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| Anaheim means "home by the river." It is the oldest city in Orange County. Average temperature is 70 degrees; average rainfall is 9.8 inches. Originally part of a Mexican land grant called Rancho San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana, the land was once used to grow grapes and produce wine. In the 1880s, disease devastated the vineyards and they were replaced by orange groves.
The community, part of the Orange Unified School District, has excellent schools, a public championship eighteen-hole golf course, an eleven-court racquet club, saddle clubs, shopping centers, major banks, movie theaters, restaurants, office complexes, a public library, parks, a reservoir, Oak Canyon Nature Center with eight miles of hiking trails, a twenty mile bike trail along the Santa Ana River, and easy access to Interstate 91 freeway and a new toll road to Irvine. Known for Disneyland, the city of Anaheim is a leading manufacturing center and a growing office center. It is home to the California Angels baseball club and the Mighty Ducks hockey team. It boasts a modern convention center which hosts many large conventions each year. |
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Anaheim Hills, located on the eastern end of the city of Anaheim, was known as the Nohl Ranch and was pasture and grazing land. It was developed into a planned community in 1972. Anaheim Hills is surrounded by Yorba Linda, Orange, and Villa Park and includes Peralta Hills and East Hills. Located in Orange County, Southern California, it is comprised of approximately 26,000 households. One third of the residential real estate is relatively new and in planned or gated communities. Affordable and expensive multi-million dollar estates, houses for sale with swimming pools and spas enjoy views of city lights and snow covered mountains in winter.