Park Ridge Estates is a small, secluded neighbourhood on the slope of Burke Mountain. It is close to hiking trails but not far from shopping, schools, and transit.
Neighbourhood amenities
Park Ridge Estates is a new development cut into the side of Burke Mountain. Forests and hiking trails are practically right outside your front door, and peace and quiet are all around.
However, Coquitlam’s bustling town centre area’s shopping, recreation, and cultural amenities are nearby.
Coquitlam Centre is one of British Columbia’s largest regional shopping malls.
Town Centre Park is Coquitlam’s showcase outdoor sport and recreation facility. It has numerous artificial and natural turf pitches for soccer, field hockey, field lacrosse, baseball, softball, and football, as well as track and field facilities at Percy Perry Stadium. For less rigorous recreation, the park also features walking trails that wind around Lafarge Lake, a five-hectare man-made lake that was originally a quarry.
Next to the lake, the Evergreen Cultural Centre features a 257-seat theatre for live performances, a rehearsal hall, art studios and an art gallery.
Across Pinetree Way, the City Centre Aquatic Complex hosts activities for the whole family, from a wave pool to competitive swimming and synchronized swimming to fitness programs for all ages.
Next to it, the Coquitlam campus of Douglas College helps serve more than 14,000 credit students and 9,000 continuing education students in programs ranging from Criminology to Sports Science.
Schools
Transit
Transit in the immediate neighbourhood is still fairly limited. But the Lafarge Lake-Douglas station to the new Evergreen extension of SkyTrain that can take commuters to most of Metro Vancouver is just a short drive away.
The intersection of Lougheed and Barnet highways can quickly take motorists west toward Burnaby and Vancouver or east toward Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge.
Park Ridge Estates real estate
Park Ridge Estates is still a relatively new neighbourhood, so its supply of single-family homes is limited.
