Empty Saddle
Empty Saddle is a neighborhood of lanes around Empty Saddle Road and Rolling Hills Road, on the north side of Palos Verdes Drive North in eastern Rolling Hills Estates. Its recorded tracts are small, most with about a dozen homes or fewer, built mainly between the late 1950s and about 1970, and many other houses stand on individual lots.
Updated October 26, 2026 · County records from the 2026 roll · Sources at the bottom of the page · Send a correction
Empty Saddle at a glance
| City | Rolling Hills Estates · ZIP 90274 |
|---|---|
| Built | Over several decades (median 1962; oldest 1927, newest 2022) |
| Homes | 165 homes: 164 single-family houses; 1 planned-development home · 4 vacant residential lots |
| Living area | Median about 3,220 sq ft per home; 4 bedrooms typical for single-family houses |
| Lots | Median single-family lot about 21,970 sq ft (middle half 19,980 sq ft to 26,000 sq ft) |
| Recorded tracts | 9 recorded tract maps (see the tract list) |
| School district | Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified (schools by address) |
Outlines are recorded tract maps from Los Angeles County Public Works; they show how land was subdivided, not HOA or city boundaries. Dots mark homes on land outside the recorded tracts (county parcel centers).
Living in Empty Saddle
The neighborhood shares its name with the Empty Saddle Club, an equestrian club in the area. City correspondence from the 1960s includes letters about Empty Saddle Road, and papers kept by early mayor Jack Hopkins list a landfill project in Dobbin Lane Canyon from the same decade.
Tracts & subdivisions of Empty Saddle
Recorded tracts with a guide of their own: builder and year where known, streets, lots, schools by address and the recorded map.
Other recorded maps and land
| Map | Recorded | Homes | Built | Streets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land without a recorded map | 52 | 1950–2019 | Empty Saddle Rd, Lariat Ln, Empty Saddle Ln, Singletree Ln | |
| Land on county Assessor's Map No. 51 (no recorded tract) | 25 | 1947–2022 | Empty Saddle Rd, Palos Verdes Dr N, Branding Iron Ln, Lariat Ln | |
| Tract 18505 | December 5, 1956 | 13 | 1946–2016 | Sunnyfield Ln |
| Tract 29867 | January 22, 1965 | 12 | 1958–1975 | Empty Saddle Ln |
| Tract 24944 | October 29, 1959 | 9 | 1959–1960 | Saddle Horn Ln |
| Tract 29839 | April 7, 1965 | 8 | 1966–2021 | Branding Iron Ln |
| Tract 26418 | April 6, 1962 | 8 | 1962–1969 | Shadow Ln, Empty Saddle Ln |
| Tract 25031 | November 9, 1962 | 7 | 1963 | Lariat Ln |
| Tract 24621 | September 16, 1966 | 6 | 1967–1971 | Rawhide Ln |
| Tract 33061 | November 6, 1978 | 6 | 1979–2016 | Tanglewood Ln, Rolling Hills Rd |
| Parcel map, book 33, page 44 | 4 | 1959–1972 | Lariat Ln | |
| Parcel map, book 90, page 33 | 2 | 1990 | Palos Verdes Dr N | |
| Parcel map, book 141, page 68 | 1 | 1989 | Lariat Ln | |
| Parcel map, book 262, page 67 | 1 | 1927 | Palos Verdes Dr N | |
| Parcel map, book 419, page 20 | 1 | 1987 | Palos Verdes Dr N |
Covered on this page: recorded tracts without a guide of their own, lot splits, rental buildings and land laid out by survey.
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Schools for Empty Saddle
Schools by address
- ElementaryDapplegray · 99 homes (60%)
Rancho Vista · 66 homes (40%) - IntermediateMiraleste · every home
- High schoolYour choice: Palos Verdes High or Peninsula High
From PVPUSD's School Locator answers for every county address, checked October 3, 2026, counted by home. A locator answer is the district's home-school assignment, not a placement guarantee. Look up an address · PVPUSD School Locator (opens in a new tab)
Every address here was checked against PVPUSD's own School Locator. Elementary and intermediate schools follow your home address; there is no high-school boundary, so families choose between the district's two high schools.
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Streets in Empty Saddle
- Branding Iron Ln 12
- Dobbin Ln 10
- Empty Saddle Ln 26
- Empty Saddle Rd 19
- Lariat Ln 24
- Palos Verdes Dr N 12
- Rawhide Ln 7
- Rolling Hills Rd 8
- Saddle Horn Ln 9
- Shadow Ln 7
- Singletree Ln 7
- Sunnyfield Ln 13
- Tanglewood Ln 11
Homes per street from county assessor records. Counts include only the homes inside this neighborhood.
Other neighborhoods in Rolling Hills Estates
Homes for sale near Empty Saddle
Current listings, with photos, prices and details, are on Properkey. Browse homes for sale in Rolling Hills Estates (opens in a new tab).
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Where these facts come from
- RHE General Plan, Land Use Element, Fig. 2-2 (opens in a new tab) — rollinghillsestates.gov
- Palos Verdes Library District: Collection of Materials Related to the City of Rolling Hills Estates (city records and the papers of Jack Hopkins) (opens in a new tab) — oac.cdlib.org
- Los Angeles County Assessor: parcel data (2026 roll): homes, year built, living area and lot size (opens in a new tab) — public.gis.lacounty.gov
- Los Angeles County Public Works: Land Records, recorded tract maps (opens in a new tab) — dpw.lacounty.gov
- PVPUSD School Locator (opens in a new tab) — pvpusd.net
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