The Loxahatchee Club, Jupiter FL: Jack Nicklaus Golf and Real Estate Guide

Everything below is confirmed against The Loxahatchee Club's own website. Membership terms and current inventory change; confirm directly with the club and your broker before making decisions.

The community, in the club's own words

The Loxahatchee Club is a private country club community in Jupiter, Florida, organized around a signature Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course. Per the club, the community includes 285 homes on 340 acres, incorporating more than 71 acres of freshwater lakes and 40 acres of greenbelt.

Those numbers matter for two reasons. First, 285 homes on 340 acres is deliberately low density for a Palm Beach County luxury community — roughly one home per 1.2 acres of gross site, and after subtracting the golf, lakes and greenbelt the effective residential footprint per home is even generous. Second, the substantial lake and greenbelt acreage is what makes the interior views. The club's site emphasizes both.

In 2025, the club was included in Forbes' "The 20 Most Exclusive Golf and Country Clubs in America", per the club's own website.

The golf

The course is Jack Nicklaus's signature design. It anchors the club and is the primary reason members choose Loxahatchee over other Jupiter/Palm Beach Gardens options like Mirasol, Frenchman's Reserve, or the two campuses at Jonathan's Landing.

Buyers should note that a Nicklaus signature design and a member of the Nicklaus design portfolio are not the same thing — the club states this course is a Nicklaus design, and buyers should confirm the current course architect for any subsequent renovation history as part of due diligence.

Amenities and dining

Beyond golf, the club publishes an Activities Center and dining program. Specific facility counts (tennis courts, pickleball courts, fitness square footage) are not currently spelled out on the public-facing portions of the club site. If those specifics matter to your buying decision, request the member facility guide from the membership office.

Membership and initiation

The Loxahatchee Club is a private, equity club community. Purchasing a home inside the community and joining the club are separate transactions. Membership categories, initiation, and annual dues are not published on the club's public pages — you'll need to request the current membership packet from the club directly.

This is standard for high-end Jupiter clubs — see the discussion in the Jupiter luxury broker overview — and it's why any figure a listing agent quotes verbally about membership costs should be confirmed with the club in writing before you rely on it.

What the Loxahatchee buyer is usually optimizing for

In Jupiter's country-club market, buyers usually fall into one of a few overlapping buckets. The Loxahatchee typical profile skews:

• Golf-first buyer. Nicklaus signature course is the anchor. If you don't play, you're paying for someone else's amenity.
• Long-view homeowner. 285 homes on 340 acres does not scale up. Density is essentially fixed. That protects long-term privacy and view quality.
• Discretion buyer. The club's marketing is understated, not "look at me." Buyers who value that tend to concentrate here.

Loxahatchee is often compared against other Palm Beach County golf communities — the broader golf-community landscape overview covers the full comp set.

Tax and HOA context for buyers

Loxahatchee Club homes are inside a homeowners' association subject to Florida's HOA framework at Chapter 720, Florida Statutes. Under Part II (ss. 720.401–720.402), sellers must make specified pre-sale disclosures — request those documents and read them; Kyle's overview at Jupiter FL HOA — what to know before buying summarizes what to look for.

Buyers making Loxahatchee their primary residence should apply for the Palm Beach County homestead exemption by March 1 and understand how the Save Our Homes assessment cap works — see how Jupiter property tax bills can jump after closing for the mechanics that catch out-of-state buyers.

How to think about the acreage and greenbelt

Loxahatchee's 285 homes / 340 acres / 71-acre lakes / 40-acre greenbelt breakdown is genuinely unusual in this part of Palm Beach County. Two implications for buyers doing serious due diligence:

• View-value dispersion. Not every lot is on water or a fairway. The homes with clean lake exposure and the homes tucked into the interior appreciate differently. Ask your broker to pull historical resale data by lot type inside the community — not just an overall community average — before you decide what to offer on a specific home.
• Density will not rise. Because the community is fully built out, the ratio of amenity space to homes is essentially locked. That is a real long-term protection against the kind of "add another 200 units on the back nine" scenarios that occasionally hit newer master-planned communities.

Membership economics: what to actually ask

Because the club does not publish membership economics publicly, buyers need to structure their question. Three practical questions to get answered in writing from the membership office before you sign a purchase contract:

1. What is the current initiation fee for the category I'm considering, and what portion (if any) is refundable and under what circumstances? This is the biggest one-time cost after the home itself.
2. What are the current annual dues, food-and-beverage minimums, and any assessment history over the last five years? Ongoing carry adds up.
3. Is there a waitlist, a resignation queue, or any category limits for buyers of a specific home? Some clubs pair club categories to home types.

These are standard questions and any competent membership director will answer them; the reason to insist on writing is future disputes. See Kyle's general guidance on working with a Florida real estate attorney for related transaction discipline.

Due diligence checklist

1. Confirm the current club membership packet. Categories, initiation, and dues change over time; verify with the club, not the listing agent.
2. Read the HOA governing documents. Rules on rentals, exterior modification, landscaping, and pets vary and can be strict in a Nicklaus-anchored community.
3. Study the specific lot. Lake, greenbelt, and golf-course exposures inside the 340-acre footprint drive resale spread more than most buyers appreciate on the first tour.
4. Understand the tax picture. Homestead + Save Our Homes + portability materially change carrying cost; work it out with your CPA before you offer.
5. Get a broker who's actually toured the community and can compare it honestly against Mirasol, Frenchman's Reserve, Bear's Club and Jonathan's Landing — see the Admirals Cove vs. Bear's Club piece for the tone.

Talk to a Jupiter broker who lives here

If you want a private, no-obligation conversation about a specific property, community, or waterfront strategy, call the broker directly.

Call Kyle: 561-371-5143 · Contact form · What's my home worth?

Kyle Camerlinck, MBA — Managing Broker, Taiter Realty · 1090 Jupiter Park Drive, Suite 101, Jupiter, FL 33458

Sources

• The Loxahatchee Club — official website: https://www.theloxahatcheeclub.org/
• Florida Homeowners' Associations, Chapter 720, F.S.: https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/Chapter720
• Palm Beach County Property Appraiser, Homestead Exemption: https://pbcpao.gov/homestead-exemption.htm