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Mariner, Kismet and Coral Oaks out to Burnt Store on the Spreader Waterway

The city north of Embers Parkway and west of Santa Barbara Boulevard: Mariner, Kismet and Coral Oaks on fresh water, and Burnt Store out to the Spreader Waterway on Matlacha Pass.

Photograph: The Cape Coral side of the bridge · at the Cape Coral Bridge, about 13 km south-east, not a photograph of Mariner · Sanibel sun at en.wikipedia · Public domain · source

The Northwest Cape is our name for the City's northwest address quadrant, north of Embers Parkway and west of Santa Barbara Boulevard, 29,156 residents in 2020, the fewest of the five, and with the Northeast the part of the city that has built most since. No public body draws these neighborhoods: each guide is a set of the Gulf American Corporation's plat units as the City maps them, and the name on it is ours to give. Mariner, named for the high and middle schools inside, is the south of it, 8,311 residents, with the Northwest Regional Library and the Stonewater subdivision. Kismet, a name Nextdoor uses, is the units along Kismet and Diplomat Parkways between Santa Barbara and Chiquita Boulevards, 9,998 residents, with Seahawk Park and Festival Park. Coral Oaks is our name, after the City's golf course inside, for the units between Chiquita Boulevard and Burnt Store Road, 5,040 residents. Burnt Store is the west edge between Burnt Store Road and the Spreader Waterway on Matlacha Pass, 5,110 residents, with Sirenia Vista Park; the Burnt Store Marina that shares the name is outside the city to the north, as are Matlacha and Pine Island across the Spreader. 4 guides are listed below.

This is well-and-septic country. City water reaches 26% of Mariner's parcels, 7% of Kismet's, 8% of Burnt Store's and none of Coral Oaks', and the rest are in the City's North 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 utility extension areas, where the line extension and capital charges come as a special assessment on the tax bill, paid up front or over years; the City's assessment page gives the amount once an area is assessed. Much of it is still lots: 5,575 of Burnt Store's 10,151 parcels were vacant on the City's layer. Mariner, Kismet and Coral Oaks are fresh water only. Burnt Store holds the Northwest's salt water, 3,374 lots on the City's SW-A system, which reaches Matlacha Pass through the North Spreader Waterway, and every one of its residents is in Lee County's evacuation zone A, with 9,370 of its parcels in a FEMA special flood hazard area. Kismet has none. A Florida homeowners policy covers wind and not rising water, so FEMA's flood map for the exact address, the elevation certificate, the seller's disclosure of what the house took in Ian and since, and a quote for a separate flood policy belong in any offer here.

The guides

4 communities, guide by guide

Mariner, Kismet and Coral Oaks out to Burnt Store on the Spreader Waterway

Burnt Store

The west edge of the Northwest Cape between Burnt Store Road and the Spreader Waterway on Matlacha Pass, 5,202 acres and about 5,100 residents, with Sirenia Vista Park, Tropicana Park and Crystal Lake Park inside.

5,110
Residents of the 295 census blocks inside the sixteen plat units, in 2,439 homes; the city has grown about 22% since, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2025 estimates
3,374
Lots on saltwater canals, all on the City's SW-A navigation system to Matlacha Pass, the only salt water in the Northwest Cape; 2,587 parcels have a seawall, City of Cape Coral parcel and canal layers, read 2026
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Mariner, Kismet and Coral Oaks out to Burnt Store on the Spreader Waterway

Coral Oaks

The Northwest Cape between Chiquita Boulevard and Burnt Store Road from Diplomat Parkway to Jacaranda Parkway, 3,411 acres and about 5,000 residents around the City's Coral Oaks Golf Course, where no parcel yet has City water or sewer.

5,040
Residents of the 219 census blocks inside the ten plat units, in 1,912 homes; the city has grown about 22% since, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2025 estimates
0
Parcels of 5,735 with City water or sewer available: all are in the City's North 9 (3,614), North 7 (1,816), North 3 (202) and North 10 (103) utility extension areas, on wells and septic tanks, City of Cape Coral parcel layer, read 2026
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Mariner, Kismet and Coral Oaks out to Burnt Store on the Spreader Waterway

Kismet

The Northwest Cape between Santa Barbara Boulevard and Chiquita Boulevard from Tropicana Parkway north across Diplomat and Kismet Parkways, 3,844 acres and about 10,000 residents, with Seahawk Park and Festival Park inside.

9,998
Residents of the 439 census blocks inside the seven plat units, on 3,509 homes; the city has grown about 22% since and the north fastest, and no one publishes a later count for these units, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census
7%
Share of the 9,909 parcels with City water available (723; 379 with City sewer); 4,758 parcels are in the North 6 extension area, which the City's map dates 2030, and 4,427 in North 5, dated 2032, City of Cape Coral Ownership layer and Utilities Extension Map, read 2026
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Mariner, Kismet and Coral Oaks out to Burnt Store on the Spreader Waterway

Mariner

The south of the Northwest Cape between Embers Parkway and Tropicana Parkway, reaching up to Diplomat Parkway west of Chiquita Boulevard, 3,527 acres and about 8,300 residents, with Mariner High and Middle, the Northwest Regional Library and Hector A. Cafferata Jr. K-8 inside.

8,311
Residents of the 277 census blocks inside the six plat units, on 2,970 homes; the city has grown about 22% since, fastest in the north, and no one has published a later count for these units, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census
26%
Share of the 8,053 parcels with City water available (2,082; 1,984 with City sewer); 3,563 parcels are in the North 4 extension area and 2,003 in North 7, both dated 'TBD' on the City's map, and 143 in North 3, City of Cape Coral Ownership layer, read 2026
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Photographs: Cape Coral from the air by David Wilson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons · Lightning over the Caloosahatchee by CaptainBillyCatPants, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · The monument on Cape Coral Parkway by Sanibel sun at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.