Nocatee

Nocatee is a 15,000-acre master-planned community spanning Ponte Vedra and southern St. Johns County, just west of the Intracoastal Waterway and 10-15 minutes from Ponte Vedra Beach. Developed by The PARC Group starting in 2007, it has ranked among America's top-selling master-planned communities for more than a decade running. Roughly 60% of the land — nearly 9,000 acres — is protected as conservation, giving residents a backdrop of preserves, ponds, and waterways that most Florida master plans can't match. What separates Nocatee from a typical master plan is the sheer breadth of neighborhoods. At full build-out it will house around 14,000 homes across roughly 48 distinct villages, each with its own builders, amenity package, lot sizes, architectural style, and price band. You'll find luxury gated enclaves like Coastal Oaks (built exclusively by Toll Brothers with estate homes pushing $2M+), family-focused neighborhoods like Palm Valley and Twenty Mile Village, walkable Town Center living in Daniel Park, and two dedicated 55+ active adult communities within the master plan: the older Del Webb Ponte Vedra (formerly Riverwood, close to 2,000 homes mixing single-family, carriage homes, and condos) and the newer gated Del Webb Nocatee, with its own private Canopy Club offering a zero-entry pool, Tavern & Grill with private wine lockers, pickleball, tennis, bocce, and an on-site Lifestyle Director. Home sizes range from about 1,150 square feet up to over 6,000. The amenity stack is what puts Nocatee on so many best-of lists. The 5-acre Nocatee Splash Water Park is the centerpiece — home to the Rip Tide Slide Tower (tallest in Northeast Florida), a 377-foot zipline, a lazy river, interactive playground, water obstacle course, and an adults-only enclave added in 2021 with direct bar access. Spray Water Park is a newer kid-focused addition. On top of that: a 24-hour fitness club, tennis and pickleball courts, multiple dog parks, ball fields, a junior Olympic swim club, nearly a dozen community parks (Crosswater, Cypress, Greenleaf, Seabrook, Davis, Twenty Mile, West End), kayak launches at Nocatee Landing on the Intracoastal, and over 30 miles of interconnected Greenway Trails with a new Seabrook extension opened in late 2025. Golf-cart paths link every village to the Town Center, schools, and parks — this is one of the most genuinely navigable planned communities in Florida. The walkable Nocatee Town Center houses 120+ stores, restaurants, and service providers, anchored by a Publix. The community event calendar is packed: Food Truck Fridays, farmers markets, outdoor concerts, drive-in movies, comedy shows, parades, and holiday festivals all happen on a near-monthly cycle. Top-ranked St. Johns County schools (a 2024 top-5 Florida district) serve most of the community with four K-8 academies inside Nocatee — Valley Ridge, Palm Valley, Pine Island, and a fourth opening for the 2026-27 school year — plus Allen D. Nease High School nearby. A St. Johns County library and park are planned for 2027. Nocatee is entering its next chapter. After years of intense bidding wars, the market has rebalanced, with builders offering meaningful price reductions and rate buy-downs to move inventory. Home prices today span roughly the high $300Ks (older Del Webb Ponte Vedra resales) into the $2M+ range for luxury custom builds. Active builders include Toll Brothers, Pulte/Del Webb, ICI Homes, David Weekley, Providence Homes, Riverside Homes, Taylor Morrison, Mattamy, Lennar, and Dream Finders. Seabrook Village is the final new-construction section, with community-wide build-out projected around 2027. The core pitch holds whether you're raising kids, early-career, empty-nesting, or retiring into a 55+ village: there's a Nocatee neighborhood built for you — and you're always 15 minutes from the Atlantic.