Spanish Fork, Utah: Room to Grow at the South End of the Valley

The Fiesta Days rodeo and parade are a Spanish Fork institution every July, and the city's sports parks, the Spanish Oaks reservoir and golf course, and the canyon trails keep families busy year-round. Recent retail growth along the Main Street and Expressway corridors means you rarely have to leave town for the essentials.

Spanish Fork sits in the Nebo School District, with a good spread of elementary schools, Spanish Fork Junior High and Diamond Fork Junior High, and two high schools — Spanish Fork High and Maple Mountain High — which keeps class sizes manageable as the city grows.

Two I-15 interchanges make commuting straightforward, with Provo about fifteen minutes north and Salt Lake roughly fifty minutes up the interstate. US-6 also branches off here toward Price and southeastern Utah, so Spanish Fork is the last full-service stop before the canyon.

Because so much of Spanish Fork is newer, buyers here have unusually good access to new construction and recent resales — often at a lower price per square foot than the central valley. Master-planned communities on the south and east sides are where much of the activity is. Ask me about builder inventory and standing homes.