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Florida Recreation Communities

When you retire in Florida, there is certainly no shortage of year-round recreational activities to participate in. Whether you’re on the East Coast, Gulf Coast, Panhandle, South Florida, or centrally located, you’re never far from world-class golf and white sandy beaches. Each of the Florida recreation communities featured here take full advantage of everything the Sunshine State has to offer and adds all the unique elements that come with living in a master-planned community. Community clubhouses, social events, tennis and pickleball facilities, boating, swimming pools, walking and biking trails, fitness centers, and so much more—start your search here for your ideal active adult Florida recreation community.

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Amelia National

Fernandina Beach, Florida Recreation Community
Fernandina Beach, Florida
The centerpiece of this Fernandina Beach gated community located five minutes from the beach and 30 miles from downtown Jacksonville in the First Coast region of northeastern Florida.

Pricing: Two- to five-bedroom single-family custom homes priced from the $500,000s to the $900,000s.

Community Type: All Ages

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Boating Boating
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Land Conservation Land Conservation
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Near the Beach Near the Beach
Community Amenity: Ocean Ocean
Community Amenity: Spa Spa
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Apex at Avenir

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Recreation Community
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Apex at Avenir is a gated luxury community in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, featuring 562 approved single-family homes by GL Homes. Residents enjoy the 28,000-square-foot Great Egret Clubhouse with swimming pools, fitness, dining, spa facilities, tennis, pickleball, and family-friendly recreation. Located within the Avenir master plan, this all-ages neighborhood offers new construction and resale opportunities near Jupiter and West Palm Beach.

Pricing: mid $900,000s to $3.5 million

Community Type: All Ages

Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Playground Playground
Community Amenity: Spa Spa
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Arbor Lakes

Hernando, Florida Recreation Community
Hernando, Florida
Arbor Lakes is a gated 55+ waterfront community in Hernando, Florida, featuring approximately 370 single-family homes and villas. Residents enjoy a lakeside clubhouse, swimming pool, fitness room, tennis, shuffleboard, fishing pier, and community boat launch. With affordable resale homes, social activities, and convenient access to Inverness and Crystal River, Arbor Lakes offers relaxed retirement living along Florida's Nature Coast.

Pricing: low $200,000s to mid $300,000s

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Boating Boating
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: RV Storage RV Storage
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Artisan Lakes

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Recreation Community
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Artisan Lakes is a gated 55+ active adult community within Nocatee in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Residents enjoy exclusive resort-style amenities, low-maintenance homes, scenic natural surroundings, and access to Nocatee’s master-planned amenities near beaches, golf, shopping, dining, and Jacksonville attractions.

Pricing: Homes from the high $300,000s to low $700,000s

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Near the Beach Near the Beach
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Astor Creek Golf & Country Club

Port St. Lucie, Florida Recreation Community
Port St. Lucie, Florida
Astor Creek Golf & Country Club is a new Florida golf community in Port St. Lucie, FL, blending all the perks of living on Florida’s Treasure Coast with an array of exclusive resort-style amenities. Anchoring the community is a signature 18-hole golf course with a pro shop, 15-acre grass driving range, 3-acre short game complex, and a 15,000-square-foot practice putting green. Additional amenities within the Southeast Florida country club include a pickleball center, lighted tennis courts, and a spacious clubhouse with fitness facilities, resort-style pool, dining options, and more. Developed by Kolter Homes, the community features home collections ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 square feet, each including golf and club membership.

Pricing: Homes high $500,000s to $1 million+; Lots $300,000.

Community Type: All Ages

Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Avalon Trails

Delray Beach, Florida Recreation Community
Delray Beach, Florida
Avalon Trails is a gated 55+ active adult community in Delray Beach, Florida, featuring low-maintenance villas and single-family resale homes. Residents enjoy a clubhouse with fitness facilities, café, entertainment theater, resort and lap pools, tennis and pickleball courts, walking trails, and organized social activities. Conveniently located in western Delray Beach, the community offers easy access to shopping, restaurants, healthcare, golf, and South Florida's Atlantic beaches.

