Jupiter Farms is a 15 square mile community directly west of Jupiter, and close to I-95 and the Florida Turnpike. The community is made up of acre plus home sites, parks, small businesses, equestrian trails and nature preserves. A variety of architectural styles and features are found throughout the Farms. You will find new custom built one and two story homes, older homes, an a occasional chalet, and some properties have their own barns and stables. Lifestyle in the "Farms" is unique and guarded for its country charm and decongested living, right down to the many unpaved roads. Horses and just about any other kind of critters can be found if you look hard enough. Jupiter Farms offers wide open living and a spirit that is unique in the fast growing Palm Beach County. This community is a favorite spot for all things equestrian, with several riding academies and homes with stables out back. No association, so trucks are allowed.

Probably no other location on the East Coast of the United States enjoys the international reputation for guiding ships throughout the centuries as does the area now known as Jupiter. This location protrudes further out into the Atlantic Ocean, relatively speaking, than any other point along the Florida coast. For this reason it has guided ships of all kinds from about 1550 to the present. Today, as was done by early New World explorers, all ships usually consider this an important point when planning their sailing routes to Central and South America. Jupiter is rich in history and Florida lore with earliest known records of the Jupiter Inlet dating back to 1565. When the Spanish first came to this area they found the Jega Indians living along the banks of the Inlet and river. Tie Indians called themselves the Jobe, so the Spanish explorers named the river running into the Inlet the Jobe River, after the native tribe. Later, when English settlers found the area around 1763, Jobe sounded to them like the mythological god Jove, or Jupiter, and the name has remained ever since.