Pelican Sound
Estero, FL · 1,299 homes · Village of Estero
zone 1 Surge
zone — Flood zone
county map data
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Pelican Sound at a glance
About Pelican Sound
Pelican Sound is a gated community of 1,299 homes in Estero, built around a 27-hole golf course. Day to day, the nearest golf course, Pelican Sound Golf & River Club, is about 0.2 miles straight-line from the community's center; the nearest library, South County Regional Library, is about 2.2 miles away; the nearest hospital, Lee Health Coconut Point, about 2.4 miles.
Amenities — amenities of the Pelican Sound Golf & River Club, the community's bundled club (amenity list compiled from the club's and community materials and market descriptions, so confirm current amenities and membership terms with the club) — include a 27-hole golf course, a clubhouse with dining, resort and lap pools, tennis and pickleball courts, a fitness center, a river park with a boat shuttle toward the Gulf beach at Lovers Key, kayak/canoe launch on the Estero River, a gated entry.
On paper, the community sits in evacuation zone A. The average assessed just value across its 1,387 residential parcels was $561,571 in the county's 2026 roll.
Two features shape a purchase in Pelican Sound more than any single line on the amenity board. The first is that this is a bundled-amenity community: buying a home carries membership in the Pelican Sound Golf & River Club, Inc., the master association that every one of the roughly 1,299 residences belongs to. That guarantees access to the 27-hole golf course, the river park with its boat shuttle toward the Gulf beach at Lovers Key, and the pools, tennis and pickleball courts, and fitness center — which suits buyers who intend to use the club. It also means you help fund it whether or not you ever tee off. Exactly what each membership level includes, and what it costs, varies by plan, so that trade-off is worth weighing before the amenities themselves.
The second is cost structure, and it comes with a naming quirk. A sampled 2025 tax bill here carried a community development district assessment — but listed as River Ridge CDD ($1,208.92), because the district takes the name of the wider River Ridge development area rather than the Pelican Sound brand. Alongside a Lee County solid-waste assessment, that came to roughly $1,575 in total non-ad-valorem charges on that one bill; amounts vary by lot and home type. The name can confuse a listing search another way, too: "Pelican Sound" is an umbrella over sub-neighborhoods like Masters, Turnberry, Island Sound, Edgewater and Palmetto Dunes, all under the one club, in the gated, Village of Estero-governed community.
A couple of practical notes for anyone getting serious: the community sits in evacuation Zone A, and its homes date largely to 1998–2002, so check both against your plans. Confirm current membership terms, dues and rules directly with the association and club. This page is an independent, records-based starting point — not affiliated with the HOA, club, or developer.
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Live status from the National Weather Service and NOAA, each item stamped with the time it was checked; anything past its freshness window is removed rather than shown as current. In an approaching storm, rely on official channels first: Lee County Emergency Management ↗.
This is county map data with a retrieval date — not a flood determination for insurance or lending purposes. Confirm your parcel with the official county lookup or your insurer.
Home & property numbers
65 sales · FL DOR codes 01–02 · retrieved Aug 21 2026
Recorded prices, not an appraisal — and not a valuation of any one home.
Typical build years (5th–95th pct) · Property Appraiser · Aug 21 2026
A typical build-era band — the 5th–95th percentile of parcel build years, so a stray older or newer parcel doesn't widen it. It says nothing about how many homes went up when.
2020–2024 ACS 5-year · B19013 · retrieved Aug 4 2026 · 2 tracts
Census tracts cover an area wider than the community’s own boundary.
What it costs to live here
A worked annual example — the shape of a bill here, not a quote for any home.
Worked example — 13.0214 mills on a $550,000 rounded assessed value before exemptions (from the community’s average just value). Your own bill moves with exemptions and assessment caps.
River Ridge CDD $1,208.92 plus $366.39 in other non-ad-valorem items, read off one sampled 2025 bill. Varies by lot and home.
Pelican Sound does not publish a fee schedule. Confirm the current amount with the HOA office before you close.
Millage Book 2025 · sampled 2025 bill
Association fees are not published here, so they are absent from this bar rather than estimated into it. Varies by lot and home; never a quote.
County roll math, one sampled tax bill and each association’s own published figures — we publish fee amounts only from official documents; amounts change annually and vary by home and exemptions. Never a quote, never tax advice.
Golf & recreation
Golf is next door — Pelican Sound Golf & River Club sits 0.2 miles from the community's center, and two more clubs sit within 1.3 miles.
Straight-line distances from the community center · checked Aug 2026.
Dining nearby
Nearest 8 licensed establishments · within 5 miDinner without the drive — the closest kitchens to the gate, nearest first.
From Florida food-service license records · straight-line distances · checked Aug 2026.
Local essentials
Nearest schools by distance — never an attendance-zone assignment. Official school finder ↗
Public, open ramps only.
Straight-line distances on a six-mile scale — › means a bit further out.
What's on nearby
Utilities & providers
Territory read at the community centroid — not a per-parcel guarantee.
Reported at a sampled in-community address — availability varies parcel to parcel.
Service-territory map data (checked Aug 2026) — the provider serving the area, not a guarantee of connection for any individual parcel. Confirm service and rates with the provider before relying on them.
Dates that matter in Lee County
You must own and occupy the home as your permanent residence as of January 1 to claim it for that tax year; buy after January 1 and you file for the following year.
Property Appraiser ↗The proposed-tax notice from the Property Appraiser; not a bill. You then have 25 days from its mailing date to petition the Value Adjustment Board.
FL Dept. of Revenue ↗Early-payment discounts: 4% in November, 3% December, 2% January, 1% February; a deadline landing on a weekend or holiday extends to the next business day.
Tax Collector ↗The Atlantic season per the National Hurricane Center; storms can occur outside these dates.
National Hurricane Center ↗County and state dates — the same for every Lee County community, each linked to its official source (checked Aug 2026).
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