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The Forest Homes for Sale in Fort Myers, FL

The Forest Fort Myers homes for sale: 52 county-recorded sales at a $360,000 median, all 19 neighborhoods compared, the optional club, the tax and fee layers, the flood map and the gate. Updated October 2026.

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The Forest Fort Myers homes for sale sit inside a gated golf community on US 41 at Island Park Road in south Fort Myers, ZIP 33908, in unincorporated Lee County. The master association counts 789 homes (302 homes plus 487 condominiums and villas). Lee County recorded 52 qualified sales in The Forest at a median of $360,000 in the 12 months through September 25, 2026 (the newest sale in the county file), from $137,900 to $1,250,000. The Forest is one section of our Fort Myers homes for sale and communities guide. Updated October 2026.

Aerial view of The Forest in Fort Myers, Florida, showing its two golf courses, lakes and wooded neighborhoods off US 41 — Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP via USGS The National Map.

This page shows live listings in The Forest, what homes in The Forest actually sold for on the Lee County record, how its 19 neighborhoods differ in product and price, and the taxes, fees, club options, flood facts, schools and drive times that come with an address there. Every figure names its record and date, and every source is listed at the bottom of the page.

By Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar, Domain Realty Group. Data updated: October 2026. Call Domain Realty Group at 239-441-2816.

Key takeaways for The Forest buyers

The Forest Property Owners' Association counts 789 homes: 302 homes plus 487 condominiums and villas. The Lee County roll matches 787 home parcels in its 19 neighborhoods (348 single family and 439 condominium) in the October 2026 file.
Lee County recorded 52 qualified sales in the 12 months through September 25, 2026, at a $360,000 median, against 48 sales at $367,500 in the 12 months before that.
Single-family homes sold at a $685,000 median (16 sales) and condominiums at $286,500 (36 sales) on the same county record. Every sale was a resale.
Club membership is optional: the master association's portal calls The Forest "a non-bundled gated community," and The Forest Country Club sells separate golf, executive, limited golf, lifestyle, preview and racquets memberships.
There is no Community Development District and no county lighting or service unit on the community: the Lee County MSTBU layer returned zero features on October 27, 2026.
The 2026 property tax rate for taxing district 071 (San Carlos Fire) is 12.8482 mills, down from 13.2715 in 2025, about $1,285 per $100,000 of taxable value.
FEMA maps all 787 home parcels in Zone AE, a coastal floodplain with a base flood elevation of 11 feet (NAVD88), on panels effective November 17, 2022. Every parcel is in Lee County Evacuation Zone A.
The club is member owned: its 2024 IRS Form 990 reports $6,215,018 in dues and assessments and says equity members hold voting privileges. The club publishes no initiation or dues price.
Most homes date from the 1980s: the county roll shows a 1985 median year built, with 357 homes built from 1980 to 1984.
Every address shares the same Lee County school choice zones (elementary Zone O, middle Zone MM, high South sub-zone 2), and Gulf Coast Medical Center is 4.5 miles by road from the clubhouse.

The Forest homes for sale right now

The Forest homes for sale are linked below, filtered to The Forest development and sorted by price, with separate searches for houses and for condominiums and villas. Data updated: October 2026. Days on market, sale-to-list ratios and active-listing counts come from the MLS and are being added in our next data refresh.

Listing data refreshes from the MLS throughout the day, and a listing shown may already be under contract. Every home in The Forest is in Fort Myers, FL 33908 on the county roll, so homes for sale in The Forest Fort Myers FL and The Forest Fort Myers real estate searches return the same set.

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What do homes in The Forest sell for?

Homes in The Forest sold at a median of $360,000 on the Lee County record across 52 qualified sales in the 12 months through September 25, 2026 (the newest sale in the county file), from $137,900 to $1,250,000. Single-family homes sold at a $685,000 median and condominiums at $286,500. Data updated: October 2026. We tracked every qualified The Forest sale on the Lee County file, neighborhood by neighborhood, to build the tables below.

Lee County recorded sales	Sales	Median	Low	High	Median $ per heated sq ft
12 months, all homes	52	$360,000	$137,900	$1,250,000	$175
12 months, single family	16	$685,000	$292,500	$1,250,000	$243
12 months, condominium	36	$286,500	$137,900	$570,000	$165
Prior 12 months, all homes	48	$367,500	$132,000	$1,450,000	$191
Prior 12 months, single family	20	$550,000	$350,000	$1,450,000	$215
Prior 12 months, condominium	28	$277,500	$132,000	$410,000	$167
24 months, all homes	100	$367,500	$132,000	$1,450,000	$181

Source: Lee County Property Appraiser sale and parcel files, DOR-qualified improved sales over $1,000, index built October 27, 2026. No sale in the latest 12 months was builder-direct: every one was a resale. The county median moved down 2.0 percent, from $367,500 to $360,000, while the number of sales rose from 48 to 52.

Single-family and condominium prices moved differently

Inside that slightly lower overall median, both product types sold higher: the single-family median rose from $550,000 to $685,000 and the condominium median from $277,500 to $286,500. With fewer than 40 sales of either type per window, the mix of homes that sold moves these medians as much as the market does.

The Forest price trend since 2015

The county record shows a steady resale market with no builder-direct sales in any year since 2015. The yearly median rose from $226,500 in 2015 to $370,000 in 2024 and 2025, and sales counts ran between 33 and 80 a year.

Year	Sales	Median	Single family (sales / median)	Condo (sales / median)	Median $ per heated sq ft
2015	62	$226,500	28 / $463,750	34 / $176,000	$128
2016	33	$266,000	12 / $377,000	21 / $235,600	$138
2017	61	$250,000	24 / $407,500	37 / $195,000	$128
2018	72	$217,500	24 / $387,500	48 / $183,000	$127
2019	63	$225,000	27 / $375,000	36 / $184,500	$125
2020	80	$250,000	34 / $420,000	46 / $190,000	$132
2021	70	$283,750	22 / $589,500	48 / $227,500	$154
2022	80	$332,500	32 / $562,000	48 / $267,750	$190
2023	73	$320,000	27 / $605,000	46 / $250,000	$176
2024	71	$370,000	23 / $712,000	48 / $330,000	$211
2025	49	$370,000	21 / $540,000	28 / $257,500	$181
2026 (to date)	42	$372,500	12 / $730,000	30 / $316,500	$175

Source: Lee County Property Appraiser sale files by calendar year. Builder-direct is estimated as the first qualified sale within one year of the year built; the count is zero in every year shown. The 2024 median of $211 per heated square foot is the high point of the series, and 2025 recorded 49 sales, the fewest since 2016.

