Welcome to Bear’s Paw a gated waterfront golf course community in beautiful Central Naples. The community features a mix of single family homes and condos for a wide range of choices for your residence. As an “equity golf community” residents may live within the community and do NOT have to join the country club. Bear’s Paw is not a “bundled golf community” and country club membership is an extra cost if you want to golf or use country club amenities.
Golf and Country Club
Bears Paw Country Club has a limited membership of 297 members, one of the smallest memberships in Naples. One of the benefits of a smaller membership is it is easy to get tee times during high season. In addition to golf, members will enjoy 4 Har-Tru Tennis courts, 2 pickleball courts, 2 bocce ball courts and, a state-of-the-art fitness center.
Golf Course
Here you will find Naples’ first Jack Nicklaus signature course. The course has narrow fairways that are tree lined and bordered by a thick cut of rough. There are water hazards that come into play on several holes. In true Nicklaus fashion, the course has several elongated greens that are difficult to read because of all their subtle breaks. The signature hole is the 14th, a 205-yard par 3, requiring a tee shot over water to a narrow green that is well bunkered on the back side.
View of the Course from the Landings 
Bear’s Paw Golf Course 
Stand of trees on the Gold Course
Membership
Membership to the country club is among the more affordable country clubs in the Naples area. Initial membership deposits are $35,000 for full golf members and $3000 for social members. Annual dues are $11,925 for golf members and $1,500 for social members. Full golf members enjoy unlimited golf and full use of all club facilities. Social members enjoy golf in the off season and use of all non-golf club facilities anytime.
Waterfront
Bear’s Paw is one of the very few golf communities with its own on-site Marina. The Community’s waterfront is situated along the Golden Gate Canal which provides easy gulf access via the Gordon River and Naples Bay. Enjoy the convenience of keeping your boat in one of the club’s lifts or slips, or take a kayak out for an afternoon tour through Naples’ many miles of canals. A few homes in Landings community within Bear’s Paw even include direct water frontage with the ability to park your boat behind your home.
Boat access to the gulf is via the Golden Gate Canal and the Gordon River to Naples Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Clearance under the US-41 bridge over Naples Bay is 9 feet so any boats with a height clearance of less than 9 feet can be docked in Bear’s Paw. Not all your boating has to be in the gulf, as the community provides access to the many miles of canals in Naples which are ideal for rowing, canoeing and kayaking.
Marina along Golden Gate Canal
Homes
There are 5 sub-neighborhoods within the Bear’s Paw community.
Wildwood
Welcome to Bear’s Paw Condos at Wildwood. You will find both 2 and 3 bedroom condo units with spectacular views of the golf course. Units here range in size from 1656 to 200 square feet of living area and all feature screened balconies and lanais. At the center of the wildwood community is a pool area and residents have covered parking under carports. The three story buildings of wildwood include elevators for resident’s convenience and accessibility.
Units in Wildwood generally sell in the 200s and 300s.
Condo Fees: $2567 quarterly + $2400 annually
Bear’s Paw Village
This is perhaps the most exclusive neighborhood within Bear’s Paw. Consisting of just 16 homes it offers the only single family homes within the gates of Bear’s Paw proper. Homes here were built in the late 1980s and early 1990s and generally include 3 bedrooms and a den. Homes here are large (above 3000 square feet) custom estate homes that include 3 car garages and tile roofs. The majority of homes in Bear’s Paw village feature private backyard pools, and all homes in this neighborhood feature a lake and or golf course view.
Homes in Bear’s Paw Village generally sell from 1.5 to 1.6 million.
HOA Fees: $2500 per year
Bear’s Paw Villas
Bear’s Paw Villas is a villa condo community located in a wooded setting. Buildings here are two story and feature tile roofs styled to look like wooden shakes. This gives the units a natural rustic feel, blending into the wooded setting with preserve and golf course views. Villas units are either 2 or 3 bedrooms and feature between 1681 and 2476 square feet of living space. The Bear’s Paw Villas community features multiple pool areas with views of preserves and the golf course. One pool area is on an island with two bridges linking it to the villas neighborhood. Villas units also feature enclosed garages for parking.
Units in Bear’s Paw Villas generally sell in the 400s to the 600s.
Condo Fees: $3026 quarterly + $2400 annually
Lakeview
Lakeview is a condominium community consisting of a single 3 story building with a view of both the lake and golf course. This small condominium community includes carports for resident parking as well as elevators. Lakeview shares a pool area with Bear’s Paw Vilas.
Landings
The Landings at Bear’s Paw is a small neighborhood of 22 single family homes with canal and golf course frontage. The Landings has a separate gated entrance off Golden Gate Parkway but is connected to the main clubhouse via golf cart path. Homes here are the largest in Bear’s Paw and feature a sleek contemporary coastal design. Homes here generally include 4 bedrooms and a den as well as a 3 car garage. The Landings is the newest neighborhood in Bears Paw and homes were constructed in the late 2010s and early 2020s to include the latest in modern high tech features.
Homes in the landings sell for 3.1 to 3.6 million
HOA Fees: $2100 per quarter
Architecture in the Landings at Bear’s Paw 
Docks behind home in the Landings 
Landings at Bear’s Paw Streetscape