Thaynes Canyon wraps around the Park City Golf Club, just below the McPolin Barn and a few minutes from Main Street. It’s one of the town’s quieter, more established neighborhoods, with tall trees and old ranch history all around it.

At a glance

• Where. Off Thaynes Canyon Drive, around the Park City Golf Club and close to SR-224.
• Homes. Mostly established single-family homes among mature trees, with condos nearby, including ski-in, ski-out options near the Silver Star lift.
• Skiing. The Silver Star lift at Park City Mountain is close by, and the town base is a short drive or bus ride.
• Outside. The city’s public golf course, which becomes groomed cross-country ski trails in winter, plus the Armstrong and Spiro trailheads at Silver Star.
• Errands. Silver Star Café at the base of the Silver Star lift, and groceries a few minutes away in town.
• Getting around. Free city buses serve the neighborhood, and a new bus rapid transit station is planned at Thaynes Canyon Drive.
• Schools. Park City School District. Check any address with the district’s own locator.

Daily life

The golf course sets the pace. Summer mornings start with a tee time or a walk along the edge of the course, and in winter the same fairways turn into cross-country trails. This was ranch and dairy country before the course opened as the nine-hole Treasure Mountain course in 1964.

Worth knowing

Many homes here are decades old, so updates, systems and how a house has been cared for vary a great deal from one to the next.

My take

My go-to spot. Silver Star Café, especially when the patio is open.

What people don’t realize. It feels much more private than you’d expect for a neighborhood this close to town. Winter sun and driveway exposure can also vary significantly from one street to the next.

What I love most. It has genuine Park City history and character without feeling busy or touristy.

If you’d like to see Thaynes Canyon the way I’d show it, say hello.