Household care in Epperson, Wesley Chapel, FL
Epperson, Wesley Chapel, FL
Metro Development Group's master-planned community in Wesley Chapel, built around the roughly 7.5-acre Epperson Lagoon, the first Crystal Lagoons project in the United States, with a gated entry, homes by several national builders and two build-to-rent sections.
What a visit looks like in Epperson
Epperson is the lagoon community on Overpass Road in Wesley Chapel, FL, and the first thing to know is that the lagoon is not a private pool. Epperson Lagoon at 31885 Overpass Road sells tickets to the public, and residents hold memberships that come with guest tickets. So when you ask a sitter to take the kids to the lagoon, the kids go on your membership and the sitter goes on a guest ticket or a day pass; we sort that out at the free meet and greet. The neighborhood entry is gated, so we also need your gate procedure before the first visit.
Your tax bill here carries a CDD line as well as the HOA. Epperson is split across three community development districts, Epperson Ranch, Epperson Ranch II and Epperson North, which maintain the ponds, street lighting and common facilities. Metro lists tuition-free K-8 charter academies among the community's features; Innovation Preparatory Academy at 7800 Avery Scope View is the K-8 charter about a mile east of the lagoon, and the district's 2026-27 boundary lookup for the lagoon address returns Wesley Chapel Elementary, Thomas E. Weightman Middle and Wesley Chapel High. Homework help after pickup fits either school day.
A visit on these streets is a pet drop-in on the trail loop before the pavement heats up, or babysitting that runs from the after-school pickup through dinner. The Overpass Road interchange at I-75 opened in January 2023, so we come in straight from the interstate, and we are just down Bruce B. Downs in New Tampa rather than inside the gate. Every visit ends with a short note the same day: what the dog ate, what homework got done, who fell asleep on the couch.
We're just down Bruce B. Downs in New Tampa, and Wesley Chapel is where most of our visits are.
Getting in
Epperson lists a gated entry. Give us your gate code or guest-list procedure before the first visit; we confirm it at the free meet and greet.
Amenities and who can use them
The main amenity is ticketed and open to the public, so we can accompany your family there; you buy the passes.
About Epperson
- Where
- Overpass Rd, east of I-75 Exit 282 · Wesley Chapel, FL 33545 · Pasco County
- Getting there
- on Overpass Road east of I-75; the Overpass Road interchange (Exit 282) opened in January 2023
- Homes
- Sources disagree on the total: Wikipedia describes a plan of about 1,500 homes, while Crystal Lagoons describes a 900-acre community planned for 3,000 homes. Treat it as several thousand homes across multiple builders and three community development districts.
- Governance
- CDD (Epperson Ranch CDD (with Epperson Ranch II CDD and Epperson North CDD)) + HOA
- Gate
- Code gate
- Builders
- D.R. Horton, Lennar, M/I Homes, Pulte Homes, DRB Homes, Beacon Epperson (build-to-rent), BB Living (build-to-rent)
- Zoned schools (Pasco County Schools)
- Wesley Chapel Elementary · Thomas E. Weightman Middle · Wesley Chapel High · Innovation Preparatory Academy (K-8)
- Seasonal ownership
- Low: mostly year-round households
- Pets here
- Family dogs and a trail network. In summer the walks happen at sunrise and after 7 p.m.; the pavement is too hot for paws at midday and the 3-to-6 p.m. storms roll through most afternoons.
- Nearby
- Epperson Lagoon · Innovation Preparatory Academy · Overpass Road interchange at I-75 (Exit 282) · Wesley Chapel District Park
Services in Epperson
Every service below has its own page for this community, with prices and the gate details.
Epperson questions
Specific to this community, not a template.
Can a sitter take my kids to the Epperson lagoon?
Yes, with the access sorted first. The lagoon is open to residents on membership and to the public by ticket, so your children enter on your membership and the sitter uses one of your guest tickets or buys a day pass. We settle the details at the free meet and greet so nobody is stuck at the entrance holding towels.
How do you get through the Epperson gate?
Epperson lists a gated entry. Give us your gate code or guest-list procedure before the first visit and we confirm it at the free meet and greet, so the first pet visit or babysitting evening does not begin with a call from the gate.
