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DeutschDeltona is a city in Volusia County. With a population of 93,000 in 2019, it's near DeLand and southwest of the Daytona Beach metropolitan area.
Understand
[edit | edit source]History
[edit | edit source]Originally a planned residential community called "Deltona Lakes," the city has since grown to become larger than many of its Volusia County neighbors, and is in fact the county's largest city by population. Many people who work in Orlando or Daytona Beach live in Deltona.
The city continued to grow during the 2010s, and during this decade a movie theater, a satellite Bethune-Cookman University campus, and a Halifax Health emergency department facility were opened in Deltona.
Climate
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Deltona has a semi-tropical climate, with precipitation highest during the summer, as is common for cities in Central Florida.
Get in
[edit | edit source]By car
[edit | edit source]I-4 runs through the area, connecting the cities of Orlando and Daytona Beach. FL-415 passes Deltona and Osteen, a small town on Deltona's eastern boundary. If entering Osteen from the south on FL-415, turn left on Doyle Rd to reach Deltona.
By train
[edit | edit source]- 1 DeBary SunRail Station (SunRail), Charles Richard Beall Blvd and Ft Florida Rd, Deltona Fl. Sunrail Connects Volusia County communities to Orlando with same station/cross platform transfers with Amtrak trains in DeLand (northern terminus of SunRail), Winter Park, Orlando Health and Kissimmee.
Get around
[edit | edit source]- 2 VOTRAN (Volusia County Transit), (bus stop) Orange City Market Place Bus Transfer Center (Extra lot north of Orange City Marketplace SW of Saxon Blvd and Enterprise Rd next to PNC Bank), ☏ +1 386 761-7700. VOTRAN is the name of the Volusia County bus service, which connects DeLand to Daytona Beach, Debary SunRail Station (to Orlando) and Seville (to north). It is a cheap way to get around and is handicap accessible. The website provides maps and timetables. Buses travel to most sites and places of interest. Nearest connections to Greyhound and other intercity buses are in Orlando and Daytona Beach: $1.75 for One-Way Fare, $3.75 for Day Pass.
- Rt 31 to DeLand from the DeBary SunRail Station via US Hwy 17/92 through Orange City and Marketplace Shopping Center.
- Rt 33 Connects the Marketplace Shopping Center to Deltona Public Library via Enterprise, Providence, Saxon.
- VoRide - On demand shuttle service to surrounding areas not served by a routed bus.
See
[edit | edit source]- 1 Green Springs, 994 Enterprise/Osteen Rd. The springs are just north of Lake Monroe, which is nearly within view. The springs are a component of the underground marine cave below the Florida Peninsula's surface. The springs are green and stink of sulfur, but the manner in which the trees reach above the spring is an interesting sight. The lake is well below the viewing points surrounding it, and it is fenced off. Signs warn against diving into the spring. Free.
Do
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- 1 Center at Deltona, 1640 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd, ☏ +1 386 878-8875. Event center in Deltona.
- 2 Dewey O. Boster Park, 1190 Saxon Blvd, ☏ +1 386 878-8900.
Buy
[edit | edit source]- 1 Skip's Western Outfitters, 300 State Rte 415, Osteen. Western-style clothing (boots, jeans, hats, etc.) in an authetically themed store near the junction with Doyle Rd in downtown Osteen. The store has one other location in Daytona Beach.
Eat
[edit | edit source]- 1 Hibachi & Wings, 1382 Howland Boulevard #120 (Howland Blvd & Courtland), ☏ +1 386 259-9771. [dead link]
- 2 Red Bowl, 1573 Saxon Blvd #103, ☏ +1 386 888-8881.
Drink
[edit | edit source]Sleep
[edit | edit source]Jct I-4 and Debary Ave/Dirkson Dr
[edit | edit source]- 1 Hampton Inn Debary/Deltona, 308 Sunrise Blvd (I-4 at DeBary/Dirkson (Exit #108)), ☏ +1 386-668-5758. Hot tub. $98 (Mar 2022).
- 2 Travelodge by Wyndham at Deltona, 481 Deltona Blvd (I-4 at DeBary/Dirkson (Exit #108)), ☏ +1 386 860-3000. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM.
Jct I-4 and Saxon Blvd
[edit | edit source]- 3 Holiday Inn Express, 1330 Saxon Blvd, ☏ +1 386 917-0004. Check-in: 4PM, check-out: 11AM.
See the Orange City article, under Sleep, for additional listings in Orange City (westside of town) and along US Hwy 17 (Volusia Ave).
Connect
[edit | edit source]Go next
[edit | edit source]- DeLand — the location of Stetson University
- East Central Regional Rail Trail
| Routes through Deltona |
| Orlando ← Sanford ← | W  E | → DeLand → Daytona Beach |