Canna lilies with fountain at Naples Heritage

Naples, Florida · Living in the Preserve

A Golf Course
that Belongs
to Nature too

At Naples Heritage Golf & Country Club, the fairways and the wild exist side by side. Our 550-acre community is woven through with native habitat — lakes, preserves, and corridors where wildlife has always had the right of way.

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Living alongside nature

Where the preserve
meets the fairway

Naples Heritage was thoughtfully designed around the natural landscape of Southwest Florida. The native scrub, wetland edges, and cypress corridors that frame our holes are protected habitat, not just scenery.

Every morning brings fresh encounters: deer grazing the rough, ospreys calling from their lofty nests, alligators basking at the water's edge, and river otters sliding through the lakeside reeds. Life here is genuinely wild.

Freshwater lakes wind through the community, drawing wading birds, turtles, and otters to their shores year-round. The diversity of species seen here daily is a reflection of the rich South Florida ecosystem that surrounds us.

Resident species

Native wildlife,
permanent residents

These animals were here long before the first fairway was built. We consider it a privilege to share our landscape with them — and a responsibility to ensure they have everything they need to thrive.

White-tailed deerNative

American alligatorNative

OspreyYear-round

Tricolored heronYear-round

North American river otterNative

Purple martinMigratory

Yellow-bellied sliderNative

Green iguanaResident

Cuban treefrogResident

Osprey launching from nest at Naples Heritage

Nesting season · January–April

The osprey
of Naples Heritage

Our osprey pairs return each winter to their massive platform nests — structures that grow larger every year as the birds add fresh materials. From the fairways you can watch parents fish the lakes and return to feed their chicks.

The osprey's annual return is one of the most anticipated moments of the season — a sign that another year of life along the lakes and fairways is underway.

Deer at Dawn

White-tails graze the rough edges and wander through the preserve corridors — most visible at first light and dusk

River Otter Sightings

One of the most exciting wildlife moments at Naples Heritage — otters patrol the lake edges hunting fish among the reeds

Wading Birds

Tricolored herons, great blue herons, snowy egrets, and little blue herons fish the shallow margins of our lakes daily.

Living in harmony

Our commitment
to stewardship

Naples Heritage takes an active role in protecting the natural systems that make this community extraordinary. We maintain native plantings and protect nesting sites during sensitive seasons.

Wildlife viewing is one of the great pleasures of life here. We ask all residents and guests to observe from a respectful distance and to never feed wildlife.

Wildlife safety tips

Keep your distance from alligators

Maintain at least 15 feet. Never approach one on land. Do not swim in lakes at dawn, dusk, or night.

Never feed the deer or wildlife

Feeding disrupts natural behavior, creates dependency, and can attract wildlife too close to homes and roads.

Osprey nests are protected by law

Active osprey nests and their occupants are federally protected. Please maintain a quiet distance during nesting season.

Report unusual wildlife behavior

If you see an injured animal or an alligator that seems unusually aggressive or close to homes, notify the clubhouse immediately.

Life is Wilder
Here

Come for the golf. Stay for the river otters sliding into the lake at sunrise, the osprey family that returns to the same nest every January, and the deer that treat the green as their private meadow.