Nearby Activities - Golf, Pool, Archery ++
Executive Golf Courses
Because of the lovely beauty of their mature trees, you probably will find these original Villages Executive Golf Courses your favorites as we do: Silver Lake (photo right)- long fairways (two par 4 holes); the only course that you can drive a golf cart on, even on the par 3 holes, without a handicap tag Hilltop - beautiful panoramic hill view Mira Mesa - our favorite for beauty - it winds among the houses and trees; again two par 4 holes Chula Vista - was plain when it was built but now has matured with the lovely trees and lake view that it's great. De La Vista - definitely a challenging course with two long par 4 holes and many long par 3 holes El Santiago - easiest of the seven nearby courses but is still challenging from the black tees and excellent if you are new at golf from the green and gold tees El Diablo - the devil you say... try it, you'll like it |
Tuesday is Men's Day and Wednesday is Ladies' Day on several Executive Golf Courses. They are a best ball scramble with a closest to a pin competition. $2.00 fee goes to prize money for first three places. $1.00 for closest to a pin. There seems to be a strong opinion that Silver Lake (our rental home is on it) is the friendliest for Men's and Ladies' Day. The numbers show it by the number of flights they have to go to in high season.
Of course there’s lots more Executive Golf Courses (32 now) that you have access to. The green fees are fully waived with your Villages ID. If you purchase the annual trail fee (about $141.00 per year), you will not pay anything in the way of cart fee on any of the Executive Courses for the year.
Of course there’s lots more Executive Golf Courses (32 now) that you have access to. The green fees are fully waived with your Villages ID. If you purchase the annual trail fee (about $141.00 per year), you will not pay anything in the way of cart fee on any of the Executive Courses for the year.
Championship 18 or 27 hole Golf Courses
Our rental home is near some of the prettiest courses of the original Villages. All year, they are the less expensive because they are older, not because they are less challenging or less pretty.
These great original Villages Championship Golf courses beautifully challenging courses, with their mature trees and lovely landscaping, are nearest our rental home: Orange Blossom Hills CC (if you only play 9 holes, we like the back 9 the best) - recently renovated to be even nicer and due to reopen in Oct. 2014. Glenview CC (our favorite for beautiful Country Club (CC) restaurant but they are all nice) Hacienda Hills CC - love the twists and beauty through lovely homes Tierra Del Sol CC (we especially love the back 9 - it is BEAUTIFUL natural Florida) [Nancy] Lopez Legacy is near the Mulberry Rec Center and a bit of a distance but not too far and a lovely golf cart ride out. Palmer Legends and Cane Garden are not too far beyond Sumter Lake Town Center and Lake Miona Rec Center and not a bad golf cart ride out. Mallory Hill is about even with Cane Garden except to the East and Cane Garden and Palmer Legends are to the West. |
Nearest Pools
See the photos to the right for the nearest (adults only) neighborhood pool to our rent home. You have free access to enjoy it while renting and with your Villages ID. There are many other pools you have access to but this is the closest and the only neighborhood pool with a hot tub. We’ve walked it in the past and it’s not a bad walk. By car we measured it right at one mile not as the crow flies.There's a nice covered area with tables. We love to sit in the hot tub for a while then go into the pool then back into the hot tub. It's exhilarating.
If you purchase the Priority Pool upgrade ($260 for one year), you can go to the nearby Orange Blossom Hills and Hacienda Hills Country Club pools that both have hot tubs (or ANY country club pool). They are the only two Country Club pools that have hot tubs and are both a very short golf cart ride from our rental home. Application Form (pdf). Whether you have Priority Pool pass or not, you have access to ALL the country club restaurants, including Orange Blossom Hills. The nearest Family Pool is Paradise. It is right by the Paradise shuffleboard courts. |
Other Activities
Try something new or something you enjoyed as a kid. Archery Range is quite close to our rental home. They often have classes that are very good in teaching safety and skills in archery. In addition, try:
CLUB ACTIVITIES Watch the Thursday Daily Sun Newspaper for club activities. These clubs were formed by Villages residents. They may or may not charge a membership fee at all. Some include: Foreign Film, MINI, local neighborhood, Polo (yes, horses!), Mah-Jongg, various exercise groups including water and land aerobics, Biking groups, art clubs / classes, Ballroom Dance, play instruments, acting groups and so much more. |
Churches
All Christian - Chapel of Christian Faith - at Paradise Rec Center
St. George Episcopal Church - near Spanish Springs
St. Timothy’s Catholic Church - near Spanish Springs
Hope Lutheran Church - near 466 and Morse Blvd
Fairway Christian Church - near 466 and Morse Blvd
New Covenant United Methodist Church - Southern Trace, The Villages (a little further than the others but also accessible via golf cart).
and many more in The Villages and towns nearby
St. George Episcopal Church - near Spanish Springs
St. Timothy’s Catholic Church - near Spanish Springs
Hope Lutheran Church - near 466 and Morse Blvd
Fairway Christian Church - near 466 and Morse Blvd
New Covenant United Methodist Church - Southern Trace, The Villages (a little further than the others but also accessible via golf cart).
and many more in The Villages and towns nearby