Price bands in the last 12 months

Of the 52 recorded sales, 19 closed at $300,000 or less, 16 between $300,000 and $400,000, 4 between $400,000 and $500,000, 6 between $500,000 and $750,000, 4 between $750,000 and $1,000,000, and 3 between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000. The $300,000 or less band was the busiest, and the $300,000 to $400,000 band holds most Fairway Woods and Heron condominium sales.

The highest and lowest recent sales in The Forest

Highest 12-month sales	Recorded	Price	Heated sq ft	Built	Neighborhood
16677 Panther Paw Ct	October 24, 2025	$1,250,000	3,247	2003	Oaks (The Oaks Unit One)
16937 Timberlakes Dr	June 18, 2026	$1,162,500	5,292	1985	The Forest (platted units)
16924 Timberlakes Dr	June 12, 2026	$1,025,000	4,646	1984	The Forest (platted units)
16953 Timberlakes Dr	January 30, 2026	$900,000	2,962	1988	The Forest (platted units)
16683 Bobcat Dr	February 6, 2026	$804,000	2,728	1990	The Forest (platted units)

Lowest 12-month sales	Recorded	Price	Heated sq ft	Built	Neighborhood
16341 Fairway Woods Dr #301	May 27, 2026	$137,900	1,937	1986	Fairway Woods at The Forest
16650 Partridge Place Rd #203	October 24, 2025	$145,000	1,161	1981	Partridge Place
16680 Partridge Place Rd #203	October 27, 2025	$160,000	1,161	1981	Partridge Place
16710 Partridge Place Rd #201	January 26, 2026	$170,000	1,161	1981	Partridge Place
16679 Forest Blvd #203	January 6, 2026	$190,000	1,372	1982	Quail Cove

The highest qualified sale anywhere in the county file for The Forest is $1,900,000 for 16940 Timberlakes Dr, recorded October 25, 2022, a 4,415 square foot single-family home built in 2012. Timberlakes Drive holds three of the four highest sales of the latest 12 months; the highest was in The Oaks, on Panther Paw Court.

Price per square foot in The Forest

County dollars per square foot on this page use heated (living) area from the Lee County roll, not total area under roof. On that basis the 12-month median was $175 per square foot for all homes, $243 for single-family homes and $165 for condominiums. The calendar-year peak was $211 in 2024, and the 2026 year to date sits at $175.

What the 2026 county roll says homes are worth

The 2026 Lee County roll lists a median just value of $464,923 and a median taxable value of $391,161 for single-family parcels in The Forest, on a median lot of 0.383 acres. Condominium parcels show a median just value of $217,448 and a median taxable value of $199,157. Just value is the appraiser's estimate, not a sale price.

What the county record cannot show

The county file records the price and the date a deed was recorded. It does not record the asking price, how long the home was listed or how many homes are for sale today. Those are MLS fields, and they are being added in our next data refresh; the listing links above show current inventory now.

The Forest neighborhoods compared

The Forest is 19 neighborhood groups on the Lee County roll, from three platted single-family units and The Oaks to ten condominium projects and three villa groups. The neighborhood decides the product, the size and most of the price. The table shows each group's homes and its sales over 24 months. Data updated: October 2026.

Neighborhood (county legal name)	Homes	Product	Year built	Median heated sq ft	24-month sales	24-month median
The Forest (platted units)	177	Single family	1980 to 2012	2,639	22	$550,000
Fairway Woods at The Forest	118	Condominium	1986 to 1991	1,937	15	$350,000
Oaks (The Oaks Unit One)	72	Single family	1987 to 2022	3,285	5	$955,000
Partridge Place	56	Condominium	1981	1,161	15	$170,000
Forest (platted unit legal spelling)	50	Single family	1982 to 2025	3,082	6	$554,975
Dove Hollow	48	Condominium	1981 to 1982	1,419	4	$247,500
Heron Coach Houses	48	Condominium	1990 to 1992	1,679	3	$308,000
Dove's Nest (two county spellings, 24 + 24)	48	Condominium	1983 to 1984	1,419	5	$260,000
Waters Edge	36	Condominium	1984 to 2015	1,989	4	$414,500
Sparrowood	30	Condominium	1984 to 1985	1,773	4	$255,000
Quail Cove	24	Condominium	1982	1,459	6	$312,000
Eagle's Landing (two county spellings, 19 + 1)	20	Single family	1984	2,005	2	$370,000 and $505,000
Pheasant Court Villas	17	Single family (villas)	1981	1,387	0	none
Partridge Court	16	Condominium	1981	1,161	2	$198,500
Heron Coach House Villas	15	Condominium	1995 to 1997	1,993	6	$399,500
Falcon Crest One	11	Single family	1998 to 2004	2,663	1	$435,000

Source: Lee County Property Appraiser parcel roll and qualified sales, grouped by the short legal description, 24 months to the October 27, 2026 index. One parcel spelled "The Fores Unit Three" is counted in the community total but not the table. A median of two to six sales is a range, not a price.

The Forest Units 1 to 3, the platted single-family core

The largest single-family group is recorded under The Forest unit plats (Unit 1, Plat Book 33 Page 86; Unit 2, Plat Book 34 Pages 20 to 22; Unit Three, Plat Book 35 Page 34). The county groups 177 homes under "The Forest" and 50 under "Forest," built 1980 to 2025, on streets such as Timberlakes Drive, Bobcat Drive, Bobcat Court, Deer Run and Bear Cub Court. The 177-home group recorded 22 sales in 24 months at a $550,000 median, and its 12-month sales ran from $292,500 on Deer Run to $1,162,500 on Timberlakes Drive.

The Oaks Unit One

The Oaks Unit One (Plat Book 37 Pages 51 to 55) holds 72 single-family homes built 1987 to 2022 on Forest Oaks Drive and Panther Paw Court, with the largest median floor plan in The Forest at 3,285 heated square feet. Only 5 sales were recorded in 24 months, at a $955,000 median. The master association's 2022 board roster seats Phase IV lot representatives on these two streets, which places The Oaks inside the master association.

Falcon Crest One

Falcon Crest One (Plat Book 65 Pages 96 to 97) is the newest platted group: 11 single-family homes built 1998 to 2004, with a 2,663 square foot median heated area. It recorded one sale in 24 months, $435,000 for 7222 Falcon Crest Ct on August 18, 2026. Falcon Crest Homeowners Association has been active since November 15, 1996.

Eagle's Landing

Eagle's Landing is 20 detached homes built in 1984, recorded in Official Records Book 1752 Page 2437 and spelled two ways on the county roll. The median heated area is about 2,000 square feet. One 12-month sale is on the record: $505,000 for 16588 Timberlakes Dr #1, recorded May 4, 2026. The county codes these homes single family; the master association seats Eagle's Landing on its condominiums and villas side.

