Community location

Wilderness, Central Naples West · Naples, Florida

Updated
Sold $230,000 – $1,045,000 past 18 months
Asking now $329,900 – $2,100,000
Annual fees $57,400 – $58,600 middle range · + $130,000 one-time
Property tax rate 0.94–1.04% about $3,300–$3,700 a year on a $435,000 condo depending on the taxing district within the community, no exemptions applied
Homes built 1977–1979 across 299 homes
Primary residence 40% of homes claimed as one
My community rating 4.5

Sold, property tax rate, homes built and primary residence are from county records.

Type, amenities & maintenance

Community type

Amenities

Amenities and services in Wilderness — what is available here, and the maintenance behind it.

Golf fees vary, and dining carries its own charges. Everything shown is available here, though not all of it is covered by the community fees listed here.

Maintenance

Fees in Wilderness typically cover golf, internet and Wi-Fi, irrigation water, lawn and grounds maintenance, cable, a property manager, trash removal, insurance, recreational facilities, reserves, sewer, street maintenance, the master association fee, and water.

Building types, pets & leasing

Building types

Pets

Pets are allowed in Wilderness. The terms, such as how many pets and what size, can differ from home to home.

Homes here allow pets with limits. Where limits are stated they run to 1 pet.

Leasing

The minimum lease is 30 days, and up to 2 leases are allowed each year.

Restrictions

Homes here are deed restricted, with no RVs, no commercial vehicles, no trucks, and architectural review. Deed restrictions are recorded against the property and pass with it, so they apply to every owner. They typically cover exterior changes and how a home is used, and the community's recorded documents set out the detail.

Homes for sale in Wilderness

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Destinations & driving times from Wilderness

Everything is close to Wilderness: downtown at Fifth Avenue South is 3 miles, about 7 minutes by car. The nearest beach access is Park Shore Beach at Via Miramar, 2.1 miles, about 7 minutes by car. It is 4 minutes to Coastland Center for dining and shopping and Fred W. Coyle Freedom Park for parks and recreation, and 5 minutes to Gulfshore Playhouse for the performing arts. The drive to Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) is about 45 minutes.

Every destination named here is described in the Destinations chapter of the 2027 Naples Buyer’s Guide.

Driving times are estimated from the community’s mapped center or primary access point, using OpenStreetMap road data.

Dining & Shopping near Wilderness, by driving distance
NameMilesETA
Coastland Center 1.1 mi 4 min
Venetian Village 2.2 mi 6 min
Waterside Shops 2.9 mi 6 min
Fifth Avenue South 3 mi 7 min
Third Street South 4.2 mi 10 min
Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt 5.6 mi 12 min
Mercato 5.7 mi 11 min
Coconut Point 16.2 mi 26 min
Miromar Outlets 22.1 mi 32 min
Gulf Coast Town Center 26.5 mi 35 min

Sales history · 18 months

Over the past 18 months the county recorded 19 condo sales at a median of $435,000 in Wilderness.

Condo
$435,000 1,533 sq ft
median of 19 sales · 299 homes
25th $300,000 75th $670,000
May 2025 $327,500 – $1,045,000 monthly median Oct 2026

Types follow county records, which classify by how a home is owned rather than how it is built. Attached villas and townhouses appear within them according to how each home is deeded.

Source: Collier County Property Appraiser · 18 months to September 2026 · Sales through October 2026 will be added as qualified by the county.

Flood zones & evacuation

88% of homes in Wilderness sit on a lot mostly inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, chiefly zone AE, where a federally backed mortgage requires flood insurance — measured across 298 mapped homes, and it varies from home to home. For hurricane evacuation Wilderness is in Collier Zone B.

Two different things, measured by two different agencies. Evacuation zones are about storm surge and who leaves first. Flood zones are FEMA’s insurance rating, and they vary from home to home.

Hurricane evacuation zone

Zone B Collier

Called in the second wave, for stronger storms.

Called firstCalled last
FEMA flood zone
88% sit on a lot mostly inside a Special Flood Hazard Area, where a federally backed mortgage requires flood insurance.
In the Special Flood Hazard AreaOutside it
AE 262 homes 1% annual chance, with a set base flood elevation
X shaded 36 homes 0.2% annual chance — moderate risk

FEMA flood maps and Collier County Emergency Management. A revised Collier County flood map is in preparation and may change these zones.

Flood zone varies by home — each home’s page shows its own.
A starting point, not a determination. Your lender will require its own flood zone determination before closing, and your insurer will normally require an elevation certificate — a surveyor’s measurement of how high the building actually sits — before quoting. Those documents govern; this does not replace either. Zones can also be amended individually through FEMA.

Flood zones, evacuation, and insurance are explained in the Risk, Resilience & Insurance chapter of the 2027 Naples Buyer’s Guide.

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