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The La Gorce Island Community

The La Gorce Island community boasts a serene and private atmosphere, enhanced by its gated entrance and round-the-clock security. This ensures the utmost safety and exclusivity for its residents. The island is meticulously landscaped with lush tropical foliage, swaying palm trees, and meandering pathways, creating a serene environment that exudes tranquility and luxury. One of the few gated neighborhoods in Miami BeachMore Info, La Gorce Island is a very private, prestigious and secure enclave to the immediate north of La Gorce Country ClubMore Info. Guards at the entrance and on marine patrol keep tabs on everyone who comes into the exclusive community.

La Gorce Island Recreation

There are great places to go and things to do around La Gorce Island. Golf, tennis, and boating enthusiasts are well catered to on La Gorce Island, with many facilities nearby. The private La Gorce Country Club offers a fine, 18-hole golf course, six tennis courts and a pool. The exclusive Indian Creek Golf Club is easily accessible via 63rd Street. Other well-regarded golf courses include the city-owned, 18-hole Miami Beach Golf Club on Alton Road, Normandy Shores Golf Club, and the par-3, nine-hole Bayshore Municipal Golf Course on Prairie Avenue.

La Gorce Island Shopping

As private as it is, La Gorce Island is conveniently situated between North Beach and South Beach, with all types of stores nearby. To the south, 41st Street has a range of neighborhood retail, including a Walgreens and CVS pharmacy, hardware store, French bakeries, neighborhood deli, ladies’ and children’s boutiques, hairdressers, banks, and a post office. Publix Super Market is a five-minute drive, either north or south. The famous, exclusive Bal Harbour Shops and Aventura Mall are not far away, and the Shops at Midtown are just across the Julia Tuttle Causeway from 41st Street.

Schools for La Gorce Island

Students from the La Gorce Island neighborhood are served by the following Miami-Dade public schools: North Beach Elementary, Nautilus Middle School, and Miami Beach Senior High.

The History of La Gorce Island

La Gorce Island was founded in the early 1920s by Miami Beach co-founder Carl Fisher, who named the Island after his friend John Oliver La Gorce, an editor with National Geographic magazine. Fisher also named La Gorce Drive and La Gorce Country Club after him. In return, La Gorce promoted the area in flowery prose, such as “a place for pleasure-bent and health-seeking folk.” Fisher started building La Gorce Country Club in 1924 by dredging more than two million cubic yards from Biscayne Bay and naming holes on the golf course after prominent people such as William Vanderbilt and humorist Will Rogers. The Country Club, totally restricted in the fashion of the time, became the social center for the old-guard captains of industry. Noteworthy figures such as John Jacob Astor and the prominent Firestone, Hertz, and Maytag families moved into La Gorce Island's grand homes and adjacent neighborhoods.

Estate Homes on La Gorce Island

La Gorce Island homes in Miami stand​s​ among the most desirable residential communities in South Florida with various styles such as modern, mid-century & traditional homes, many with open waterway views of Biscayne Bay. The Island’s 94 residences feature every construction style, many designed by distinguished architects of the 1930s and 40s. Some modern mega-mansions have also gone up in the past few years. Most La Gorce Island homes have docks suitable for large yachts, and no Atlantic Ocean drawbridges exist.

La Gorce Island is just north of where Alton Road segues into 63rd Street. The Island is in the 33141 zip code. La Gorce Circle encompasses the Island with large lots for waterfront mansions. Some start at 20,000 square feet. Those on the southwest side have views across Biscayne Bay to the Miami skyline. Northwest, the views are across the water to Normandy IsleMore Info. On the east, one can see Allison IslandMore Info, Indian CreekMore Info and the gleaming skyline of North Beach. Five interior lanes have smaller lots of 13,000 to 15,000 square feet. La Gorce Island Homes for sale are in high demand with all available property options found here, with La Gorce Island Homes included in our Miami MLS databaseMore Info of premier residential properties. Be sure to preview the La Gorce Island Homes Market ReportMore Info.