Pheasant Court Villas

Pheasant Court Villas is 17 fee-simple villas built in 1981 (Official Records Book 1453 Page 1657), with a 1,387 square foot median heated area. No qualified sale was recorded in the last 24 months, so listings here are rare. Pheasant Court Villas Homeowners' Association, filed September 12, 1980, governs them; they are villas, not condominiums.

Fairway Woods at The Forest

Fairway Woods is the largest condominium group: 118 homes in three sections built 1986 to 1991, with a 1,937 square foot median heated area and some 2,962 square foot units. It recorded 15 sales in 24 months at a $350,000 median, and 11 Fairway Woods sales in the latest 12 months ran from $137,900 to $395,000, including the lowest sale in The Forest. Section III merged into the Section II association on August 23, 1991.

Partridge Place and Partridge Court

Partridge Place (56 condominium homes) and Partridge Court (16) were both built in 1981, the earliest condominiums in The Forest, with a 1,161 square foot median heated area. Partridge Place recorded 15 sales in 24 months at a $170,000 median; its five 12-month sales ran from $145,000 to $330,000. Partridge Court recorded 2 sales at a $198,500 median.

Dove Hollow

Dove Hollow is 48 condominium homes built 1981 and 1982 on Timberlakes Drive, with a 1,419 square foot median heated area. The county recorded 4 sales in 24 months at a $247,500 median, three of them in the latest 12 months, from $225,000 to $265,000. Dove Hollow Condominium Association has been active since February 9, 1981.

Dove's Nest

Dove's Nest is 48 condominium homes built 1983 and 1984, recorded under two county spellings (Dove Nest and Doves Nest, 24 each), with a 1,419 square foot median heated area. Three 12-month sales ran from $200,000 to $330,000; the $330,000 sale was a 1,964 square foot unit at 16460 Timberlakes Dr #202.

Quail Cove

Quail Cove is 24 condominium homes built in 1982 on Forest Boulevard, with a 1,459 square foot median heated area and a pool and tennis court among its common elements on the county legal. It recorded 6 sales in 24 months at a $312,000 median; its two 12-month sales were $190,000 and $257,500.

Waters Edge

Waters Edge is 36 condominium homes built 1984 to 2015 on Waters Edge Court, with a 1,989 square foot median heated area. It recorded 4 sales in 24 months at a $414,500 median, and its three 12-month sales ran from $325,000 to $520,000. A different Waters Edge at Peppertree Pointe is a separate community and is not counted here.

Sparrowood

Sparrowood is 30 condominium homes built 1984 and 1985 on Cougar Run, with a 1,773 square foot median heated area. It is the only three-story residential building group in The Forest. Three 12-month sales ran from $230,000 to $265,000, including the newest sale in the file, $230,000 for 6216 Cougar Run #102 on September 11, 2026.

Heron Coach Houses

Heron Coach Houses is 48 condominium homes built 1990 to 1992 on Heron Coach Way, with a 1,679 square foot median heated area. The county recorded 3 sales in 24 months at a $308,000 median; its 12-month sales were $308,000 and $385,000. Heron owners sit under a third association tier, The Heron Master Association.

Heron Coach House Villas

Heron Coach House Villas is 15 homes built 1995 to 1997, organized as a land condominium, with a 1,993 square foot median heated area. It recorded 6 sales in 24 months at a $399,500 median, and four 12-month sales ran from $375,000 to $570,000, the highest condominium sale in The Forest in the window.

Nearby names that are not part of The Forest

Timberwood Village I, II and III and The Forest Villas sit beside The Forest but are outside the master association: they are absent from its board roster and have their own associations. Waters Edge at Peppertree Pointe and Forest Ridge Shores are separate communities with similar names. None of them is counted in the figures on this page.

How many homes are in The Forest?

The Forest has 789 homes by the master association's count: 302 homes plus 487 condominiums and villas, stated on its resident portal and in its 2022 emergency plan. The Lee County roll matches 787 home parcels in the same 19 neighborhoods (348 single family and 439 condominium), plus 3 vacant lots, in its October 2026 file.

What the homes are like on the county roll

The county roll records 428 one-story and 316 two-story home parcels in The Forest, with 30 at three stories. It flags a pool on 733 of the 787 home parcels and a garage on 72 percent, and records a golf land view on 715. Single-family homes have a 2,710 square foot median heated area and condominiums 1,773.

When the homes were built

The county roll gives a year-built span of 1980 to 2025 and a median of 1985. By five-year band: 357 homes were built 1980 to 1984, 228 from 1985 to 1989, 135 from 1990 to 1994, 29 from 1995 to 1999, 19 from 2000 to 2004 and 19 from 2005 on. Most homes in The Forest are from its first decade.

Is club membership required in The Forest?

No. Club membership in The Forest is optional. The Forest Property Owners' Association's resident portal says "The Forest is a non-bundled gated community" and that the tennis court, pro shop, clubhouse and golf courses "are available with a membership at the Forest Country Club." The club sells separate membership categories instead of attaching one to each home.

The Forest Country Club membership categories

As of October 27, 2026 the club's membership page lists Golf (full and individual), Executive (for households whose eldest member is under 54), Limited Golf (limited golf in the six-month peak season and unlimited May through October), Lifestyle (no golf), Preview (2, 3 or 4 months, once per household) and Racquets. The page also advertises limited-time offers for new homeowners, with no dates or prices.

An equity club, on the IRS record

The Forest Country Club, Inc. (Sunbiz N27454, filed July 15, 1988) files as a tax-exempt club. Its 2024 Form 990, filed November 14, 2025, reports $6,215,018 in membership dues and assessments and $2,489,022 in food and beverage revenue, and says equity members hold voting privileges. Dues were $5,556,818 in 2023 and $5,332,112 in 2022, a 16.6 percent rise from 2022 to 2024.

What the club does not publish

The club publishes no 2026 initiation fee, annual dues, capital contribution, food and beverage minimum or transfer fee. Its membership page sends buyers to an inquiry form. The Form 990 lists equity voting classes named Golf, Social, Tennis, Equity Exchange and Executive, which do not map one to one onto the marketed categories, so the club's membership plan is the document that settles price and equity terms.

The Bear and Bobcat golf courses

The Forest Country Club has two walkable 18-hole courses, the Bear and the Bobcat, both par 72 on the club's fact sheet, set on land the club owns. The club markets "no off season, no restricted tee times, and no waitlists" and a new practice facility. The club's fact sheet names Kipp Schulties as the Bear course architect for its renovation era.

Racquets, bocce and fitness

The club lists six Har-Tru Hydro clay tennis courts, three of them lighted, weekly pickleball open play, and two lighted bocce courts with a league of more than 400 members. Its fitness center overlooks the nature preserve and runs yoga, pilates, barre, strength and balance classes seven days a week. The club says its tennis program was voted best of tennis by Gulfshore Life six years in a row.

Is The Forest gated?

