Cherrywood - Ocala, FL

Cherrywood Estates is an active adult community located in Ocala, Central Florida, about five miles south of Highway 22. Cherrywood enjoys easy access to Interstate 75 and is only minutes away from restaurants, shopping, and hospitals. This makes for the perfect combination of country living with city convenience. Cherrywood Estates is a smaller community, but with larger lots than most nearby 55+ communities - and very affordable with a lower price per square footage than comparable communities.

Since beautiful weather is the norm in this region, residents get to make the most of all the outdoor amenities offered in this 55 and over community. Families with animals need not worry, as pets are welcome at Cherrywood Estates in Ocala. There are plenty of areas to exercise them and the association allows fences to be built to keep pets happy and safe while enjoying the Florida sunshine with their beloved families.

Cherrywood Amenities

The Cherrywood Estates clubhouse features a fitness center which hosts a variety of exercise classes, such as stretch ‘n tone, Pilates, and aerobics. There are also a variety of hobby rooms for cards, sewing, and arts and crafts. Billiards and a library serve for some welcome rest and relaxation. A ballroom with stage plays host to a variety of year-round social events. The clubhouse at Cherrywood Estates also has a community center. One of the center’s main features is the splendid stone fireplace.

Outdoors, an in-ground pool with Jacuzzi - surrounded by palm trees - and a picnic pavilion set the stage for relaxation and social events. For activities, there are tennis facilities, bocce ball courts, pickle ball, and horseshoe courts.

Cherrywood Homes & Real Estate

Construction at Cherrywood Estates in Ocala started in 1996 by Cherry Developers and was completed in 2003. A total of 700 single-family homes make up this 55 and over community. Residences are available on a resale basis and range in sizes from 1,000 to 2,500 square feet. All homes in Cherrywood are concrete block and stucco and sit on nicely sized lots - most of them are about quarter-acre in size. Some homes even offer three-car garages. The low association fees include common area maintenance, clubhouse and pool, basic cable, and curb side trash pick up.

Cherrywood Lifestyle

For a smaller community, Cherrywood in Ocala has many clubs and events. Some of the clubs are accordion, tennis, bowling league, needlecraft, poker, mah jongg, crocheting, chess, songbirds, quilting, and Veterans club. It has its own newsletter, which is very in-depth and comes complete with a monthly calendar of scheduled events. Some of the events that take place at Cherrywood are blood drives, casino trips, AARP driver safety program, bingo, holiday dances, and singles dinners. Birthdays, anniversaries, and other announcements are included in the Cherrywood Estates newsletter.

Area

Ocala is a very family friendly city only minutes away and offers countless options of different restaurants and ongoing events. For family entertainment, Ocala features year round theater performances, concerts, public festivals, dance recitals, and special museum exhibits. Picnics and hikes in Ocala’s parks, or carriage tours, are a very inexpensive way to enjoy life. The Ocala National Forest, the Marion Theater, the Appleton Museum of Art, the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing, and the Howard Academy Community Center are also worth checking out.

For a change of scenery, both Florida coastlines are about an hour’s drive away from Ocala. For large-scale excitement or when the grandchildren come to visit, Orlando beckons with Disney World, Universal, Sea World, and Busch Gardens - only an hour away as well.

• Clubhouse/Amenity Center
• Fitness Center
• Outdoor Pool
• Card Room
• Arts & Crafts Studio
• Sewing Studio
• Library

• Billiards
• Tennis Courts
• Pickleball Courts
• Bocce Ball Courts
• Shuffleboard Courts
• Horseshoe Pits

There are plenty of activities available in Cherrywood. Here is a sample of some of the clubs, activities and classes offered here.

• Accordion
• Aerobics
• Billiards
• Bingo
• Bowling
• Chess
• Crochet
• Democratic
• Dominoes
• Ladies Billiards
• Ladies Luncheon
• Line Dancing
• Mah Jongg
• Needlecraft

• Painting
• Pickleball
• Pilates
• Ping Pong
• Pinochle
• Pokeno
• Poker
• Quilting
• Tennis
• Travel
• Shuffleboard
• Singles
• Songbirds
• Veterans