The View at Highland Park at a Glance
The View at Highland Park is 81 homesites of rolling north Durham terrain off Guess Road in the 27712 — McKee Homes new construction where the name is literal: the community is graded for elevated views toward the Bull City skyline. I'm Tim Clarke — Certified Residential Pricing Specialist, 18 years selling Raleigh-Durham real estate. Near-half-acre lots at a new-construction price in the $600s is a combination Durham has mostly stopped making, and it's why this community stays on my shortlist.
What the Numbers Say
- 15 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $675K, ranging $601K to $1.2M
- Verified lots at 0.45–0.49 acres — genuinely large, contoured homesites
- McKee's Autograph Series plans — Craftsman and European elevations, 2,225–3,700+ square feet, three-car garage and unfinished-third-floor options
Builder inventory and early resales are trading side by side right now — the window where a sharp buyer can compare both against each other, and where pricing skill earns its keep.
Life at The View
The Eno at Your Elbow
This is Eno River country. The state park's Cole Mill access, West Point on the Eno's historic mill park, and the Laurel Bluffs trail — which crosses Guess Road itself — put fourteen-plus miles of protected river corridor in the neighborhood's front yard. Umstead Pines' golf and swim club is minutes away for members.
The Guess Road Corridor
Guess Road is the artery: Food Lion for the grocery run, Bojangles for the Saturday biscuit, and — the corridor's quiet flex — Gocciolina, one of Durham's most acclaimed Italian restaurants, ten minutes south. Downtown Durham's full orbit (DPAC, the Bulls, American Tobacco Campus) sits about nine miles out.
Schools
MLS-verified assignments run Eno Valley Elementary, Carrington Middle, and Northern High — Durham Public Schools, which layers a magnet-and-choice lottery over its attendance zones and periodically redraws them. My team and I confirm the live assignment and walk you through the DPS choice process on any address here.
The Commute Math
From The View: 19 minutes to downtown Durham, 30 to Research Triangle Park, 36 to RDU Airport. Duke is seven miles. North Durham trades a longer airport run for acreage and the Eno — a trade its buyers make with their eyes open.
Buying or Selling at The View
Buying new construction with resales emerging means two negotiations in one market — builder incentives on one side, owner equity on the other, and the $601K-to-$1.2M spread proves options move the number. My team and I run both plays. Watching north Durham? Read my Durham guide or set a watch on The View.