Yes. The Forest is a gated community. The master association's 2022 emergency plan, the newest first-party statement on gate hours, lists the main gate as manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and the Island Park gate as manned seven days from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., with barcode vehicle access. Those hours are as of May 2022.

Visitor access and security

Visitors are registered through the DwellingLive visitor system linked from the association's website. The 2022 emergency plan names Weiser Security as the gate contractor and lists the main gatehouse at 239-482-6666. The current security contract and staffing hours are not published on a public page, so confirm them with the association's documents.

Private roads paid by the master association

The roads inside the gates are private: the master association owns the private right-of-way and canal easement tracts, so road paving, lighting and drainage come from its assessment rather than a county unit. A Lee County permit for milling, paving, new speed tables and restriping at 5950 Forest Boulevard was finaled April 17, 2024.

Who governs The Forest?

The Forest Property Owners' Association, Inc. governs The Forest as the master association, filed with the state on December 7, 1979 (Sunbiz 750095) and managed by FirstService Residential. Each condominium and villa group also has its own association, so those owners answer to two associations, and Heron owners to three.

The master association board

The association's 2022 emergency plan lays out its board: three lot representatives from each of Phases I to IV (twelve seats) and one seat for each of fourteen condominium and villa associations (Dove Hollow, Doves Nest, Eagles Landing, Fairway Woods I, Fairway Woods II, Falcon Crest, The Heron, The Heron Villas, Partridge Court, Partridge Place, Pheasant Court, Quail Cove, Sparrowood and Waters Edge).

Sub-associations and their managers

Association	Sunbiz number	Filed	Manager or agent of record
Fairway Woods at The Forest I Condominium Association	N14211	April 7, 1986	D and D Association Services
Fairway Woods at The Forest II Condominium Association (Sections II and III)	N21407	June 30, 1987	D and D Association Services
The Heron Master Association	N37193	March 21, 1990	D and D Association Services
The Heron Coach Houses Condominium Association	N37192	March 21, 1990	Paragon Financial Services
The Heron Coach House Villas Condominium Association	N95000000083	January 6, 1995	D and D Association Services
Dove Hollow Condominium Association	756249	February 9, 1981	Alliant Property Management
Pheasant Court Villas Homeowners' Association	754147	September 12, 1980	D and D Association Services
Falcon Crest Homeowners Association	N96000005852	November 15, 1996	Perkins Accounting

Source: Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) records and the master association's directory, as carried in our research file dated September 1, 2026. Other condominium associations are listed with the state's Division of Condominiums by project.

The recorded master declaration

The master declaration and its amendments were not located in the sources we could read: the Lee County Clerk's official records system did not respond during our research on October 27, 2026. Because amendments can change any clause, this page quotes no declaration text. The declaration for each condominium is recorded at the Official Records book and page shown in the neighborhood sections above.

Is The Forest a 55+ community?

No source we read says The Forest is age restricted. The master association's portal, its 2022 emergency plan and the club's website state no housing age rule. The club's Executive category is limited by age, but that is a membership rule, not a housing restriction. A recorded 55+ rule would appear in a declaration, and the master declaration was not located.

Leasing and pet rules

The master association and the sub-associations do not publish leasing minimums, pet limits or vehicle rules on public pages; their documents sit behind the resident portal login. Each condominium's declaration and rules decide these, so ask for them with the estoppel and resale documents for the exact home before you write an offer.

Condominium safety inspections and reserve studies

Sparrowood is the only three-story residential building group in The Forest (three buildings, 30 units), so the Florida milestone inspection law (section 553.899) and the structural integrity reserve study rules in section 718.112 apply to it. The other condominium groups are recorded at one or two stories. Ask any condominium association for its latest inspection and reserve documents.

What does it cost to own in The Forest?

The Forest ownership costs stack in these layers: property tax at the taxing district 071 rate, the Lee County solid waste assessment, the master association assessment, a sub-association fee for condominium and villa owners, and private sewer and fiber charges. There is no CDD, and club membership is optional. Data updated: October 2026.

Cost layer	Amount	Period and source
Community Development District	None, $0	Lee County MSTBU layer, zero features, October 27, 2026
County lighting or service unit (MSTU or MSBU)	None	Same query; no line in the district 071 millage table
Property tax, district 071 (San Carlos Fire)	12.8482 mills	Lee County 2026 millage book, printed October 9, 2026
Solid waste, Lee County Service Area 2	$348.75 per single-family unit plus a $2.55 billing charge	FY2026 county rate; FY2027 rate not published in the sources we read
Master association (The Forest Property Owners' Association)	Not published	Stated on the estoppel certificate for the home
Condominium or villa association	Not published	Estoppel certificate and adopted budget
Club initiation and dues	Not published	Optional; club membership office
HOA estoppel certificate	Up to $250, plus up to $100 expedited and up to $150 if delinquent	Florida Statutes 720.30851

No CDD in The Forest

The Forest has no Community Development District. Three checks agree: the Lee County MSTBU map layer returned zero features at the master association's common-element parcel on October 27, 2026; the 2026 millage table for taxing district 071 has no CDD line; and Lee County's list of special districts shows no Forest-named district. Confirm any single address on its Lee County Property Appraiser tax page.

Property taxes in taxing district 071

The Forest's home parcels are in Lee County taxing district 071, San Carlos Fire. The 2026 total is 12.8482 mills, down from 13.2715 in 2025, almost entirely because the San Carlos Park Fire District's rate fell from 2.3590 to 1.9859 mills. Each $100,000 of taxable value costs $1,284.82 at the 2026 rate, against $1,327.15 in 2025.

Taxing authority, district 071	2026 mills	2025 mills
Lee County general revenue	3.7623	3.7623
School, state law	3.0230	3.0710
School, local board	2.2480	2.2480
San Carlos Park Fire District	1.9859	2.3590
Lee County Unincorporated MSTU (general county services)	0.8398	0.8398
Lee County Library District	0.4218	0.4218
Mosquito Control District	0.2096	0.2116
SFWMD Okeechobee Basin	0.1026	0.1026
SFWMD district-wide	0.0948	0.0948
Lee County All Hazards Protection District	0.0693	0.0693
West Coast Inland Navigation District	0.0394	0.0394
SFWMD Everglades Construction Project	0.0327	0.0327
Hyacinth Control District	0.0190	0.0192
Total	12.8482	13.2715

Source: Lee County Property Appraiser 2026 Taxing District Millage Book (printed October 9, 2026) and 2025 book (printed October 13, 2025), district 071 page, actual column. On $500,000 of taxable value the 2026 rate comes to $6,424.10, against $6,635.75 in 2025, a difference of $211.65. The county's live parcel layer showed one edge parcel in a different district, so check the exact parcel's bill.