Pricing: mid $300,000s to mid $600,000s

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Near the Beach Near the Beach
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Ave Maria

Ave Maria, Florida Recreation Community
Ave Maria, Florida
This Naples-area master-planned community encompasses multiple residential neighborhoods, a town center with shopping and dining, golf courses, parks, tennis, pickleball and other family-friendly amenities on-site. Also, within the community is the 55+ Del Webb Naples neighborhood.

Pricing: New homes are priced from the high $200,000s.

Community Type: All Ages, 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Land Conservation Land Conservation
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Playground Playground
Community Amenity: Rentals Rentals
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Babcock Ranch

Babcock Ranch, Florida Recreation Community
Babcock Ranch, Florida
Babcock Ranch is one of the most popular master-planned communities in Southwest Florida. Amenities include an 18-hole championship golf course, several clubhouses and amenities centers, fitness center, swimming pools, walking & biking trails, canoe & kayak launch, on-site shopping, restaurants and healthcare at Founders Square, and much more.

Pricing: Homes, condos, and townhomes priced from the high $200,000s to $3 million+.

Community Type: All Ages

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Community Gardens Community Gardens
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Playground Playground
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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BallenIsles Country Club

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Recreation Community
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Buyers at this established Palm Beach County country club community gain exclusive access to three historic golf courses originally developed as the home of the PGA, plus a 22-court tennis center and a sports complex.

Pricing: Single-family homes priced from $500,000; Condos and Villas are priced from $400,000.

Community Type: All Ages, Retirement

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Community Gardens Community Gardens
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Land Conservation Land Conservation
Community Amenity: Playground Playground
Community Amenity: Spa Spa
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Bella Terra

Estero, Florida Recreation Community
Estero, Florida
Bella Terra is a gated Florida community in Estero offering 2,350 homes surrounded by lakes and preserves. Residents enjoy a clubhouse, resort-style pool, tennis, pickleball, sports facilities, playgrounds, and walking trails. Conveniently located near Naples, Fort Myers, and Florida Gulf Coast University, this community in Southwest Florida provides a wide variety of Florida homes for sale in a nature-filled setting with easy access to shopping, dining, healthcare, and airports.

Pricing: Homes priced from the mid $300,000s to the high $700,000s

Community Type: All Ages

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Land Conservation Land Conservation
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Near the Beach Near the Beach
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Playground Playground
Community Amenity: Spa Spa
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Bent Pine

Vero Beach, Florida Recreation Community
Vero Beach, Florida
Bent Pine is a gated golf community in Vero Beach, Florida, offering an elegant coastal lifestyle centered around the private Bent Pine Golf Club. Residents enjoy championship golf, fine dining, social events, and access to beaches, shopping, and entertainment throughout Southeast Florida. Featuring new and established homes with modern designs, Bent Pine combines relaxed luxury and small-community charm in one of Vero Beach’s most sought-after locations.

Pricing: Homes priced from the $400,000s to $1 million+.

Community Type: All Ages

Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Near the Beach Near the Beach
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis

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Black Diamond Ranch

Lecanto, Florida Recreation Community
Lecanto, Florida
One of Florida’s most distinctive private golf communities, Black Diamond Ranch features 45 holes of Tom Fazio-designed championship golf—including the iconic Quarry Course—along with a clubhouse, fitness center, tennis, swimming, and an active calendar of social events, all set within a scenic 1,300-acre Nature Coast landscape.

Pricing: Homes from the $500,000s to $1.3 million

Community Type: All Ages

Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Near the Beach Near the Beach
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Boca Royale Golf & Country Club at Wellen Park

Englewood, Florida Recreation Community
Englewood, Florida
This gated southwest Florida golf community offers new single-family and attached homes for sale in a country club environment 15 minutes from the beach and close to shops, restaurants and schools in the laid-back Gulf Coast city of Englewood.

