Jupiter's Golf & Country-Club Communities
The Loxahatchee Club is the smallest of Jupiter's mainstream private clubs and the most single-minded: 285 homes, one Jack Nicklaus course, and no marina. Buyers usually arrive here having also looked at the larger, more diversified communities nearby. Below is how they differ. Click into any community to browse its listings.
The Loxahatchee Club
285 homes on 340 acres, including 71 acres of freshwater lakes and 40 acres of greenbelt. One Jack Nicklaus Signature course, a walkable routing, and a well-known caddie program.
Admirals Cove
Far larger and built around water as much as golf, with 45 holes and a deep-water marina. The obvious alternative if boating matters, and a much bigger club to run.
Jonathan's Landing
1,234 homes across 27 villages with three courses and a marina, and the one nearby community where club membership is optional rather than required.
The Bear's Club
Also golf-only and also Nicklaus, but roughly a third the number of homes and an order of magnitude higher in price, with membership by invitation rather than purchase.
Four Reasons Buyers Choose The Loxahatchee Club
A course-to-member ratio almost nobody matches
Two hundred and eighty-five homes sharing one 18-hole course is a very low number by Palm Beach County standards, and it shows up as availability. Where larger clubs manage demand across multiple courses and still generate tee-time pressure, this one simply has fewer people. If the reason you are buying into a club is to play whenever you want, this is the structural argument.
A Nicklaus course he is on record praising
The 7,147-yard par 72 is a Jack Nicklaus Signature design, and Nicklaus Design's own site carries his description of it as one of his most imaginative courses and one of the best he has done. The routing is deliberately walkable, with short green-to-tee transitions, and the club's caddie program is long established. This is a golf club that is actually about golf.
A ranking that can actually be attributed
Club marketing is full of unsourced superlatives, so here is the one claim with a name and a date behind it: Platinum Clubs of America ranked The Loxahatchee Club number 17 among top golf clubs for 2025 and 2026, as reported by Forbes in January 2025. We have left every other "world class" and "most exclusive" claim off this page because none of them could be traced to an issuing body.
Low density and a lot of water and green
Of the community's 340 acres, more than 71 are freshwater lakes and another 40 are greenbelt, for 285 homes. That is a third of the site left open. The practical result is lake and preserve frontage on a large share of the homes and a quiet, low-traffic feel that the bigger clubs in Jupiter cannot reproduce.
The Loxahatchee Club: The Membership & Community Facts
Membership here is required with the house, and there is one resident category, so this is a single decision rather than a menu. We want to be straight about the figures below: the most recent schedule we could obtain on club letterhead is from 2020, and costs have clearly risen since. We would rather show you a dated real document than an undated guess.
| Community established / developer | The club and its homeowners association were both incorporated in Florida on August 1, 1984, and the course opened in the mid-1980s. Sources give 1985, while Nicklaus Design's own course page says 1984. The project is credited to developer Gordon Gray, who conceived it after a 1980 round with Jack Nicklaus. |
| Size / density | 285 homes on 340 acres, including more than 71 acres of freshwater lakes and 40 acres of greenbelt, per the club. Home sizes run roughly 1,800 to 6,800 square feet, built from the late 1980s onward with occasional new construction since. |
| Governance | An equity club, where proprietary members hold an ownership and voting interest, plus a legally separate homeowners association. The two bill on different years: the club runs September through August, the association January through December. |
| Membership requirement | Mandatory. In the club's own words, a Resident Proprietary Membership is required when purchasing a property within the community. There is no social or golf-optional tier for residents. Non-resident, national, and junior categories exist for people who do not live here. |
| Initiation (2020 to 2021 schedule) | $125,000 for a Proprietary Resident membership. Of that, $1,000 is refundable. Read that again before you budget: the buy-in is effectively a cost, not a deposit. |
| Annual club dues (2020 to 2021) | $19,350, plus a capital contribution of $1,100 per quarter, which is $4,400 a year, plus a food and beverage service charge of $250 per quarter, or $1,000 a year. Note the food and beverage charge is a flat charge rather than a spending minimum. |
| Homeowners association (2020 to 2021) | A $15,000 bond at purchase, of which $1,000 is refundable, plus an annual assessment of $6,855 and a reserve contribution of $185 per quarter. |
| Total recurring cost | On the 2020 numbers, roughly $31,600 a year combining club dues, capital contribution, food and beverage charge, and association assessment, before property taxes, insurance, and optional items. Current figures are materially higher. |
| Optional charges | Trail fee of $1,300 a year for resident golf-cart owners, lockers $100 a year. |
| Current fee schedule | Not verifiable. Figures circulating on third-party sites put initiation at $200,000 or $250,000 and dues around $20,000 to $23,500, but none carries a date or club letterhead and they do not agree with each other. Treat the 2020 figures as a floor and ask the membership office for the current schedule. |
| Boating | None. The community is inland, north of Indian Creek Parkway, with freshwater lakes only. There is no marina, no dockage, and no waterway access to the Intracoastal or the ocean. |
Sources: The Loxahatchee Club 2020 to 2021 Membership Opportunities, the club's own letterhead document revised September 1, 2020; theloxahatcheeclub.org for home count, acreage, and the single-course description, accessed July 2026; the club's archived membership page for the mandatory-membership and equity language; Florida Division of Corporations filings for incorporation dates and the separate association entity; Nicklaus Design for the course; Forbes, January 7, 2025, for the Platinum Clubs of America ranking. Verified July 2026. Club and association fees are reset annually and the schedule above is six years old. Dylan can request the current schedule from the membership office and pull the association estoppel before you write an offer.