The San Carlos Park Fire District rate

San Carlos Park Fire Protection and Rescue Service District serves The Forest; its 2000 charter includes all of Section 1, Township 46 South, Range 24 East, the section holding most of the community. Its FY2026/27 final budget sets 1.9859 mills on $10,319,121,546 of taxable value; staff had suggested 2.2987 mills at the July 2026 proposal stage.

Solid waste and other non-ad valorem lines

The Forest is in Lee County Solid Waste Service Area 2. The FY2026 residential assessment was $348.75 per single-family unit plus a $2.55 administrative billing charge, with a 4 percent early-payment discount. The FY2027 Area 2 amount was not published in the sources we read; the exact figure appears as a non-ad valorem line on each parcel's Property Appraiser page.

Master and sub-association dues

The master association does not publish its assessment on a public page; its budget and account balances sit behind the resident portal login. None of the condominium or villa associations publishes its fee either. Florida law makes the estoppel certificate state the regular periodic assessment and how often it is due, so the certificate for the exact home is the document to read.

Estoppel certificate fees

Under Florida Statutes 720.30851, a homeowners' association must issue an estoppel certificate within 10 business days of a written request and may charge no more than $250, plus up to $100 for delivery within 3 business days and up to $150 more if amounts are delinquent. Condominium estoppel certificates follow section 718.116. FirstService Residential's resale documents page handles master association requests.

Club costs for members

Club membership is a separate, optional cost. The club publishes no initiation fee, dues, capital contribution or food and beverage minimum for 2026; its IRS filing reports $6,215,018 in total dues and assessments for 2024 across all members. A buyer who wants to join should ask for the membership plan and fee schedule before closing.

Sewer, water and fiber

Wastewater service comes from Forest Utilities, Inc., a private utility filed with the state on September 12, 1980; its rate is not published. The master association's directory lists it separately from Lee County Utilities. Fiber service comes through a Hotwire Communications arrangement whose charge is not published; Waters Edge, Eagle's Landing and Dove Hollow recorded communication easements to Hotwire after Hurricane Ian.

A worked yearly cost example for a single-family home

Take a single-family home at the 2026 roll's median single-family taxable value in The Forest, $391,161. Property tax at 12.8482 mills is $5,025.71. Add the FY2026 solid waste assessment of $348.75 and the $2.55 billing charge, and the published yearly total is $5,377.01. Master association dues, insurance, utilities and any club membership come on top. Homestead and other exemptions change the taxable value, so run this with the exact home's tax bill.

Line	Yearly amount
Property tax ($391,161 x 12.8482 / 1,000)	$5,025.71
CDD assessment	$0.00
Solid waste, Area 2 (FY2026)	$348.75
Solid waste billing charge (FY2026)	$2.55
Master association assessment	Not published
Total of published lines	$5,377.01

Special assessments

Whether any master or condominium association has levied a special assessment in the last five years could not be measured: association minutes sit behind the resident portal and the Clerk's records system did not respond during our research. That is a gap, not a finding of none, so ask the seller and the association in writing before you close.

Is The Forest in a flood zone?

Yes. FEMA maps all 787 home parcels in The Forest in Zone AE, a coastal floodplain and special flood hazard area, with a base flood elevation of 11 feet (NAVD88), on maps effective November 17, 2022. That is a lookup result for the whole community; the exact home's elevation certificate decides its flood insurance rating.

FEMA map panels for The Forest

The Forest sits on two FEMA flood insurance rate map panels, both effective November 17, 2022: 12071C0438H covers 574 of the home parcels and 12071C0576H covers 213. Every parcel returns the same result, Zone AE with a static base flood elevation of 11.0 feet. Search any address at the FEMA Flood Map Service Center.

Why the whole community is Zone AE

The Zone AE here is a coastal, surge-driven floodplain from the 2022 countywide flood study, which is why one static base flood elevation covers every parcel. Lee County's watershed layers place all 787 parcels in the Hendry Creek watershed, subwatershed He4, which drains toward Estero Bay. Storm surge reaches the area through Hendry Creek and its canal and wetland network.

Ground elevation in The Forest

A sample of 40 parcels on the USGS 3D Elevation Program found ground elevations from 6.00 to 8.76 feet (NAVD88), with a median of 6.44 feet, about 4.6 feet below the 11-foot base flood elevation. Ground elevation is not the lowest floor elevation: many homes and upper-floor condominiums sit higher, and only an elevation certificate shows a building's floor height.

Letters of map change

No FEMA letter of map amendment or revision falls inside The Forest in FEMA's map change layer. The box around the community holds 97 such letters; the nearest is 0.54 miles from the community's center, and a cluster of post-2022 approvals sits 0.6 to 0.9 miles away in Coves of Estero Bay II. An owner can still apply for a letter for a single structure.

The Forest evacuation zone

All 787 home parcels in The Forest are in Lee County Hurricane Evacuation Zone A, the first and lowest of the county's A to E storm surge zones, on both of the county's evacuation layers. An evacuation zone measures storm surge exposure and is separate from the FEMA flood zone. Check any address with the state's Know Your Zone tool.

Hurricane Ian in 2022

Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa on September 28, 2022. The National Hurricane Center measured 7.26 feet above normal high tide at the Fort Myers gauge on the Caloosahatchee and 8 to 12 feet above ground in Estero and Bonita Springs; a high water mark about 1.9 miles from the clubhouse showed 8.31 feet above ground. In Lee County at least 52,514 structures were affected.

Flood insurance claims near The Forest

FEMA's claims data shows 284 National Flood Insurance Program claims from Ian in the census block group that includes The Forest, with $32,254,240 paid on buildings and $2,851,331 on contents, and a median building payment of $39,158. The block group can include neighboring properties, so these counts describe the corridor, not The Forest alone.

Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024

Helene (September 26, 2024) brought 3 to 5 feet of surge from south of Englewood to Bonita Beach, and the Fort Myers gauge peaked 5.12 feet above normal high tide. Milton (October 9, 2024) brought 4 to 6 feet from south of Boca Grande through Bonita Beach and 5.27 feet at the same gauge. The same block group shows 3 Milton claims ($96,322) and 2 Helene claims ($219,961).

Flood insurance and the Community Rating System

The Forest is in unincorporated Lee County's flood insurance community (NFIP 125124), which FEMA's claims file lists at Community Rating System Class 5 as of September 8, 2026. A participating community earns discounts on flood premiums in special flood hazard areas, but the rating can change, so confirm the discount on the policy quote for the exact home.

The 50 percent rule after damage or renovation

Under FEMA's substantial improvement and substantial damage rule, if repair or improvement costs reach 50 percent of a building's pre-damage market value, the building must be brought up to current floodplain standards, usually by elevating it above the base flood elevation. Lee County makes that call by address, so ask about any past determinations before you buy.

