Buckhead Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Glades County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,390 at the 2000 census. The community consists of a few small commercial developments and a large mobile home park. Most residential lots in the community back up on canals that feed into Lake Okeechobee.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.7 km²), of which, 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (7.09%) is water.