The Vineyards
The Vineyards is the newest section of Long Canyon and the one with the largest homes. Its 48 houses are on Vineyard Drive and Loire Valley Drive, south of Long Canyon Road. It was recorded as Unit 16 of Tract 4583 in April 2000, and the houses were built from 2002 to 2004, most in 2003. It matches the Wood Ranch Specific Plan's Planning Unit 65, which the plan's 2003 table still listed as 48 homes yet to be built.
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The Vineyards quick facts
| Also called | The Vineyards of Wood Ranch, Walden Garden Society |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Long Canyon, Simi Valley |
| Builder | Developer of record: New Urban West, Inc., acting through Charlemont Partners, L.P. (owner on the recorded tract map). |
| Built | 2002–2004 (most in 2003), per Ventura County building-footprint year-built data |
| Homes | 48 |
| Home types | Single-family, two-story, about 4,100–5,400 sq ft (assessor living area; common sizes near 4,100, 4,700 and 5,100 sq ft) |
| Lot sizes | About 0.24–1.65 acres; typical lot about 0.44 acre (roughly 19,000 sq ft); 16 lots exceed half an acre and 2 exceed an acre (Ventura County assessor acreage) |
| Streets | Vineyard Drive, Loire Valley Drive |
| Tract map | Ventura County Tract 4583, Unit 16: recorded 2000 (140 MR 75), about 42 acres |
| Gates | Gated |
| HOA | Walden Garden Society — The association reported for The Vineyards is the Walden Garden Society, registered with the state on Aug. 30, 2002 (California entity 2465776). A 48-unit association for The Vineyards, created in 2002, matches the 48 homes in Tract 4583-16. It is separate from the Long Canyon Garden Society. Home sales in 2026 showed dues of about $398 a month and controlled access. |
Highlighted: recorded Tract 4583, Unit 16 (county GIS). Other outlines are neighboring tracts in Long Canyon.
About The Vineyards
New Urban West's Charlemont Partners recorded the map, but the homes came two to four years later. Plans run about 4,100 to 5,400 square feet, the largest in the canyon. The typical lot is a little under half an acre; sixteen lots are larger than half an acre and two are larger than an acre. Keypad gates stand at both ends of Vineyard Drive. The homeowners association is reported as the Walden Garden Society, separate from the Long Canyon Garden Society. The tract map records a 1999 easement held by the Long Canyon Garden Society for access, landscaping and irrigation.
Schools for The Vineyards
School attendance areas
Simi Valley Unified School District
On SVUSD's attendance-boundary map (elementary map revised December 2023), this tract's recorded outline falls in:
- Elementary: Wood Ranch Elementary School
- Middle: Sinaloa Middle School
- High: Royal High School
These come from the district's own data, not from this site. Assignment goes by address, and districts change boundaries and run choice and transfer programs. Confirm with School Boundary Maps, or check an address here.
Long Canyon, Simi Valley
Long Canyon is the fourth village of the Wood Ranch Specific Plan, a gated hillside neighborhood at the south end of Wood Ranch in Simi Valley. Its 683 homes went up from 1998 to 2004 along Long Canyon Road east of Wood Ranch Parkway: 653 on land New Urban West recorded as Tract 4583, and 30 in Beazer Homes' Laurelwood Heights (Tract 5100) on Shadow Lane.
Other tracts in Long Canyon
Homes for sale near The Vineyards
Every MLS listing here, with photos, prices and details, is on Properkey.
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Where these facts come from
- Tract No. 4583-16 final map, 140 MR 75, recorded Apr. 24, 2000 (Ventura County Surveyor record maps) — maps.ventura.org
- City of Simi Valley — Wood Ranch Specific Plan (SP-S-1; adopted 1980, reformatted 2003, with 2013 amendment) — simivalley.org
- Walden Garden Society, SOS 2465776, formed Aug. 30, 2002 (CommunityPay directory) — communitypay.us
- The Vineyards, Simi Valley: created 2002, 48 units (Transparency HOA) — transparencyhoa.org
- Ventura County Parcels layer (tract, living area, acreage by APN) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County Building Footprints layer (year built) — maps.ventura.org
- OpenStreetMap: keypad gate, east end of Vineyard Drive — openstreetmap.org
- OpenStreetMap: keypad gate, west end of Vineyard Drive — openstreetmap.org
- 367 Loire Valley Dr listing: The Vineyards, built 2003, $398 HOA, controlled access (listing evidence) — rubyhome.com (not on Properkey)
- Ventura County GIS — Record Maps (recorded tract maps): Tract 4583 — maps.ventura.org
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