About Heritage Palms
Heritage Palms is a gated community of 458 single-family homes in Fort Myers, built around two 18-hole championship golf courses designed by Jed Azinger and Gordon Lewis (bundled — membership included with each home). Day to day, the nearest golf course, Heritage Palms Golf & Country Club, is about 0.5 miles straight-line from the community's center; the nearest library, Dunbar-Jupiter Hammon Public Library, is about 4.2 miles away; the nearest hospital, Lee Health Fort Myers, about 1.3 miles.
Amenities — a bundled-golf community — club membership is included with every home; amenities owned by Heritage Palms Golf & Country Club (compiled from the club's own materials and market descriptions, so confirm current amenities with the club) — include two 18-hole championship golf courses designed by Jed Azinger and Gordon Lewis (bundled — membership included with each home), a 28,400 sq ft clubhouse with formal and informal dining, a heated outdoor pool with spa and cabana, a fitness center and library, tennis and pickleball courts, locker rooms, a gated entry.
On paper, the community sits in evacuation zone C. The average assessed just value across its 644 residential parcels was $598,586 in the county's 2026 roll.
Two things shape day-to-day life at Heritage Palms more than any list of courts and pools. The first is cost structure, and here Heritage Palms runs opposite to the no-CDD communities elsewhere in Fort Myers: it carries its own community development district, the Heritage Palms CDD. On a sampled 2025 tax bill for an in-community parcel, that district adds a $375 line, part of roughly $870 in non-ad-valorem assessments alongside City of Fort Myers fire and solid-waste charges and a Lee County solid-waste line — separate from, and on top of, the regular ad-valorem taxes. Amounts vary by lot and home, but the district-financed structure is worth understanding before you compare bills line for line.
The second is bundled golf, and it cuts both ways. Membership in Heritage Palms Golf & Country Club is included with every home rather than sold separately, so every owner has access to the two 18-hole championship courses (designed by Jed Azinger and Gordon Lewis), the 28,400-square-foot clubhouse, the heated pool and spa, fitness center, tennis and pickleball. That suits people who intend to play; it also means you help fund the member club whether or not you ever tee off.
It helps to know how the community is put together, because listing searches can confuse you. The Lee County boundary layer counts 458 single-family homes, while the club's own history describes a larger bundled-golf community of roughly 1,662 residences — terrace and veranda condominiums, single-family homes and twin villas — developed by U.S. Home (a builder later absorbed into Lennar) on a roughly 814-acre site starting in 1999. Most homes fall in a 1999-2006 build era, and the whole community is gated. Fiber is available too: Summit Broadband advertises symmetrical gigabit-plus service at a sampled address, alongside Xfinity cable.
A couple of practical notes for anyone getting serious: Heritage Palms sits in evacuation Zone C, and its parcels span several FEMA flood designations (a mix of X, AH and AE), so confirm the specific zone and terms for any home you are weighing. Verify current dues, membership obligations and rules directly with the association. This page is an independent, records-based starting point — not affiliated with the HOA, club, or developer.
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