they pay for it. Get the package on paper, day one.

Tava dues, Estates dues, Dunes dues, and resort-access fees are all different, and they include different things (golf discounts, pool access, the Tava amenity package). Buyers ask, and CDs require, current dues and a clear amenity statement. Pulling these up front avoids a renegotiation in escrow.

The Setting

What’s out the front door
and out the back.

Sand Hollow Resort earns its name. Within five minutes you can be on the dunes, on the water, on the course, or watching a sunset from the Rock Bowl. Within 40 minutes you can be at the gates of Zion.

Sand Hollow Championship Course

18 holes designed by John Fought, plus a 9-hole links course. Ranked #1 in Utah, Golfweek Top 100 Resort. Three holes named to Golf Digest’s top 100 in the country.

Sand Hollow State Park

Across Southern Parkway. Reservoir for boating, fishing, paddleboarding, and cliff jumping at the red sandstone cliffs. ATV access to the Sand Mountain dunes.

Sand Mountain dunes

15,000 acres of vibrant red sand, world-class for UTV, ATV, and side-by-side. The reason a lot of buyers shortlist this corridor in the first place.

Zion National Park

About 40 minutes to the south entrance. Sand Hollow is one of the closer resort-style places you can buy and still day-trip Zion.

Quail Creek State Park

About 5 minutes. Smaller, warmer reservoir, popular for boating and bass fishing. Often the quieter alternative when Sand Hollow is busy.

The Grille & Rock Bowl

On-site dining at the clubhouse, plus the Rock Bowl amphitheater for the summer Sunset Concert series and Sky Fest Hot Air Balloon Festival.

St. George & the airport

Downtown St. George is about 20 minutes via I-15. The St. George Regional Airport (SGU) is roughly 15 miles, useful for out-of-state second-home owners.

Hurricane Valley Ironman

The annual Ironman 70.3 St. George event uses Sand Hollow Reservoir as its swim start each May. Big visibility weekend for the area.

Schools

Washington County School District. Three Falls Elementary, Hurricane Middle, Hurricane High, currently about 7 to 8 miles north.

Browse active listings

Looking for what’s currently on the market in Sand Hollow Resort?

The active inventory lives on my network site, MovingUtah.com, with live MLS feeds, filters by subdivision, and per-listing detail. This page is for the seller and area read. That page is for the search.

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The Five Subdivisions

Five communities,
one resort footprint.

Which pocket you sit in defines almost everything: price band, buyer type, rental rights, amenity access, and the photos that need to go in the listing. Here is the honest tour.

Villas at Sand Hollow
Condo, nightly rental
Entry / condo tier

Two-bedroom, two-bath condos in the 1,500 to 1,800 sqft range, walking distance to the clubhouse and pro shop. Zoned for nightly rentals, almost always sold furnished and turnkey. Owners get the resort amenity discounts on golf and dining. This is the entry point for an STR-focused second-home buyer.

Best for: First-time second-home owners, STR investors, golf-trip buyers.
Retreat at Sand Hollow
STR-approved villas
Nightly-rental villa tier

Smaller-footprint villas, roughly 1,200 to 2,200 sqft, set up specifically as nightly-rental product. Mix of primary residents, second-home owners, and full-time rental operators. Access to three resort pools, two hot tubs, fitness, and The Grille. The Retreat is nearly fully developed at this point.

Best for: Second-home owners who want rental cash flow, family-vacation buyers.
Dunes at Sand Hollow
Single-family core
Established residential tier

The resort’s first major residential community, established 2019, with 267 single-family lots set along a sage-brush ridge with 360-degree views. Single-level rambler designs dominate, often 2,400 to 3,800 sqft. CareFree, Big Rock, and Allenkey are active builders. Some sections allow nightly rentals, others are 30-day minimums or owner-occupied. Verify per-lot.

Best for: Active retirees, primary residents, second-home buyers wanting more square footage.
Tava Resort
Luxury amenity package
Luxury amenity tier

104 luxury home sites with private access to an extensive amenity package: two luxury pools, a lazy river, splash pad, clubhouse, four pickleball courts, tennis, racquetball, fitness center with sauna, and an art center. Homes are typically 3,000 to 4,800 sqft, often fully furnished, frequently with 1/4-share fractional ownership in some plans.

