Cape Coral the Waterfront Wonderland.
Leonard and Jack Rosen started Cape Coral in 1957 by purchasing 103 square miles of land, and formed the Gulf American Corporation. Now Cape Coral is a sunny planned city along the Gulf of Mexico made up of 114 square miles of land on the other side of the Caloosahatchee River from Fort Myers. The average high temperature is 85 degrees, the average low is 66 degrees, and typically the yearly rainfall is 54 inches, with 265 sunny days per year.
Cape Coral is a boater and fisherman’s paradise with 413 miles of fresh and salt-water canals, more than any other city in the world, giving it the nickname “The Waterfront Wonderland”. Cape Coral is divided into four sections (SE, NE, SW, and NW). The North/South dividing line is at Embers Parkway on the West side of the City, and transitions to Hancock Bridge Parkway on the East side of the city. The East/West dividing line is located at Santa Barbara Boulevard.
The Cape is a widely renowned place to live and is a vibrant and youthful city, where businesses thrive, and life is rich with educational, cultural, and recreational opportunities. With four golf courses, tennis courts, boat ramps, public parks, natural eco preserves, and more, the quality of life in Cape Coral is second to none. In 2016 Forbes Magazine named the City of Cape Coral as # 9 of the “Top 25 City’s To Retire in the United States”.
Cape Coral Attractions and Events
• The four golf courses are: Coral Oaks, Palmetto Pines Country Club, Hunters Run Golf Club, and Royal Tee Golf Club.
• Sun splash Family Waterpark
• Cape Coral Yacht Club
• Four Mile Ecological Preserve
• Cape Coral Farmers Market is open October – May at Club Square, and May-September At Cape Harbour from 8am-1pm, and every Tuesday from 2pm-7pm at the Shops at Surfside.
• The city holds an annual Independence Day fireworks festival known as Red, White & BOOM!! This is the biggest single day event in the city and a large July 4 display for Southwest Florida. Red, White and BOOM is presented annually by the Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral.
• Since 1985, the German-American Club holds an annual Oktoberfest, styled after the original held in Germany. The event draws on average 30,000 visitors.
• The Cape Coral Festival of the Arts is held the second weekend of January every year. The event takes place on Cape Coral Parkway and attracts over 100,000 visitors. Nearly 300 artists and craftspeople from across the nation line the street to make this one of the largest and best-attended art festivals in Southwest Florida.
• Since 1978 the Cape Coral Christmas Boat Light Parade has been held just before Christmas. The annual event features over 100 boats in all types of lighting decorations. The boats traverse the canals in the lower Cape starting at the Bimini Basin and 4 Freedoms Park.
Did you know?
• The overall crime rate in Cape Coral is 30% lower than the national average.
• For every 100,000 people, there are 5.7 daily crimes that occur in Cape Coral.
• Cape Coral is safer than 59% of the cities in the United States.
• In Cape Coral you have a 1 in 49 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
• The number of total year over year crimes in Cape Coral has decreased by 5%.
Zip Codes: 33904, 33909, 33914, 33990, 33991, and 33993
Total Population: 154,305
(Source: ESRI Business Analyst forecasts for 2010 and 2015; U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population and Housing)
