Questions residents ask
Is The Forest gated?
Yes — Lee County records list it as a gated community.
What evacuation zone is The Forest 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 The Forest?
Tuesday, per the county's collection map (checked August 2026).
What county commission district represents The Forest?
District 3 — Commissioner David Mulicka, per Lee County GIS (checked August 2026).
Who built The Forest?
The Forest (The Forest Country Club) is a gated golf community in unincorporated south Fort Myers (the San Carlos Park area), started in 1979 and built out through the 1980s and 1990s within a large nature preserve of roughly 600+ acres. It centers on two 18-hole championship courses — the Bear and the Bobcat — and combines about 330 single-family homes with roughly 450 condos, attached villas and carriage homes across many small villages, for about 780 residences in all. The community's common areas are governed by The Forest Country Club, Inc. (administered as the Forest Owners Association); golf membership is optional through the club rather than bundled with the home. There is no community development district on the tax bill — the sampled 2025 bill carries only a Lee County Solid Waste assessment (Lee County GIS, the sampled 2025 tax bill, the Sunbiz association record and Lee tax-roll common-tract owners, and The Forest Country Club materials, checked August 2026). No specific homebuilder or developer is named here beyond what the public record supports.
How many homes are in The Forest, and what types?
The Forest is a well-established golf community of about 780 residences set within a large nature preserve — roughly 330 single-family homes plus about 450 condos, attached villas and carriage homes spread across many small villages (Fairway Woods, Heron, Partridge Place, Dove Nest, Dove Hollow, Sparrowood, Quail Cove, Eagles Landing, Pheasant Court, Falcons Crest, Waters Edge and others). The Lee County GIS boundary sums to about 752 units across the villages this guide maps; the community's own count is ~780 (a couple of small condo enclaves, such as Waters Edge, share their name with communities elsewhere in Lee County and aren't separately added here). Confirm exact counts with the association (Lee County GIS and The Forest/Fort Myers market materials, checked August 2026).
Is The Forest in a flood zone?
Its mapped flood features break down as 100% zone AE (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.
