THE FORT MYERS BEACH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southwestern Florida Flatwoods setting.
Fort Myers Beach town has 2.78 square miles of land in Lee County. Its Census reference point is in Southwestern Florida Flatwoods, within Southern Coastal Plain.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Fort Myers Beach and Lee County
Fort Myers Beach is associated with Lee County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Fort Myers Beach by land and water
The Census records 3.39 square miles of water within Fort Myers Beach, or 54.9% of its total area. It is 6.5 percentage points higher than the 48.4% recorded for Lee County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fort Myers Beach town has 4.3 times the land area of nearby Harlem Heights CDP (0.65 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

