Questions residents ask
Is Shadow Wood Preserve gated?
Yes — Lee County records list it as a gated community.
What evacuation zone is Shadow Wood Preserve in?
Zone A, 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 Shadow Wood Preserve?
Monday, per the county's collection map (checked August 2026).
What county commission district represents Shadow Wood Preserve?
District 3 — Commissioner David Mulicka, per Lee County GIS (checked August 2026).
Who built Shadow Wood Preserve?
Shadow Wood Preserve is a gated golf community in unincorporated Lee County, in south Fort Myers off Shadow Creek Boulevard near South Tamiami Trail, on roughly 440 acres between the Estero Bay preserve and Mullock Creek (it is a separate community from Shadow Wood at The Brooks in Estero). It was developed by the Bonita Bay Group in the early-to-mid 2000s as an environmentally conscious community, with 293 home sites — single-family homes, coach homes and condominiums — built around the 18-hole Shadow Wood Country Club Preserve golf course; the master homeowners association transitioned to resident control in 2007. The Lee County GIS boundary records about 293 residential units, all governed by the Shadow Wood Preserve Community Association (managed by Compass Rose Management Group of Cape Coral). There is no community development district on the tax bill — the sampled 2025 bill carries only a Lee County Solid Waste assessment (the Shadow Wood Preserve HOA website, Lee County GIS, the sampled 2025 tax bill, and the Sunbiz association record, checked August 2026).
Is there golf at Shadow Wood Preserve, and is membership included?
Shadow Wood Preserve is built around an 18-hole golf course that is the Preserve course of Shadow Wood Country Club — the same club whose other 36 holes sit about seven miles south. Golf and country-club membership is a separate, optional club membership rather than something automatically included with the home; the community's own amenities (the pavilion, pickleball, tennis and bocce courts, community kayaks and canoes, and the fishing pier) are provided through the HOA. Confirm current club membership options and dues directly with Shadow Wood Country Club (Shadow Wood Preserve HOA site and Shadow Wood Country Club materials, checked August 2026).
Is internet or TV included in the HOA fees at Shadow Wood Preserve?
Yes — the Shadow Wood Preserve HOA says its fees include a bundled fiber-optic communications package covering television, internet and Wi-Fi. Fiber-to-the-premises service is available community-wide (the FCC National Broadband Map shows a fiber provider at gigabit speeds alongside cable). Confirm exactly what the current bundle includes, and any changes, with the association (Shadow Wood Preserve HOA site and the FCC National Broadband Map, checked August 2026).
Is Shadow Wood Preserve in a flood zone?
Its mapped flood features break down as 58% zone X (shaded) (reduced-risk area), 33% zone AE (high-risk area), 8% zone X (outside the high-risk area). That's county map data — not a flood determination for insurance or lending purposes — so check your parcel on the official lookup.
