Hickory Hammock Homes for Sale

About Hickory Hammock Neighborhood

Sitting on land that was once part of the Burch family's original citrus groves — the West Orange County family whose patriarch W.B. Burch arrived in Winter Garden in 1909 and became one of the area's largest orange shippers — Hickory Hammock carries forward a name the Burch family originally used for this stretch of land. Nearby Lake Burnett took its name from Burch's middle name, and Lake Claire was named for his daughter. The modern community was developed by Meritage Homes beginning around 2013, with build-out continuing through roughly 2020 across about 500 homesites.

Home product within Hickory Hammock spans a wide range. Attached townhome floorplans — Barcelona, Cortes, and Alora among the most common — typically run between roughly 1,800 and 1,950 square feet and cluster near the eastern entrance off Hickory Hammock Overlook Street. Single-family detached homes occupy the bulk of the interior streets, with sizes generally ranging from the high 2,000s up through 4,000+ square feet. The community's premium tier sits within Emerald Pointe, a small gated enclave of approximately 28 lakefront homesites on the western edge along Johns Lake — effectively a gated section within an already-gated community, with homes built to custom and semi-custom luxury specifications.

Two gated entrances serve the community: one off Stoneybrook West Parkway via Hickory Hammock Overlook Street on the east side, and a southern entrance via Johns Lake Overlook Drive. Both deliver residents directly toward the clubhouse and central amenity area. Walking trails wind through the community under mature oaks, and the lakefront dock on Johns Lake provides fishing access and water views without requiring lakefront ownership.

Hickory Hammock Location & Connections

Hickory Hammock occupies the northwestern quadrant of 34787 in Winter Garden, with frontage along the eastern shore of Johns Lake, an approximately 2,580-acre spring-fed lake that is one of West Orange County's largest waterbodies. The community sits between Stoneybrook West Parkway and Avalon Road (CR-545), with Marsh Road framing portions of the surrounding rural-edge land. To the immediate north and east are protected wetlands and the Johns Lake Conservation Area, contributing to the relatively low-density feel along the lake side of the neighborhood.

Access to SR-429 (the Daniel Webster Western Beltway) is roughly five minutes via Stoneybrook West Parkway, opening up connections to I-4, Downtown Winter Garden, Horizon West, and the broader Orlando metro. Stoneybrook West Village retail sits just outside the eastern entrance, and Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves is a short drive east.

Hickory Hammock Amenities & Lifestyle

Hickory Hammock is built around an unusually deep amenity package for a community of its size. The Club at Hickory Hammock — the central clubhouse perched at the highest elevation in the neighborhood — anchors a resort-style pool, two tennis courts, a fitness center, a sand volleyball court, and a playground. Walking trails connect the clubhouse area to a lakefront dock extending into Johns Lake, where residents can fish or simply watch sunsets over the water.

Daily-life convenience is one of the community's real strengths. Stoneybrook West Village retail (Publix, restaurants, services) sits just outside the eastern gate, and the SR-429 corridor opens up the rest of West Orange County and the theme parks within minutes. The result is a community that feels insulated and amenity-rich without being far from anything.

How Hickory Hammock Compares

Buyers considering Hickory Hammock typically also look at the two nearest gated communities on the NW 34787 / Johns Lake corridor: Stoneybrook West (a much larger 24-hour gated golf community) and Twinwaters (a smaller gated lakefront community on Lake Speer). Each has a different value proposition.

Hickory Hammock HOA & CDD Information

Hickory Hammock operates under a single homeowners association that manages the gated entrances, the central amenity complex at The Club at Hickory Hammock, common-area landscaping, walking trails, and the lakefront dock. Homes within the Emerald Pointe sub-enclave are part of the same master HOA but also pay an additional sub-association fee covering the secondary gate and dedicated common areas of that enclave.

The community is not within a Community Development District, so there is no CDD assessment on top of HOA dues — a meaningful cost advantage compared with many newer master-planned communities in the broader Horizon West corridor that do carry CDD obligations.

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