This is the number that most changes the arithmetic of buying here, and it is easy to miss because the membership is described as equity. Equity here means an ownership and voting interest in the club, not a recoverable deposit. On the 2020 schedule the Proprietary Resident initiation was $125,000 with $1,000 refundable, and the association bond was $15,000 with $1,000 refundable. Three independent sources describe the same $1,000 refund mechanic. For comparison, Jonathan's Landing historically advertised an 80 percent equity refund and BallenIsles has published 80 percent refunds. On a buy-in of this size that is a six-figure difference in what you recover on exit, and it belongs in your analysis from the start.
Loxahatchee Club Market Context, Mid 2026
With 285 homes and roughly twenty sales a year, this is a small dataset, and we are going to treat it that way. The figures below are a snapshot of actual closings rather than a trend line, because at this volume a single trophy sale moves every average.
Sources: BeachesMLS closed-sale records for the community, May 1 to July 15, 2026, accessed July 2026: nine closings from $1,425,000 to $9,000,000, median $2,650,000. Over the trailing twelve months a brokerage market report puts roughly 21 sales at an average closed price near $2.89 million with a 92 percent list-to-sale ratio. Active inventory in July 2026 showed 16 listings at a median asking price of about $2.77 million and an average 146 days on market, which is asking-side and should not be read as a closed statistic. We are not publishing a year-over-year figure: none is published anywhere we could verify, and with roughly twenty sales a year any percentage would be noise. Note also that "Loxahatchee" and "Loxahatchee Groves" are separate inland communities with much lower medians; figures near $700,000 attributed to "Loxahatchee" do not describe this club. Ask Dylan for the closed comparables that actually match the street and product you are considering.
When The Loxahatchee Club May Not Be the Right Fit
This club is excellent at one thing and deliberately narrow about the rest. That focus is the reason to buy here and the reason not to.
There is no marina, no dock, and no waterway access here. The 71 acres of water are freshwater lakes, and the community sits inland with no Intracoastal frontage. This is not a small gap you can work around. If boating is part of the life you are buying, look at Admirals Cove, which owns a deep-water marina, or Jonathan's Landing, which sits on the Intracoastal.
Membership is mandatory, it is a single resident category, and there is no social-only or reduced tier. A household that never plays pays exactly the same six-figure buy-in and full annual dues as one that plays daily. If you want Jupiter club living without paying full golf freight, Jonathan's Landing makes membership optional and offers House and Racquet categories at a fraction of the cost.
One course means the same eighteen holes every round. And at 285 homes the racquet and family facilities are boutique by design rather than extensive. For households where tennis, pickleball, camps, and kids' programming matter as much as golf, BallenIsles with 34 racquet courts or Mirasol with its sports complex are far better resourced.
The initiation returns $1,000. That is the whole refund. Combine it with roughly twenty sales a year in a 285-home community and active listings averaging 146 days on market, and both entry cost and exit timing need to be planned rather than assumed. Some marketing copy about this community claims homes move quickly; the days-on-market data does not support that.
