Questions residents ask
Is Hawthorne gated?
Yes — Lee County records list it as a gated community.
What evacuation zone is Hawthorne in?
It spans zones A · B, per Lee County Emergency Management (checked August 2026). Always confirm your exact address on the county's official lookup before a storm. Check your address ↗
What day is trash pickup in Hawthorne?
Friday & Wednesday, per the county's collection map (checked August 2026).
What county commission district represents Hawthorne?
District 3 — Commissioner David Mulicka, per Lee County GIS (checked August 2026).
Who built Hawthorne?
Hawthorne is a gated, amenity-based community in the City of Bonita Springs, built out in the mid-2000s (its single-family section was platted as 'Hawthorne Phase 1B' in a 2006 instrument, and the Chesapeake Cove coach-home association was organized in 2006). Community and market materials attribute the development to DiVosta Homes (a Pulte builder), which is consistent with its signature coach-home product in the Chesapeake Cove and Hide Away Cove neighborhoods. It combines about 307 single-family homes with roughly 156 coach homes (about 463 homes in all) and is governed by the Hawthorne Community Association. Unlike many nearby communities it has no golf course — its amenities are two clubhouses, two pools and spas, two fitness rooms, tennis and pickleball. There is no community development district on the tax bill: the sampled 2025 bill carries only City of Bonita Springs stormwater and Lee County Solid Waste assessments (Lee County GIS, the sampled 2025 tax bill, the Sunbiz association record and Lee tax-roll common-tract owners, and Bonita Springs market coverage, checked August 2026).
How many homes are in Hawthorne, and what types?
Hawthorne is a compact gated community of about 463 homes: roughly 307 single-family homes plus 156 coach homes (condominiums). The coach homes are split between Chesapeake Cove (about 132) and the smaller Coach Homes at Hide Away Cove (about 24). The Lee County GIS boundary records about 439 units across its two named neighborhoods — 'Hawthorne' (single-family) and 'Chesapeake Cove at Hawthorne' — with the small Hide Away Cove group not separately mapped, which is why the community's own count (~463) runs a little higher. Confirm exact counts with the association (Lee County GIS and Hawthorne/Bonita Springs market materials, checked August 2026).
Is Hawthorne in a flood zone?
The county's flood map layer doesn't provide zone labels for this area, so we don't publish a breakdown. Check your address on FEMA's official flood map. Flood-zone status is not a flood determination for insurance or lending purposes.
