About Catalina at Winkler
Catalina at Winkler is a gated community of 282 single-family homes in Fort Myers. Day to day, the nearest golf course, Crown Colony Golf And Country Club, is about 0.7 miles straight-line from the community's center; the nearest library, Lakes Regional Library, is about 2.3 miles away; the nearest hospital, Golisano Children's Hospital, about 1.5 miles.
Amenities — amenities compiled from the community/D.R. Horton and Fort Myers market descriptions (confirm current amenities with the HOA); the community is centered on three lakes — include a gated, guard-attended entry, a community clubhouse with a free-form pool and oversized pool deck, a fitness room, a lakefront covered gazebo, a playground on a sandy beach-style area by the clubhouse, three community lakes with water views from many homes.
On paper, the community sits in evacuation zone A. The average assessed just value across its 311 residential parcels was $427,135 in the county's 2026 roll.
The detail that most sets Catalina at Winkler apart from many of its neighbors sits on the tax bill: this community does carry a community development district. On a sampled 2025 bill, the Catalina at Winkler Preserve CDD adds $670.47, alongside a $348.75 Lee County Solid Waste line, for $1,019.22 in non-ad-valorem charges — separate from the standard county millage (13.4125 in the Iona McGregor Fire district). The CDD's name matching the community is a useful confirmation you're reading the right line. Those amounts vary lot to lot, so treat the sample as an illustration rather than a quote, and ask to see an actual recent bill for the specific home.
Names can also trip up a listing search here. The subdivision and its governing association are both recorded as Catalina at Winkler, but the builder, D.R. Horton, marketed the neighborhood as Catalina Isles — so you'll see both names attached to the same place. Horton built the roughly 282 single-family homes in the mid-2000s, with parcels clustering between 2006 and 2011. It's an all single-family, gated and guard-attended community off Winkler Road in unincorporated south Fort Myers, governed by the Catalina at Winkler Homeowners' Association and managed by Compass Rose Management of Cape Coral.
Day-to-day, the neighborhood is organized around three lakes, with a clubhouse pool, fitness room, lakefront gazebo and playground shared by residents, and water views from many homes. Worth noting: the amenity set doesn't include golf inside the gates — the country clubs nearby are separate memberships.
A couple of practical notes for anyone getting serious: confirm the flood picture (the community straddles FEMA zones AE and X) and that it sits in evacuation Zone A, check available internet (Quantum Fiber fiber and Xfinity cable both reach sampled addresses), and confirm current dues, CDD terms and rules directly with the association. This page is an independent, records-based starting point — not affiliated with the HOA, builder or any club.
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