Land trust files application for 20/20 purchase
102-acre riverfront parcel across from Tarpon Point
Conservation 2020 Application – Glover Bight Land
An application has been submitted to Lee County’s Conservation 20/20 program, offering to sell a 102-acre riverfront parcel at the southern tip of the Cape Coral.
The parcel is across from Tarpon Point and west of the 350-acre Redfish Pointe riverfront site for which a land use change has been sought to allow for development.
The application was submitted by Noel Davies, trustee of the Glover Bright Land Trust, on Dec. 17, 2025.
The application authorizes Lee County to evaluate the property for potential purchase in the Conservation Lands Program and states the owner is willing to consider a fair market value offer for the purchase.
The property lies off Glover Bright/Redfish Point along the north shore of the Caloosahatchee River, which wraps around the Cape near Tarpon Point Marina and the Weston Resort.
The application states “this particular site is still in pristine condition with areas of natural mangrove lagoons and tidal pools, sea grapes, and cocoplums as a dominant woody vegetation.”
The application also includes information about surrounding waterways being identified as an important breading area for the endangered smalltooth sawfish.
It has the potential for passive recreational development, the application states.
“The southern shoreline of the property has a beach that can be easily landed on with a boat and there is walkable access to the interior of the site where the uplands are found. The northern shoreline of the property’s natural cape provides for perfect dockage and a possible marina location due to its large cove and proximity to Tarpon Point Marina. As there is a similar site north of the river at Glover Bight Trail on Rose Garden Road, it is very possible to install a boardwalk at least within the mangroves.”
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