Pricing: Two- and three-bedroom, Single-Family Homes are priced from the high $400,000s; Paired Villas are priced from the high $300,000s.

Community Type: All Ages

Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis

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Calesa Township

Ocala, Florida Recreation Community
Ocala, Florida
Master-planned community of brand-new homes that combines affordability and resort-style amenities, offering an exceptional opportunity for a diverse range of demographics—from first-time homebuyers to active adults.

Pricing: Homes priced from the $300,000s to the $500,000s.

Community Type: All Ages

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Playground Playground
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Cascades at Sarasota

Sarasota, Florida Recreation Community
Sarasota, Florida
Cascades at Sarasota is a guard-gated 55+ community offering maintenance-free single-family homes and an active Florida lifestyle. Residents enjoy a 25,000-square-foot amenity center, indoor and outdoor pools, fitness, tennis, pickleball, bocce, clubs, and activities near UTC shopping, downtown Sarasota, Gulf beaches, and the airport.

Pricing: Homes from the low $400,000s to $600,000+

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Near the Beach Near the Beach
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Spa Spa
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis

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Catalina Palms at Sundance

Port St. Lucie, Florida Recreation Community
Port St. Lucie, Florida
Catalina Palms at Sundance is Akel Homes’ first 55+ active adult community in Port St. Lucie, FL, offering resort-style amenities, a 56,000-square-foot clubhouse, and beautifully designed homes in a gated setting. Located within the 2,500-acre master-planned Sundance development, this gated community in Southeast Florida provides easy access to golf, beaches, shopping, and healthcare—delivering an elevated lifestyle for today’s active adults.

Pricing: Homes from the low $300,000s to the high $800,000s

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Community Gardens Community Gardens
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Spa Spa
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis

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Cresswind at Hammock Oaks

Lady Lake, Florida Recreation Community
Lady Lake, Florida
Cresswind at Hammock Oaks is a new 55+ community in Lady Lake, FL, just three miles from The Villages. It offers easy access to Orlando, Gainesville, and local attractions like Spanish Springs Town Square. Designed for an active lifestyle, amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, resort-style pool, pickleball, tennis, and walking trails. Low-maintenance, single-story homes feature customizable designs with energy-efficient options, making it an ideal choice for active adults in Central Florida.

Pricing: Homes priced from the $400,000s.

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Cresswind at Lake Harris

Tavares, Florida Recreation Community
Tavares, Florida
Cresswind at Lake Harris is a 55-plus community in Tavares, Florida, about 45 minutes from Orlando. The new Central Florida lakefront community is designed for active adults with resort-style amenities including a clubhouse, state-of-the-art fitness center, tennis, pickleball, walking trails, and onsite lake for water activities. Homebuyers can choose from a variety of premium Florida real estate from Kolter Homes with a variety of floorplans designed for a low-maintenance 55+ lifestyle.

Pricing: Homes priced from the $400,000s.

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Boating Boating
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Cresswind Palm Beach at Westlake

Westlake, Florida Recreation Community
Westlake, Florida
This 55+ active adult community near West Palm Beach offers a resort lifestyle and a wide range of amenities in Florida's newest city, Westlake. Planned amenities include a clubhouse, swimming pool, fitness center, art studio, games & social rooms, tennis & pickleball courts, bocce ball courts, walking & biking trails, and a dog park. Residents have quick access to downtown West Palm Beach.

Pricing: mid $500,000s to $1 million+

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Spa Spa
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Davis Reserve at Citrus Hills

Lecanto, Florida Recreation Community
Lecanto, Florida
Davis Reserve at Citrus Hills is a new gated 55+ community in Lecanto, Florida, offering maintenance-free homes and private neighborhood amenities. Residents also enjoy the extensive Citrus Hills lifestyle, including four golf courses, a 50,000-square-foot spa and fitness center, tennis, pickleball, onsite dining, clubs, and Nature Coast recreation.

Pricing: Mid $400,000 to $600,000+

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Spa Spa
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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