Fast Facts

• Airport: San Diego International (SAN), about 27 miles south

• Area Code: 858

• CA Assembly District: 75

• CA Senate District: 38

• City: San Diego (though 4S Ranch is not within city boundaries)

• County: San Diego

• Interstate Highway: I-15 exit Camino del Norte West

• Latitude: +33.016

• Longitude: -117.111

• Post Office: Rancho Bernardo Postal Store

• School District: Poway USD

• Time Zone: PST (GMT -8)

• US Congressional District: 50

• Zip Code: 92127

Location

San Diego 92127 - Click to Enlarge

San Diego 92127 is located approximately 25 miles north of downtown San Diego along the I-15 North County Inland corridor.

To the east is the San Diego community of Rancho Bernardo. To the west is Rancho Santa Fe. Lake Hodges and the Santa Fe Valley form the northern border of the area while the Black Mountain Open Space Park and the San Diego community of Rancho Peñasquitos are situated to the south. San Diego 92127 is approximately 8 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean. (See map.)

Two large master planned communities are located in San Diego 92127.

Located on 2,900 acres, the master planned community of 4S Ranch will, when completed, feature 4,715 homes clustered around 4S Commons, a traditional town center. Amenities will include four neighborhood schools in the highly rated Poway Unified School District, a variety of parks, miles of walking trails and more than 1,600 acres of protected open space. With tree-lined neighborhoods, homes with front porches and walkable promenades, 4S Ranch is modeled after California's finest traditional residential communities.

Black Mountain Ranch consists of almost 4,700 acres of land of which more than 2,870 acres will be permanently protected open space (including 1,760 acres that will be set aside for the San Dieguito River Park). Black Mountain Ranch is being developed in phases. The first phase, known as Santaluz, consists of almost 3,800 acres of land on which over 900 homes have been built. A private 18-hole golf course is located in this phase. The second phase, on just under 900 acres, consists of two housing areas: Verrazzano (which is complete) and Del Sur (a master planned community that is still under development). Phase 2, when completed, will have approximately 3200 homes. Amenties in Black Mountain Ranch are expected to include a resort hotel and public golf course, 5 neighborhood schools, a variety of parks, and more than 18 miles of trails within the beautiful rolling landscape.

Other major housing developments in San Diego 92127 include The Crosby Estates, Santa Fe Valley, Camino Bernardo, High Country West, Westwood, and Westwood Valley.

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Recent Local News

A New Patrol in Town 
San Diego Union Tribune (12/05/2007)

After more than a decade of planning, the first sheriff's substation in 4S Ranch is finally open for business.  Deputies are still settling into their new, $2.2 million digs, which include locker rooms, an armory and three holding cells. ...  More ...

Shelter in Place Kept Flames at Bay
San Diego Union Tribune (12/02/2007)

When the order came to evacuate his home near Rancho Santa Fe, Emil Costa already had made up his mind to stay, despite his wife's frantic pleas. Why should he flee, the retired physician reasoned, when he lives in one of the nation's few “shelter in place” communities, an enclave where residents can feel protected in a wildfire? ...  More ...

4S Ranch Street Fair This Sunday
Rancho Bernardo News-Journal (11/29/2007)

Thousands of locals will be getting into the holiday spirit at 4S Ranch on Sunday, Dec. 2 during the Rancho Bernardo Holiday Festival at 4S Ranch. ...  More ...

Development Gets Governor's Award
San Diego Union Tribune (11/21/2007)

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger honored Black Mountain Ranch LLC of San Diego County yesterday with one of his 2007 Environmental and Economic Leadership Awards. ...  More ...

See previous articles in the News Archives.

History

The origin of the name 4S Ranch is not specifically known. The first recorded owner of Rancho San Bernardo, as the area in which 4S Ranch is currently located, was by an Englishman named Joseph Snook (who later became a Mexican citizen and changed his name to Don Jose Francisco Snook). After the collapse of the California mission system around 1840, Snook obtained a land grant to build his own rancho where 4S Ranch now stands. Many now believe the "S" in 4S Ranch stands for "Snook". The "4" probably stands for "4 Snooks", either Snook and his three brothers or Snook and his wife and two children.

The property changed hands several times over the next 100 years. In 1938, the property was sold to the Ralphs family, owners of the southern California grocery chain. In the early 1980s, the Ralphs family agreed to develop the southern portion of their property (what is now the 4S Ranch master planned community) and retain the northern 1200 acres as a family retreat.