Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Type
Attached townhomes, all with attached two-car garages
Size
Three core plans, the largest reaching about 2,062 SF
Era
Built roughly 2005 to 2008
Status
Established and built out; resale only, gated
Costs & Fees
HOA
Managed by Leland Management; fee not reliably published, confirm in writing
CDD
Bartram Park CDD applies to much of the area; treatment varies by parcel
Property tax
Duval millage roughly 17.9 to 18.5 mills, plus any CDD assessment
Amenities
Access
Gated entry with controlled access
Recreation
Community clubhouse, pool, and fitness center
Preserve
Adjacent to the 2,000-acre Julington-Durbin Creek Preserve and its trails
Outdoor
Tree-lined streets for walking and biking
Location
Area
Inside the Bartram Park master plan, southern Jacksonville, ZIP 32258
Access
About 8 minutes to I-95 at Old St. Augustine Road
Nearby
Durbin Park shopping, Baptist Medical Center South, St. Johns Town Center
The Homes & Style
Hawthorn is one gated community built on three repeating plans, so the shopping decision is plan, position, and condition. The three core plans, the Yardley, the Winston, and the Xavier, all carry attached two-car garages, with plan-level differences in layout and bedroom count driving the choice. The Xavier is the largest of the lineup, reaching up to 2,062 square feet, which is small-single-family scale in a townhome format and typically tops the community price band.
The two-car garage spec keeps Hawthorn competing with entry single-family homes in the area, which supports values when single-family pricing rises and caps them when single-family inventory loosens. Comp Winston against Winston where possible, because plan-level comps are cleaner than community averages, and because the townhome stock here is more uniform than a typical resale neighborhood, condition and position become the real differentiators.
Preserve-adjacent positions are the premium inside the community: a permanent conservation backdrop is the kind of feature that holds its margin on resale. Portal estimates have run around 320,000 to 350,000 dollars per bartrampark.com fetched June 2026; that is a portal estimate, not closed-sale data, so treat it as a starting frame and pull fresh MLS comps by plan before you offer.
Living Here
The amenity package covers the core list, with the preserve next door doing the heavy lifting for outdoor life. There is a gated entry with controlled access, a clubhouse that doubles as the association and gathering space, a community pool as the recreation centerpiece, and an on-site fitness room, with the 2,000-acre Julington-Durbin Creek Preserve and its trail system effectively next door.
The Bartram Park corridor covers groceries and daily errands within minutes, Durbin Park, the big-box and dining hub just over the county line, is about ten minutes away, and St. Johns Town Center is roughly twenty minutes north. Baptist Medical Center South sits about seven minutes away, and I-95 is reachable in about eight, which is the practical draw of this part of the master plan.
Two quiet truths shape value here. A two-car-garage townhome competes with entry single-family homes, not other townhomes; when you comp Hawthorn against one-car-garage attached product, you misprice it in either direction, so anchor to what the garage actually replaces. And plenty of Jacksonville communities advertise a wooded view that becomes rooftops in five years; the Julington-Durbin Creek Preserve is conservation land, so a preserve-side Hawthorn unit is buying a view with no expiration date. Within Bartram Park, CDD treatment varies by parcel and phase, so two similar listings can carry different tax bills; pull the actual tax record for the specific address before you compare monthly costs.
Before You Offer
Jacksonville sees coastal, river, and creek flooding, and pockets near the St. Johns River tributaries can sit in higher-risk zones. Jacksonville participates in the FEMA Community Rating System at a class 6, which earns flood-insurance discounts of about 10 percent for homes outside a special flood hazard area and about 20 percent for homes inside one.
The reliable move is to pull the FEMA flood designation for the exact Hawthorn at Bartram Park address before you write an offer, since two homes in the same area can fall in different zones. A home in Zone X can cost far less to insure than one near water in Zone AE. Get a bindable flood and homeowners quote during your inspection period, so the cost is in your monthly math before you commit, not after.
The Jacksonville metro is served by Xfinity (Comcast) cable across nearly all addresses and by AT&T with DSL almost everywhere plus fiber to a growing share of homes. If working from home matters, confirm the options, and fiber in particular, at the specific Hawthorn at Bartram Park address rather than assuming.
Duval County total millage runs roughly 17.9 to 18.5 mills depending on the taxing district. The Florida homestead exemption for 2026 is 51,411 dollars for those who qualify, and the deadline to file a new homestead exemption is March 1. The trap to plan for is the post-sale reset: when you buy, the Save Our Homes cap from the previous owner ends and the assessed value resets to the new just value, so your second-year tax bill is often higher than the seller's current one. Budget the true number, confirm the HOA fee and exterior-maintenance scope in writing with Leland Management, and confirm whether the specific home carries a Bartram Park CDD assessment that is billed separately from the millage and is not reduced by the homestead exemption.
Comparisons
Most buyers weighing Hawthorn are cross-shopping the rest of the Bartram Park master plan and the entry single-family and townhome product just over the St. Johns County line. Here is the honest shorthand.
| Community | The trade-off |
|---|---|
| Bartram Park (single-family) | The broader master plan's detached homes offer a yard and full detachment; you trade the lower exterior upkeep and the gated-townhome simplicity Hawthorn's two-car-garage plans deliver. |
| Bartram Springs | A larger amenity-rich Bartram-area community with its own pools and recreation; trades a little higher and is mostly single-family rather than gated townhomes. |
| Durbin Crossing | Just over the county line in St. Johns, with strong schools and big amenity centers; the choice often comes down to county, schools, and whether you want a townhome or a yard. |
The honest verdict: if you want a low-maintenance, gated townhome with a real two-car garage minutes from I-95, Durbin Park, and Baptist South, Hawthorn is one of the better-positioned attached products in Bartram Park. If you want a yard, detachment, or St. Johns County schools, the single-family communities nearby are the right field to shop, and we will help you weigh the fee and CDD math against the maintenance trade.
Who It Fits
Hawthorn fits if you want
- A gated, low-maintenance townhome with a real attached two-car garage.
- Up-to-2,062 square foot plans that live like a small single-family home.
- A permanent conservation backdrop on the preserve-side positions.
- Quick access to I-95, Durbin Park, Baptist South, and St. Johns Town Center.
- Lower exterior upkeep than a detached home in the same corridor.
Consider elsewhere if you want
- A private yard, full detachment, or a larger lot.
- St. Johns County schools rather than Duval assignment.
- To avoid an HOA and a possible Bartram Park CDD assessment.
- New construction with a builder warranty and uniform finishes.
- A wide choice of floor plans; Hawthorn is built on three repeating plans.
























