Pineland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on Pine Island in Lee County, Florida, United States.

It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Pineland is located in western Lee County at 26°39′51″N 82°8′46″W / 26.66417°N 82.14611°W / 26.66417; -82.14611 (26.664274, -82.146106),[5] on the west side of Pine Island near its northern end.

[6] Pineland was the location of one of the largest and oldest native Florida settlements, established at least 2,000 years ago and used by a slowly evolving sequence of cultures.

They called the site "Tampa" or "Tanpa", a name which was accidentally transferred north by European explorers.