Flood map changes to watch

A Federal Register notice of May 18, 2026 lists a map revision case for unincorporated Lee County (25-04-1807P) without naming its location, and it is not on FEMA's map change layer. FEMA's current panels 12071C0438H and 12071C0576H remain in effect; check the address again on FEMA's map service center on the day you write an offer.

Schools near The Forest

The Forest falls entirely in one set of Lee County school choice zones for 2026-27: elementary Proximity Zone O, middle Zone MM and the South high school zone, sub-zone 2, on the district's zone maps for all 787 home parcels. Lee County assigns students by ranked choice among the schools in a zone, not to one neighborhood school.

Choice zones for The Forest addresses

Zone O elementary choices are Rayma C. Page, Heights, Tanglewood and Villas; Zone MM middle choices are Cypress Lake Middle and Lexington Middle. The South sub-zone 2 high school list parsed from the district plan includes Cypress Lake, Fort Myers, Estero, Bonita Springs, South Fort Myers and Dunbar; confirm the list and any address with the district's school zone tool before relying on it.

2026 school grades

School	2026 grade	2025 grade	Drive from the clubhouse
Rayma C. Page Elementary	A	A	1.4 mi, about 4.5 min
Heights Elementary	A	B	6.2 mi, about 12.3 min
Tanglewood Elementary	B	A	not routed
Villas Elementary	B	B	5.3 mi, about 11.6 min
Cypress Lake Middle	A	A	5.4 mi, about 11.3 min
Lexington Middle	B	C	6.1 mi, about 13.5 min
Cypress Lake High	A	B	5.6 mi, about 12.2 min
Fort Myers High	A	B	not routed
Estero High	B	B	not routed
Bonita Springs High	B	B	not routed
South Fort Myers High	C	C	4.4 mi, about 9.2 min
Dunbar High	C	C	not routed

Source: Florida Department of Education 2025-26 school grades, file dated September 1, 2026; Lee County 2026-27 proximity zones; OSRM free-flow driving routes from the clubhouse.

Rayma C. Page Elementary and the two-mile preference

Rayma C. Page Elementary, at 17000 S Tamiami Trail, is 0.72 to 1.96 straight-line miles from every home parcel in The Forest (median 1.41), so every address falls inside the district plan's two-mile P1 lottery preference. The plan says P1 students are not given district bus service, and a seat is not guaranteed.

Healthcare near The Forest

The Forest is about 10 minutes by road from Gulf Coast Medical Center, Lee Health's trauma and emergency hospital on Doctors Way, at 4.5 miles from the clubhouse in free-flow traffic, and about 13 minutes from HealthPark Medical Center, 6.1 miles away. Both are Lee Health hospitals in Fort Myers.

Gulf Coast Medical Center

Gulf Coast Medical Center, 13681 Doctors Way, Fort Myers, runs an emergency department with a trauma center and is an accredited comprehensive stroke center, per Lee Health. The route from the clubhouse runs Forest Boulevard, US 41, Six Mile Cypress Parkway and Metro Parkway: 4.5 miles and about 10 minutes free-flow, or 5.8 miles and about 15 minutes from the median home.

HealthPark Medical Center and Golisano Children's Hospital

HealthPark Medical Center, 9981 S HealthPark Drive, Fort Myers, includes an emergency department and Golisano Children's Hospital's emergency care, per Lee Health. It is 6.1 miles and about 13 minutes from the clubhouse by US 41, Gladiolus Drive and Bass Road in free-flow traffic.

Where is The Forest?

The Forest is in south Fort Myers, ZIP 33908, on US 41 at Island Park Road, with the club at 6100 Club Boulevard. It is in unincorporated Lee County, not the City of Fort Myers. Bell Tower Shops is 3.5 miles from the clubhouse and RSW airport 11.2 miles by road. Data updated: October 2026.

From the clubhouse, by road (free flow)	Miles	Minutes
Rayma C. Page Elementary	1.4	4.5
Bell Tower Shops	3.5	8.0
Gulf Coast Medical Center	4.5	10.0
Gulf Coast Town Center	5.4	12.1
HealthPark Medical Center	6.1	13.3
Florida Gulf Coast University	8.2	17.5
JetBlue Park	10.0	18.3
Downtown Fort Myers (First St and Hendry St)	10.3	21.1
I-75 at exit 131, Daniels Parkway (approximate point)	11.1	21.0
Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW)	11.2	21.4
Fort Myers Beach (Times Square)	11.2	22.8
Sanibel Causeway toll plaza	12.2	21.2

Source: OSRM routes from the clubhouse, free-flow with no traffic or signal delay, so season and rush hour add time. From the median home point, add about 1 to 1.5 miles and 4 to 5 minutes for the drive through the community to the first main road. For nearby communities with their own county-record tables, see our Paseo homes for sale and Gulf Harbour homes for sale guides.

Is The Forest in the City of Fort Myers?

No. The Forest is in unincorporated Lee County, in the San Carlos planning community, the San Carlos Park Fire District and Solid Waste Area 2, with Lee County zoning (RM-2 on 641 home parcels and PUD on 146). The mailing city is Fort Myers for every home, but the county, not the City, handles zoning, permits and the flood insurance community.

What is on the county docket near The Forest

Lee County lists a special exception (SEZ2026-00001) and a variance (VAR2026-00001) for a 149-foot monopole wireless tower at The Forest Country Club, both marked "Schedule for HEX Hearing" as of October 27, 2026; the hearing examiner's decision was not published in the sources we read. Dia Crossing Residential, 350 units, received its development order (DOS2025-00038) on March 20, 2026, 0.35 miles away.

How The Forest compares with nearby communities

The Forest is the oldest of these three Fort Myers communities on the county roll and recorded the lowest median price per heated square foot of the three in the latest 12 months. The table compares The Forest with Pelican Preserve and Paseo homes for sale on one yardstick: Lee County qualified sales over 12 months. Data updated: October 2026.

Lee County record, 12 months	The Forest	Pelican Preserve	Paseo
Homes on the county roll	787	2,342	1,143
Year built	1980 to 2025	2000 to 2022	2006 to 2017
Median year built	1985	2014	2012
Qualified sales	52	159	67
Median sale price	$360,000	$425,000	$373,500
Prior 12-month median	$367,500	$456,000	$372,500
Single-family median	$685,000	$455,000	$675,000
Condominium median	$286,500	$352,500	$330,000
Median $ per heated sq ft	$175	$244	$232
Newest qualified sale in the file	September 11, 2026	September 15, 2026	August 28, 2026

Source: Lee County Property Appraiser sale and parcel files, DOR-qualified sales, index built October 27, 2026, matched on each community's plat names.

How to read the comparison table

The three counts use each community's plat names on the county roll, so they can differ from association totals: The Forest's association counts 789 homes. Each community's mix of condominiums and single-family homes moves its overall median, so compare the single-family and condominium rows as well. The table is a record comparison, not a ranking.