Best for: Luxury second-home buyers, retirees who want hotel-style amenities at home, fractional investors.
Estates at Sand Hollow
Custom luxury
Custom premier tier

The top of the resort. .3 to 1.5 acre lots set up for custom builds with approved premier builders. MG Homes is the most visible, building on a 3,500 sqft minimum. Buyers come for golf frontage, Pine Valley Mountain views, and the freedom to design. Generally a primary or true second-home community, not a rental product.

Best for: Custom-home buyers, primary residents at the luxury tier, high-net-worth second-home owners.
Sand Hollow Home Value

Curious what your home in Sand Hollow Resort would sell for in this market?

Sand Hollow is too subdivision-specific to value from a national-database guess. The questionnaire takes about 4 minutes and combines real Washington County MLS data with on-the-ground knowledge of which pocket you are in, your rental rights, your view, your lot, your build year, your furnishings, and what your finish package competes against. I read every submission personally, pull comps split by subdivision and tier, and send back a written pricing band, usually within one business day.

Free, no obligation, no marketing list. Just an honest number.

~4 minutes to fill out
Subdivision-split comps for your specific home
Rental rights and view premium factored in
Written pricing band back within 1 business day
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Keep Exploring

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Hurricane Value

What is my Hurricane home worth?

The citywide Hurricane valuation page, with subdivision-level pricing context.

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Sister Neighborhood

Dixie Springs, Hurricane

Established Hurricane community across Southern Parkway, the primary-residence counterpart to the Sand Hollow resort lifestyle.

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Sister Neighborhood

Sky Mountain, Hurricane

Hurricane’s other golf community, in-town with mature trees, established homes, and a different buyer profile than the resort.

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FAQ

Questions I get
from Sand Hollow owners.

Are short-term rentals allowed at Sand Hollow Resort?

Yes, but only in specific zones. The Retreat is an approved nightly rental community, and the Villas at Sand Hollow are zoned for nightly rentals. Some sections of The Dunes and Tava are 30-day minimums or owner-occupied only. The Estates is generally a primary or second-home community without nightly rental rights. The rental zone matters more than the address. Two homes 400 yards apart can have completely different rental rights and resale audiences. Verify the exact zoning and HOA rules for any specific lot before you assume income potential.

What do homes sell for at Sand Hollow Resort?

Pricing is product-specific, spanning Villas condos at the accessible end, The Retreat villas in the nightly-rental tier, and up through the luxury and custom premier tiers at The Estates. Dunes single-family sits in the established residential tier, Tava luxury in the amenity tier with its private package factored in, and Estates custom homes at the top. The citywide single-family figures in the market snapshot above are the right reference for direction; within the resort, product type, lot, and view drive the spread.

Which builders are active inside the resort?

CareFree Homes (production and semi-custom across The Dunes and The Retreat), MG Homes (custom luxury at The Estates, 3,500 sqft minimum plans, 3,500 sqft minimum), Big Rock Homes (production), and Allenkey Development with Adam Wilkey (custom builds on premium Dunes lots). The Estates is set up for buyers to bring approved custom builders and design their own home on .3 to 1.5 acre lots.

What schools serve Sand Hollow Resort?

Washington County School District: Three Falls Elementary, Hurricane Middle School, and Hurricane High School, currently about 7 to 8 miles north of the resort. The vast majority of Sand Hollow buyers are second-home owners or retirees, so school commute is rarely the deciding factor, but it is worth knowing if you are listing to a primary-resident family buyer.

Is Sand Hollow Resort a good market to sell into right now?

It is a softer market than it was in 2021 and 2022, with the resort-wide median off roughly 2% to 5% over the last 12 months and DOM running in the high 60s. That said, this is a national-buyer market, and well-priced, well-photographed listings with clean STR and HOA disclosure still close. The honest read: aspirational pricing will sit. A pricing band built on your specific subdivision, view, and rental rights will move.

Do owners get golf and amenity discounts?

Yes. Owners across most subdivisions get exclusive discounts on golf, the pro shop, and dining at The Grille, plus access to the three resort pools, two hot tubs, fitness center, and the year-round event calendar (Sunset Concert series, Sky Fest, weddings, holiday events). Tava owners get an additional private amenity package with the lazy river, pickleball complex, art center, and sauna. The exact owner-discount and amenity-access package varies by subdivision, so read the HOA documents carefully when buying or before listing.

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