Corrales Heights in Rio Rancho, NM

Corrales Heights is one of Rio Rancho's original neighborhoods, sitting west of the Rio Grande and about 15 miles north of downtown Albuquerque. Streets run in short blocks that often end in cul-de-sacs, several of them near NM 528, and the houses are ranch-style with driveways and room for more than one car. Pueblo-style stucco and flat roofs turn up among them. Open space runs along the eastern edge, where the paved Thompson Fenceline Trail follows a utility corridor with the Sandia Mountains in view. Two small parks sit at the north end, one with a basketball court and a gazebo.

Rio Rancho Public Schools serves the houses here, and no homeowners association covers the neighborhood.