The history of The Forest

The Forest began in 1979: Timberlakes Limited Partnership was filed with the state on May 31, 1979, The Forest Property Owners' Association followed on December 7, 1979, and Lee County approved the RM-2 rezoning in 1980 with a 759-unit cap. Most homes were built in the 1980s, and the club bought its golf land in 1989.

Timberlakes and the first plats

The original developer was Timberlakes Limited Partnership, succeeded by The Forest Joint Venture. Lee County zoning case Z-80-111/111A (1980) set conventional RM-2 zoning, not a planned development, with a 759-unit cap. The Oaks came under its own 1982 planned development (Z-82-009). The association's portal gives 1979 as the year developed.

Builders of the 1980s

The state's condominium records name Timberlakes Ltd. as developer of Partridge Place, Partridge Court and Quail Cove, and The Forest Joint Venture for Dove's Nest and the Heron groups. Rutenberg-Gnagey Ltd. built Fairway Woods Section I in 1986 and Arthur Rutenberg Corp. Sections II and III in 1987. Sparrowood was built by Mare Properties Inc in 1984 and 1985, then Sun-Op Forest Inc in 1986.

The club corporation and the golf land

The Forest Country Club, Inc., first filed as a membership association, was incorporated July 15, 1988. The county sale record shows the golf land, recorded at Official Records Book 2042 Page 4511, transferring January 1, 1989 for $7,900,000 to the club membership. The club, not the property owners' association, owns the courses today.

The 1990s: Heron and Falcon Crest

The Heron Master Association and The Heron Coach Houses Condominium Association were both filed March 21, 1990, and Heron Coach Houses were built 1990 to 1992. The Heron Coach House Villas association followed on January 6, 1995, with villas built 1995 to 1997. Falcon Crest Homeowners Association was filed November 15, 1996, and Falcon Crest One homes date from 1998 to 2004.

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Frequently Asked Questions about The Forest homes for sale

These are the questions The Forest buyers ask most, answered from the Lee County record, the master association's published pages, the club's website and IRS filing, the Lee County millage book, FEMA's flood map and the Florida Department of Education. Each answer carries the same dates as the sections above, so every figure can be checked against its source below.

What is The Forest in Fort Myers?

The Forest is a gated golf community in south Fort Myers, ZIP 33908, in unincorporated Lee County. The master association counts 789 homes in 19 neighborhoods, from single-family homes on Timberlakes Drive to condominiums such as Fairway Woods. The Forest Country Club, a member-owned equity club, owns the Bear and Bobcat golf courses.

How many homes are in The Forest?

The Forest Property Owners' Association counts 789 homes: 302 homes plus 487 condominiums and villas. The Lee County roll matches 787 home parcels in the same neighborhoods (348 single family and 439 condominium) in its October 2026 file, because the county codes three villa groups as single family. Three vacant lots also sit on the roll.

What is the median home price in The Forest?

$360,000 on the Lee County record, across 52 qualified sales in the 12 months through September 25, 2026. The 24-month median was $367,500 on 100 sales, and the 12 months before that recorded 48 sales at a $367,500 median, so the 12-month median moved down 2.0 percent while the number of sales rose.

How many homes sold in The Forest last year?

Lee County recorded 52 qualified sales in The Forest in the 12 months through September 25, 2026, up from 48 in the 12 months before that. In calendar 2025 the county recorded 49 sales at a $370,000 median, and 42 sales were recorded in 2026 through mid-September at a $372,500 median.

What are condo prices in The Forest Fort Myers FL?

Condominiums in The Forest sold at a $286,500 median across 36 recorded sales in the latest 12 months, from $137,900 in Fairway Woods to $570,000 in Heron Coach House Villas. Condominium neighborhoods include Fairway Woods, Partridge Place, Partridge Court, Dove Hollow, Dove's Nest, Quail Cove, Waters Edge, Sparrowood and the two Heron groups.

What are single-family home prices in The Forest?

Single-family homes sold at a $685,000 median across 16 recorded sales in the latest 12 months, from $292,500 on Deer Run to $1,250,000 on Panther Paw Court. The Oaks Unit One recorded a $955,000 median on 5 sales over 24 months, and the main platted group $550,000 on 22 sales.

What is the most expensive home sold recently in The Forest?

The highest sale in the latest 12 months was $1,250,000 for 16677 Panther Paw Ct in The Oaks, a 3,247 square foot home built in 2003, recorded October 24, 2025. The highest qualified sale in the county file for The Forest is $1,900,000 for 16940 Timberlakes Dr, recorded October 25, 2022.

What is the least expensive way into The Forest?

The lowest 12-month sales were condominiums: $137,900 for a Fairway Woods unit, then $145,000, $160,000 and $170,000 in Partridge Place. Partridge Place and Partridge Court, built in 1981 with a 1,161 square foot median heated area, carry the lowest 24-month medians, $170,000 and $198,500, on the county record.

Are there new homes for sale in The Forest?

No builder sells new homes in The Forest. The county record shows no builder-direct sale in any year since 2015, and all 52 sales in the latest 12 months were resales. The roll shows a 1985 median year built, with one home built in 2025, so nearly every listing is a resale.

Is club membership mandatory in The Forest?

No. The master association's portal calls The Forest "a non-bundled gated community" where golf, tennis and the clubhouse are available with a club membership. The Forest Country Club sells separate golf, executive, limited golf, lifestyle, preview and racquets categories. The recorded declarations were not located, so confirm on the home's estoppel certificate.

How much does it cost to join The Forest Country Club?

The club does not publish its 2026 initiation fee, annual dues, capital contribution or food and beverage minimum; its membership page sends buyers to an inquiry form. Its 2024 IRS Form 990 reports $6,215,018 in dues and assessments across all members. Ask the club for its membership plan and fee schedule.

Is The Forest Country Club private?

Yes. The Forest Country Club is a private, member-owned club. Its 2024 Form 990, filed November 14, 2025, says equity members hold voting privileges, and the club corporation (Sunbiz N27454, filed July 15, 1988) owns the golf land. The property owners' association does not own the courses or clubhouse.

How many golf courses does The Forest have?

Two. The Forest Country Club's Bear and Bobcat courses are both 18 holes and par 72 on the club's fact sheet, and the club calls them walkable. The club markets no off season, no restricted tee times and no waitlists, plus a new practice facility with an expanded practice tee and short-game area.

What amenities does The Forest Country Club have?

The club lists a clubhouse with lounge areas, dining rooms and a patio, the Gumbo Limbo outdoor bar, a fitness center with classes seven days a week, six Har-Tru Hydro clay tennis courts (three lighted), pickleball open play and two lighted bocce courts. Club amenities require a membership.