Which schools do Epperson kids attend?
Pasco County's 2026-27 boundary lookup for the lagoon address returns Wesley Chapel Elementary, Thomas E. Weightman Middle and Wesley Chapel High, and Innovation Preparatory Academy is the tuition-free K-8 charter at 7800 Avery Scope View. Zones can differ across a community this large, so check your own address on the district locator; homework help works with either calendar.
When do you walk dogs in Epperson in summer?
Sunrise and after 7 p.m. Midday pavement is too hot for paws and the afternoon storms usually arrive between 3 and 6 p.m., so a summer schedule is an early walk, a midday indoor check with water and air conditioning, and an evening walk once the storms clear.
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Where these facts come from
Every fact on this page was checked on 2026-09-06 against metrodevelopmentgroup.com, en.wikipedia.org, crystal-lagoons.com, metrolagoons.com, eppersonranchcdd.org, eppersonranch2cdd.org, eppersonnorthcdd.org, innovation-prep.org, tampabay28.com, wusf.org, lakerlutznews.com, services6.arcgis.com, pascogis.pascocountyfl.net, services1.arcgis.com, pasco.k12.fl.us, nominatim.openstreetmap.org, pascocountyfl.gov. Communities change: if something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it the same week.
- Metro Development Group community in Wesley Chapel; 7.5-acre MetroLagoon; Gated Entry; Eagle Park and Lakehouse; walking and biking trails; tot lot; tuition-free K-8 charter academies; ULTRAFi internet and Streetleaf solar streetlights; builders D.R. Horton, Lennar, M/I Homes, Pulte Homes, Beacon Epperson, BB Living, DRB Homes
- 7.5-acre, 16-million-gallon lagoon in Wesley Chapel, Pasco County; filling began November 14, 2017; open to the general public for a daily use fee; approximately 1,500 homes in the planned development
- 7.36-acre lagoon; 900-acre community planned for 3,000 residential homes; first Public Access Lagoons development, part open to the public
- Epperson Lagoon, 31885 Overpass Rd, Wesley Chapel, FL 33545; open to Resident Members and visitors; tickets sold online or on-site; swim-up bar, inflatable slide, kayaks and paddleboards, cabanas
- Residents hold monthly lagoon memberships with complimentary and discounted guest tickets; public day tickets available
- Epperson Ranch Community Development District established July 10, 2014 by Pasco County Ordinance 14-13; maintains community appearance, waterways, street lighting and facilities
- Epperson Ranch II Community Development District established January 11, 2018 by Pasco County Ordinance 18-01
- Epperson North Community Development District, 9045 Ivy Stark Blvd, Wesley Chapel, FL 33545; Castle Group provides community association (HOA) management
- Innovation Preparatory Academy: tuition-free K-8 public charter school at 7800 Avery Scope View, Wesley Chapel, FL 33545
- Innovation Preparatory Academy opened in August 2020 as a new charter school in Wesley Chapel
- I-75 interchange at Overpass Road opened January 18, 2023; $64.6 million project; Overpass Road four lanes west to Old Pasco Road and six lanes east to Boyette Road
- The new Overpass Road interchange is I-75 Exit 282
- Pasco County address points: 31885 Overpass Rd is a community structure in Wesley Chapel 33545, unincorporated Pasco County
- Pasco County GIS geocodes 7800 Avery Scope View about 4,300 feet east of the lagoon address
- Pasco County Schools 2026-27 attendance boundary layer at 31885 Overpass Rd returns Wesley Chapel Elementary (K-5), Thomas E. Weightman Middle (6-8) and Wesley Chapel High (9-12)
- District boundary tools: 2026-2027 School Boundary Search by address
- OpenStreetMap: Epperson Lagoon, 31885 Overpass Road, Wesley Chapel 33545 at 28.2724393, -82.2906812
- Wesley Chapel District Park, 7727 Boyette Rd, Wesley Chapel, FL 33545 (Pasco County park with recreation center)
Book care in Epperson
Start with the free meet and greet at your house. We take notes on the gate, the door and the routine, and nothing is booked until you say so. Serving Wesley Chapel, FL and New Tampa.