Nature Trail is a premier 24-hour guard-gated master-planned conservation community on West Nine Mile Road in Northwest Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, widely favored by active retirees and empty-nesters for its low-maintenance Cottage and Garden Home enclaves. Governed under Florida Statutes Chapter 720 by Nature Trail Homeowners Association, Inc. (Florida Sunbiz Non-Profit Doc# N07000000176, incorporated January 2007 and managed by Homeland Neighborhood Management), the neighborhood is surrounded by more than 400 acres of permanently preserved Forever Wild wetlands and longleaf pine forests. Residents enjoy the 6,000-square-foot Lodge at Nature Trail clubhouse (8775 Foxtail Loop) with a social hall, catering kitchen, veranda, fitness center, resort swimming pool, dedicated lap lanes, lighted tennis and pickleball courts, and five miles of wooden boardwalks and wooded walking trails located immediately east of the Navy Federal Credit Union Heritage Oaks campus and approximately 7.5 miles west of HCA Florida West Hospital.
Official Verification Sources: Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) Filing — Nature Trail HOA (Doc# N07000000176); Escambia County Property Appraiser — Nature Trail Subdivision Records
Issuer: Florida Department of State Division of Corporations
Notes: NATURE TRAIL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. (Sunbiz Non-Profit Doc# N07000000176, FEI/EIN 41-2223372, filed January 5, 2007); active Florida Chapter 720 HOA headquartered at The Lodge, 8775 Foxtail Loop, Pensacola, FL 32526 (HOA management via Homeland Neighborhood Management Florida, LLC, 850-203-2363).
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What clubhouse, fitness, and trail amenities do residents of Nature Trail in Pensacola enjoy?
Centered at 8775 Foxtail Loop, the 6,000-square-foot Lodge at Nature Trail features a social banquet room with a fireplace and catering kitchen, a fitness center, a resort-style pool and lap pool, lighted tennis and pickleball courts, and five miles of private boardwalks and nature trails winding through over 400 acres of conserved wetlands.
How is Nature Trail governed and what does the Homeowners Association oversee?
Nature Trail is governed under Florida Statutes Chapter 720 by Nature Trail Homeowners Association, Inc. (Sunbiz Doc# N07000000176, established January 2007) and managed by Homeland Neighborhood Management, covering 24-hour manned gate security, Lodge and pool facilities, common-area landscaping, and conservation trail maintenance.
Where is Nature Trail located relative to major Pensacola hospitals?
Nature Trail is located at 6000 W. Nine Mile Road (Lodge at 8775 Foxtail Loop) just off I-10 Exit 5 in Northwest Pensacola, Florida 32526, approximately 7.5 miles west of HCA Florida West Hospital (8383 N Davis Hwy), 10 miles northwest of the Baptist Hospital Brent Lane campus, and 11 miles northwest of Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola.
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