Best Community Pools of 2017

Pooler, GA — Savannah Quarters® is a premier new home community in the southeast located 10 miles west of the Savannah city center in Pooler. The 2,600-acre masterplan community offers charm, relaxation, beauty and recreation. The fun and relaxed Club at Savannah Quarters® features resort-style amenities such as Fitness, Tennis, Award-Winning Swimming Facility, and a stunning Clubhouse with year-round dining and gracious Southern service.

Leland, NC — Enter the gates of Compass Pointe, and feel as though you are retreating to your own private island while strolling down winding streets set in lush landscapes of stately pine trees and swaying palmettos. The resort-style community is 2,200 acres of natural beauty with quality-built homes and amenities carefully placed throughout. Enjoy the award-winning resort-style pool, whether you are meeting friends to enjoy a poolside cookout, or enjoying the shade of the palms in solitude. With many designated park areas, expansive ponds, inland beach, timber bridges, and abundantly landscaped common areas, Compass Pointe is a lifestyle like no other.

Millsboro, Delaware—Amenities like a Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course, tennis complex and fitness facility might do for some communities, but The Peninsula goes a step beyond with its one-of-a-kind Lakeside Village. For water lovers, it doesn’t get any better than these three cool pools—a beautiful indoor pool for swimming laps in any season, a huge outdoor pool with a smaller splash pool for the kids and, best of all, a wave pool for boogie-board riding and building sand castles on the adjacent beach.

Groveland, FL — The outdoor Resort Pool delivers a true resort experience you won't find at other communities. In addition to sparkling blue water which meanders from inside to outside, we've added a few touches typically reserved for a Caribbean getaway. This enormous resort pool is appointed with elegant, comfortable outdoor chaises so you can lounge the day away pool side. Shaded areas abound as well, so if it's a lazy afternoon with a great book you're looking for, this area is for you.

Jasper, Georgia— Just north of Atlanta, is Big Canoe, an ideal private mountain community. With three golf courses, lakes, waterfalls, a clubhouse, fitness center, spa, swim club, racquet club, trails system, and more, access to these amenities can be in your backyard. Big Canoe is home to the Swim Club at Lake Disharoon, outdoor rockslide, three outdoor pools and one indoor pool. The Swim Club is perfect for lounging, paddling, and playing. Enjoy paddleboats, paddleboards, canoes, kayaks, volleyball, picnic/grilling areas, and a rockslide! Talk about paradise!

Ponte Vedra, Florida—Nocatee is a residential community on the northeast Florida coast that doesn’t have a swimming pool—it has an enormous water-fun playground that rivals many commercial destinations. The on-site Splash Water Park complex includes everything from Splash Cove with its shallow-access pool for the youngsters to a variety of deeper lagoons for kids of all ages. Then there’s the Lazy Tides River for floating along beside the park’s waterfalls and geysers. No exciting enough? Try the 330-foot zip line that carries you at 37 miles an hour over the park or one of the two twist-and-turn Rip Tide Slides.

Holly Ridge, North Carolina — Summerhouse on Everett Bay is a delightful waterfront community with every resident having access to beautiful views of the Intracoastal Waterway and the water itself. Just nine miles from the beaches of Topsail, Summerhouse offers the many laid-back benefits of summertime all year round including the spectacular resort-style pool and pool complex.