When people think of West Palm Beach, they tend to relate to the city life. The typical congested downtown, plenty of yachts and boaters, night life and all the other typical characteristics of city life.

The western communities of West Palm Beach, which are also located in Royal Palm Beach and Wellington, may be a little different that you would imagine.

Royal Palm Beach and unincorporated West Palm Beach is only about 8-10 miles from the hustle of downtown West Palm Beach, but offers a rural lifestyle and living that may surprise you.

This is the area of the Acreage and Loxahatchee, where the typical lot size is about 1.25 acres, with a range up to 10 acre lots. While neighboring areas typically have about .17 - .25 acres per lot, Loxahatchee and the Acreage offer space and a rural lifestyle.

The zoning for this area is 'AR', which mean Agricultural / Residential. What does this mean to you, as a consumer looking for land for sale in Loxahatchee and the Acreage?

This zoning permits you to be creative with your land. Below are some example of uses:

• Residential Use - The obvious and typical scenario includes building a single family home, but with the extra space you could build a second home for the 'mother in law'.
• Tree Frams and Plant Nurseries - Plant trees on your lot next to your home or dedicate the entire lot for growing trees and plants as a business.
• Equestrian - Keep horses on your lot for personal use, or have a farm with stables for rent as a commercial use.
• Other animals - See photos below where one homeowner raises and sells goats.! I have seen llamas (or similar animals) in people backyards.
• Plenty of storage space - Build a large garage and keep your boat or other 'toy' locked away safely from the elements. This may also include trailers, airboats, bulldozers and other large utility items.
  

See the photos below for examples of these uses and for images of the area.

Below are some actual photos that I took while doing some research on land for sale in Loxahatchee and the Acreage.

You can see some of the examples of the uses mentioned above in the photo gallery below.

You can see there are large houses and construction underway in the area. There is plenty of space and lots are available on both paved roads and more private graded-dirt roads.

In the gallery below, there is even a BMX track for kids on one property!

Access to Loxahatchee from the south is via newly expanded Southern Boulevard (a 6-8 lane highway).

Access from the North access is through Northlake Blvd, which is an exit off the Florida Turnpike.

There are paved roads which lead into and across Loxahatchee, but many of the side roads are graded dirt roads.

See a map of a lot that is for sale here (within 1 block).