Does The Forest have a community pool?

The club lists no pool of its own. Several condominium associations own pools as common elements on their county legals, including Partridge Court, Quail Cove, Sparrowood and Fairway Woods I, and the county roll flags a pool on 733 of 787 home parcels. Check the pool access for the exact home.

Does The Forest have a CDD?

No. The Lee County MSTBU map layer returned zero features at the master association's parcel on October 27, 2026, the 2026 millage table for taxing district 071 has no CDD line, and Lee County's special district list shows no Forest-named district. Confirm any single address on its Property Appraiser tax page.

What are The Forest Fort Myers HOA fees?

The master association and the condominium and villa associations do not publish their fees on public pages; budgets sit behind the resident portal login. The estoppel certificate for the exact home must state the regular assessment and its frequency under Florida Statutes 720.30851, so read it before you close. Condominium owners pay two fees.

What is the property tax rate in The Forest?

Homes in The Forest are in Lee County taxing district 071, San Carlos Fire, at 12.8482 mills for 2026, or $1,284.82 per $100,000 of taxable value, down from 13.2715 mills in 2025. The drop came mainly from the San Carlos Park Fire District rate, which fell from 2.3590 to 1.9859 mills.

How much are property taxes on a typical home in The Forest?

At the 2026 roll's median single-family taxable value of $391,161, property tax at 12.8482 mills is $5,025.71 a year; at the median condominium taxable value of $199,157 it is $2,558.81. Homestead and other exemptions change taxable value, so use the exact home's tax bill for planning.

Who manages The Forest?

FirstService Residential manages The Forest Property Owners' Association, the master association filed December 7, 1979 (Sunbiz 750095). Each condominium and villa group has its own association and manager; Sunbiz records list firms such as D and D Association Services, Alliant Property Management, Paragon Financial Services and Perkins Accounting for different associations.

How much is an estoppel certificate in The Forest?

Florida Statutes 720.30851 caps a homeowners' association estoppel certificate at $250, plus up to $100 for delivery within three business days and up to $150 more if amounts are delinquent, with the certificate due within 10 business days. Condominium certificates follow section 718.116. FirstService Residential handles master association requests.

Is The Forest gated?

Yes. The Forest is gated. The master association's 2022 emergency plan lists the main gate as manned 24 hours a day and the Island Park gate as manned seven days from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., with barcode vehicle access and DwellingLive visitor registration. Those hours are as of May 2022 and may have changed.

Is The Forest a 55+ community?

No source we read says so. The master association's portal, its 2022 emergency plan and the club's website state no housing age restriction, and the club's age-limited Executive category is a membership rule, not a housing rule. A recorded age restriction would sit in a declaration, and the master declaration was not located.

Can I rent out a home in The Forest?

Leasing rules are not published on public pages. Each condominium's declaration and rules and the master association's documents set minimum lease terms, approvals and limits, and those documents sit behind the resident portal login. Ask for the leasing rules with the estoppel and resale documents for the exact home before you write an offer.

Is The Forest in a flood zone?

Yes. FEMA maps all 787 home parcels in Zone AE, a coastal floodplain with a base flood elevation of 11 feet (NAVD88), on panels 12071C0438H and 12071C0576H, effective November 17, 2022. No letter of map change falls inside the community. An elevation certificate for the exact home decides its flood insurance rating.

What hurricane evacuation zone is The Forest in?

All 787 home parcels in The Forest are in Lee County Evacuation Zone A, the first and lowest of the county's A to E storm surge zones. The evacuation zone is separate from the FEMA flood zone; both apply here. Confirm any address with the county or state Know Your Zone lookup.

Did Hurricane Ian flood The Forest?

FEMA records 284 flood insurance claims from Ian, with $32,254,240 paid on buildings, in the census block group that includes The Forest; the block group can include neighbors. The club replaced four Ian-damaged pergolas under a 2025 permit. Which buildings took water is not in the public record we read, so ask each association.

What ZIP code is The Forest in?

Every home parcel in The Forest is in ZIP 33908, Fort Myers, Florida, on the Lee County roll. The Forest Country Club is at 6100 Club Boulevard, and the master association's principal address is 5990 Forest Boulevard. The mailing city is Fort Myers, but the community is in unincorporated Lee County.

Is The Forest in the City of Fort Myers?

No. The Forest is in unincorporated Lee County, in the San Carlos planning community, the San Carlos Park Fire District and Solid Waste Area 2, with county zoning. The mailing address reads Fort Myers, but property tax runs at the district 071 rate and the county handles permits and flood insurance.

What school zone is The Forest in?

Every home in The Forest is in Lee County elementary Proximity Zone O (Rayma C. Page, Heights, Tanglewood and Villas), middle Zone MM (Cypress Lake and Lexington) and the South high school zone, sub-zone 2, for 2026-27. Rayma C. Page Elementary earned an A in 2026 and is 1.4 road miles from the clubhouse.

How far is The Forest from the beach?

Fort Myers Beach at Times Square is 11.2 miles and about 23 minutes by road from the clubhouse in free-flow traffic, and the Sanibel Causeway toll plaza is 12.2 miles and about 21 minutes. Straight-line, Fort Myers Beach is 6.2 miles from the center of The Forest. Season traffic adds time.

How far is The Forest from the airport?

Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) is 11.2 miles and about 21 minutes from the clubhouse in free-flow traffic, by US 41, Six Mile Cypress Parkway, Daniels Parkway and Chamberlin Parkway. Straight-line, the terminal is 7.0 miles from the center of The Forest. Rush hour and season add time.

What hospital is closest to The Forest?

Gulf Coast Medical Center, Lee Health's trauma and emergency hospital at 13681 Doctors Way, is 4.5 miles and about 10 minutes from the clubhouse in free-flow traffic. HealthPark Medical Center, with Golisano Children's Hospital emergency care, is 6.1 miles and about 13 minutes away by US 41 and Gladiolus Drive.

Who built The Forest?

Timberlakes Limited Partnership, filed May 31, 1979, began The Forest, succeeded by The Forest Joint Venture. Rutenberg-Gnagey Ltd. and Arthur Rutenberg Corp. built Fairway Woods in 1986 and 1987, and Mare Properties Inc and Sun-Op Forest Inc built Sparrowood. The county roll shows a 1985 median year built.

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Sources

Every figure on this page traces to one of the sources below. No real estate portal or other brokerage is cited, by policy. County sale and parcel data comes from the Lee County Property Appraiser's public files as indexed for this page on October 27, 2026, and web sources were read in October 2026 unless another date is shown. Sunbiz and state condominium records were read on September 1, 2026.

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Tell us which The Forest neighborhood, home type and price range you want, and we will send matching listings, the recent recorded sales on that street, the flood zone and elevation questions to ask, and the estoppel and club items to check before you tour.

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