Heritage Hills in Albuquerque, NM

Heritage Hills sits in Albuquerque's Northeast Heights, bounded by Paseo del Norte on the north, Barstow Street on the west, Ventura Street on the east and Harper Drive along the south. Inside that rectangle are single-family houses, a handful of businesses and three schools, on interior streets that empty onto the four arterials. Heritage Hills Park runs along the south edge, with a 1.3-mile paved walking loop, playgrounds and sports fields, and the Cherry Hills Library at its western end. The neighborhood association is voluntary rather than a mandatory HOA, and the area falls in City Council District 4.

Membership in the Heritage Hills Neighborhood Association is voluntary and open to owners, tenants and businesses inside the boundaries. It carries small annual dues, holds meetings and sends newsletters, and takes neighborhood positions to the city council and the planning department. It also works through Coalition 4, the district's alliance of associations, and backs the branch library, the local public schools, and nearby fire and police substations.

The park's asphalt loop is wide enough to walk two abreast and is rated an easy grade on the city's prescription trails list, and the site opens up views of the Sandias, Mount Taylor and the West Mesa volcanoes. Three ABQ Ride routes stop along the edges. Del Norte Shopping Center sits just west of Barstow at Harper, next door to the library. Students here are zoned to Dennis Chavez Elementary, Madison Middle and La Cueva High.