Bonita National Golf & Country Club

Seventeen of the eighteen greens at Bonita National Golf & Country Club have water guarding the approach. The par-3 15th is the one hole with none. Eight holes border preserve, since the club routes its Gordon Lewis course along the CREW Bird Rookery Swamp, and its own pages list wildlife seen from the fairways, from alligators to bald eagles. Off the course, the afternoon moves to the clubhouse: a main pool with a waterfall, a lap pool beside it, U-Topia Spa on weekdays, and eight lit Har-Tru courts that stay open until 10 at night.

Around all of that sit 1,459 homes, by the association's own count, laid out around a wildlife preserve and a chain of lakes. The gate is off Bonita Beach Road, east of Interstate 75, about 18 minutes by car from Riverside Park in downtown Bonita Springs. Past the guardhouse, every street is a private road.

What is the golf course like at Bonita National?

Wide fairways, then water at almost every green. The eighteen play to par 72, measuring 4,488 yards from the shortest of its ten tees and 6,988 from the longest. Greens are TifEagle Bermuda. Everything else is Celebration Bermuda.

A 2025 renovation gave the practice ground a putting green of 16,000 square feet, a short-game area, turf hound mats and a range hitting out over water, which the club's map names the Aqua Range. Tee times can be requested two weeks out through the club's booking system, and walkers book on the day.

What goes on at the clubhouse?

Clubhouse dining has a full bar and serves lunch, dinner and a happy hour. The Poolside Café brings open-air meals out to the loungers, and a turnstand window does grab-and-go. Themed dinner parties, live music, outdoor concerts and wine dinners fill the dining calendar.

The main pool has a zero-entry area as well as its waterfall. Nearby are a hot tub, a sauna, the gym and its group-exercise studio, and the spa's massages, facials and body treatments. Three more pools are out in the neighborhoods, at Carlow Court, Bridgetown Court and on Bonita National Boulevard.

Tennis starts at 8 in the morning, with social doubles, round robins, drills, clinics from newcomer level up, leagues and club championships. Pickleball and bocce are approved but not open. The membership voted for them and the club expects the courts in 2026, yet its court rules, revised on 26 August 2026, still list both as "Reserved for future use."

Off the courts, expect talks and seminars, crafts, holiday celebrations, a travel program with local and overseas trips, and member-run clubs for cars, art, culture and cards. A lending library called the Book Nook occupies a corner of the main floor.

How far is it to the beach, the airport and Naples?

For a walk outside the gates, the CREW Flint Pen Strand trails are a public preserve run by the CREW Land and Water Trust, with a parking lot 1.6 miles away by road. From the entrance, on open roads (slower in season):

• Publix on Trade Way Four: about 12 minutes
• Bonita Beach Park: about 24 minutes
• Coconut Point and Mercato: about 27 minutes each
• RSW airport terminal: about 34 minutes
• Fifth Avenue South in Naples: about 38 minutes

What kinds of homes are there, and what have they sold for?

The association counts 657 single-family houses in three series (128 Estate, 154 Manor and 375 Executive), 280 Coach Homes, 252 Veranda condominiums and 270 Terrace condominiums. Fifteen separate condominium associations cover the Coach Homes, Verandas and Terraces. Lennar Homes created the community, recording its Declaration in 2015. Buyers deal with owners, not a builder.

Sizes run from about 1,100 to nearly 4,000 square feet, with 2 to 4 bedrooms. Sales between February 2025 and October 2026 fall into three bands: condominiums sold from the $320,000s to around $590,000; Coach Homes sold from the $430,000s to around $710,000; and single-family homes sold from the $720,000s to around $1.7 million.

What does it cost to buy in and to own?

Assessments arrive once a year, due on 1 January. On the association's 2026 fee sheet, the master lines (the master assessment, two capital funds and cable) come to about $5,800 a year. Houses add lawn care of up to about $2,900 a year, highest for the Estate series. Each condominium association bills quarterly on top, up to about $1,650 a quarter depending on the building.

The same sheet lists two golf lines, about $3,000 for the golf association and about $950 for golf reserves, and doesn't say which homes pay them. Golf goes with the deed, so a Social-home buyer should have the office confirm whether they apply. The board also sets a yearly food minimum, a sum each member spends on club food or pays regardless, added to the assessment. Ask for the current figure.

At closing, the 2026 fee sheet lists a homeowners association capital contribution of about $5,000, effective 1 August 2026, a golf capital contribution of about $5,000, and a small non-refundable application fee. A Social-home buyer should ask whether the golf one applies. The recorded Declaration puts the resale capital assessment on the buyer, for capital work on the common areas. Every resale buyer needs board approval, with the application in the office a month or more before closing.

Can you rent out a home here?

Yes, on leases of at least 30 days in a row. The Declaration caps any one home at twelve leases a year, holds each new lease until 30 days after the last one began, and allows six occupants at most. The board approves tenants as well, and a condominium association may add rules of its own. During a lease the club rights pass to the tenant, and an owner who drops by the clubhouse comes in as another member's guest.

Does every home at Bonita National come with golf?

No. Each home is deeded either Social or Golf & Social, and 866 of the 1,459 carry golf. A Social deed can't be upgraded later. Membership on the course comes one way only: by buying a home whose deed already includes golf. Confirm which deed a home carries before you make any offer; the club's realtor packet lists which buildings and streets are golf and which are social.

A Social deed still opens the rest of the club. In its words, "Social Members have access to the amenities, dining venues, fitness center, spa, and social events." Between May and October, social residents may also book rounds for a per-round fee the club publishes each year.