The Loxahatchee Club vs. the Communities Buyers Shortlist Against It
vs. Admirals Cove
Both require an equity membership, so the question is what the club is for. Admirals Cove is a resort-scale operation with 45 holes, a deep-water marina, a private inn, and a large membership supporting all of it. The Loxahatchee Club is a fraction of the size with one course, no boating, and a membership small enough that access is rarely an issue. The cost of Admirals Cove partly reflects infrastructure you may never use.
Admirals Cove if you boat or want a full-service resort club; The Loxahatchee Club if you want a quiet, golf-first club and an uncrowded tee sheet.
vs. Jonathan's Landing
This is the clearest cost comparison in Jupiter. Jonathan's Landing has 1,234 homes in 27 villages, three courses, a marina, and optional membership with categories from House upward. The Loxahatchee Club has 285 homes, one course, no marina, and a mandatory six-figure membership that returns $1,000. What you buy for that difference is exclusivity, low density, and course access.
Jonathan's Landing for flexibility, boating, and a far lower entry cost; The Loxahatchee Club for a small, focused club where the golf is genuinely available.
Buying in The Loxahatchee Club: What to Know
Is club membership required to buy a home here?
Yes. In the club's own words, a Resident Proprietary Membership is required when purchasing a property within the community, and there is one resident category with no social or golf-optional alternative. Proprietary members hold an equity ownership and voting interest in the club. Non-resident, national, and junior categories exist, but those are for people who do not live in the community.
What does membership cost, and is any of it refundable?
On the most recent club-letterhead schedule we could obtain, for 2020 to 2021, the Proprietary Resident initiation was $125,000, of which just $1,000 is refundable, with annual dues of $19,350, a capital contribution of $1,100 per quarter, and a food and beverage service charge of $250 per quarter. The homeowners association added a $15,000 bond, also with $1,000 refundable, and a $6,855 annual assessment. That is roughly $31,600 a year recurring. Current figures are materially higher; third-party sites suggest initiation is now $200,000 or more, but none of those figures is dated or on club letterhead, so confirm directly with the membership office.
How many golf courses are there?
One. This matters because a widely copied comparison chart lists The Loxahatchee Club as having two 18-hole courses, and at least one club-fee aggregator repeats it. That is incorrect. The club's own site refers to a single Signature course and Nicklaus Design lists one. It is an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature design of about 7,147 yards at par 72, with a walkable routing and an established caddie program.
Is there a marina or any boating?
No. The community is inland, north of Indian Creek Parkway, and its 71 acres of water are freshwater lakes with no connection to the Intracoastal or the ocean. There is no marina, dockage, or boat access of any kind. This is the single clearest difference from Admirals Cove and Jonathan's Landing, both of which are built around boating, and it is worth being explicit about because several general descriptions of Jupiter club communities blur the distinction.
What are the non-golf amenities?
An Activities Center of roughly 10,000 square feet under air, with a fitness room, group fitness and yoga or Pilates studios, physical therapy, massage and treatment rooms, sauna, and locker rooms. There is a resort-style heated pool with poolside dining plus lap and children's pools, Har-Tru tennis courts with lighting, pickleball, bocce, and shuffleboard, a clubhouse with formal and casual dining and a wine program, a community park and playground, and walking trails. The club does not publish its tennis court count and third-party sources disagree, so ask if that matters to you.
Where is it, and how big is the community?
The clubhouse is at 1350 Echo Drive, Jupiter, Florida 33458, in Palm Beach County, inland and north of Indian Creek Parkway, roughly sixteen miles from Palm Beach International Airport. The community holds 285 homes on 340 acres, including more than 71 acres of freshwater lakes and 40 acres of greenbelt. Do not confuse it with Loxahatchee or Loxahatchee Groves, which are separate communities much further inland with very different pricing.
About Dylan Snyder
Dylan Snyder is a second-generation real estate professional and lifelong Floridian based in Palm Beach, and the founder of the Snyder Group, one of the top-producing teams in the state with over $100 million in annual sales. A licensed Realtor with more than 20 years of experience, he holds the e-PRO, Seller Representative Specialist, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist, and Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) designations and is a member of the National Association of Realtors. He advises buyers and sellers across Jupiter's golf communities, including The Loxahatchee Club, and can obtain the club's current membership schedule, confirm the refund terms in writing, and pull the association estoppel before you write an offer.
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