Emerald Ridge Homes for Sale

About Emerald Ridge Neighborhood

Emerald Ridge sits in the 34787 ZIP code, immediately east of SR 429 and just north of Tilden Road. It's a self-contained, gated subdivision platted in the early 2000s on roughly 50 acres of former citrus and farm land — one of the smaller production-builder communities along the SR 429 corridor through Winter Garden before the Horizon West master plan began its larger build-out to the south. The interchange at Stoneybrook West Parkway gives residents a fast on-ramp to SR 429 — and through it to I-4, Walt Disney World, and the wider Central Florida road network.

KB Home built virtually the entire community in a tight two-year window from 2003 to 2005, which gives Emerald Ridge a more consistent architectural feel than many older Winter Garden neighborhoods. Homes range from about 1,700 to roughly 3,900 square feet across one- and two-story floor plans, with three to five bedrooms and two- or three-car garages. The community has two gated entrances — the primary entry on Tilden Road and a secondary gate on Stoneybrook West Parkway accessible from the west — and is laid out around three internal ponds, with the largest pond on the southeastern corner anchoring the community pool and pool house.

Roughly 15 to 16 of the homes back to one of the ponds, and a smaller group backs to the conservation and wetland area on the eastern edge. Emerald Ridge does not surround a golf course or sit on a major lake — it's a straightforward, well-kept gated subdivision whose appeal is location, low density, and a manageable HOA footprint. For buyers who want a Winter Garden 34787 address with gated security but without the scale or fees of a master-planned community, it fills a specific and increasingly hard-to-replicate niche.

Emerald Ridge Location & Connections

Emerald Ridge occupies a tight pocket of land in north-central Winter Garden, framed by Tilden Road to the south, Stoneybrook West Parkway to the north, the 429 Expressway to the west, and a conservation/wetland buffer to the east. The Stoneybrook West Parkway interchange at SR 429 sits roughly half a mile to the northwest, giving residents fast access to the toll-road spine that links north Orange County to Walt Disney World and the Western Beltway's connection to I-4.

Tilden Road continues east about 1.5 miles to Winter Garden-Vineland Road and the Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves retail corridor. Downtown Winter Garden and the West Orange Trail's Plant Street segment lie about 3 miles northeast.

Emerald Ridge Amenities & Lifestyle

Emerald Ridge's lifestyle is shaped by what's just outside its gates more than by extensive on-site amenities. The community itself offers a pool, pool house, and walkable sidewalks around the largest pond — adequate for daily use without the operating cost of a clubhouse-and-fitness-center model.

Within a 2-mile radius residents have access to two private golf clubs, a regional shopping center, AdventHealth's full-service hospital campus, and the brick-lined main street of downtown Winter Garden. The location works particularly well for households that want gated security and an affordable HOA but expect to do their dining, shopping, and recreation off-site.

How Emerald Ridge Compares

For buyers comparing Emerald Ridge to nearby Winter Garden options, the most useful frame is gated, established, no-CDD versus newer master-planned alternatives. Emerald Ridge is older, smaller, and lower-fee than a typical Horizon West village community; it's newer and more uniform than the established neighborhoods east of downtown.

Emerald Ridge HOA & CDD Information

Emerald Ridge operates under a mandatory homeowner association that maintains the community gates, common areas, pool and pool house, the three internal ponds, and the perimeter landscaping along Tilden Road and Stoneybrook West Parkway. Because Emerald Ridge was platted in the early 2000s — before the SR 429 / Horizon West CDD wave took hold across 34787 — it carries an HOA only, with no Community Development District assessment (please verify CDD status at closing).

The HOA's footprint is narrower than at a master-planned community: there is no clubhouse, fitness center, or golf course to support, so the fee structure is correspondingly lighter. As with any HOA, fees, reserves, and management contacts change over time — please contact us for current figures rather than relying on historical numbers.

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