Such a beautiful place to spend a day with endless activities! You can walk the boardwalk, swim,…read moresnorkel, scuba, tube, kayak, or paddleboard down the spring. Fishing is permitted from the fishing dock on the St. Johns River. There is also camping, cabins for rent, hiking, and manatee viewing. You can even rent an all-terrain tracked wheelchair for accesible hiking! You can find a gift shop and a concession stand inside the park. Follow the Blue Spring State Park Facebook page to stay up to date on fun activities and events like Manatee Bingo, Meditate & Move with the Manatees, guided moonlight hikes, and the Junior Ranger Program. My favorite event of the year is Firefly Nights from around mid March to mid April. You get to walk the boardwalk after the park closes to see thousands of Florida fireflies! It is absolutely magical, and a little surreal. Weekdays are less crowded, but honestly if you can only go on a weekend it's worth braving the crowd. It's a separately-ticketed event, and it does sell out some nights so make sure to get your tickets in advance!

The Baseline: For a park/monument the site must be informative, have great attraction, and have a…read morepark rangers that are knowledgeable of one of the park we are visiting. Park: This was one of the cleanest and best organized state parks I have ever visited. The parking was easy and the access to the main attraction was easy to get to. The walkway trail along the spring was well taken care of and safe. There is no graffiti or vandalized buildings in the park. Thank you State of Florida and California you should take notes. Attraction: The Springs are the main attraction with options to swim, tube, snorkel, and scuba dive in the spring in the summer. When we visited that was all restricted because the manatees were here to nest in the winter. This was awesome and it was great to see these amazing creatures in their winter respite. This is a must if you are visiting the Orlando area in the winter. Cost: Six dollars to come into the park with up to 8 people in the vehicle. Great price for an unforgettable experience.

Went today with my family from Texas on the Airboat ride. Josh our Boat Captain was great and very…read moreknowledgeable. Brittany help us with our reservation and was very professional. We were very happy we book our trip and glad we went in the early morning with the cooler temperature. Everyone had a fun time.

Absolutely incredible tour. So much fun and Josh is very informative and quite personable. I…read morehighly recommend the 90 minute tour. We saw a lot of gators as well as other wildlife. Fun airboat ride to boot.

Our party of 5 arrived to play mini-golf but were refused. My 83 year old Mother and Stepdad do not…read moreuse the internet. Therefore, they have no personal email addresses. Staff stated each person must sign the Family Fun Town liability form electronically. Without it, they can't even remain on the property. We responded "surely my mom and stepdad could sign a paper consent form as they don't want their names and address being used on the internet. We then asked, may we speak to the manager? We again explained all we had discussed. She replied, "we don't have or allow paper consent forms." Followed by "It is what it is". At this point our 5 year old grandson was informed that we must all leave because his two great grandparents do not use the internet and have no email addresses. My concern is that Orange City Florida likely has many individuals whom are not internet trusting or savvy. I found this to be an easily resolvable issue, with unyielding management.

Okay- so I came here a few months ago with my family and it was so fun! It's a great little local…read morespot with an arcade, go karts and batting cages. The establishment has been around for many years (used to be called something else when I was younger). It's definitely a fun little place to go to if you're looking for something low key that will keep the kiddos busy.

Mill Lake Park is a small, but nicely planned out pork in Orange City, Florida. It is on the corner…read moreof East Blue Spring Avenue and South Holly Street and is across the street from the Veterans Memorial Park. According to one sign that I had seen, Mill Lake actually a drainage basin. It was converted into this wet retention area in the late 1960s. It has a nice walkway around the lake that has a few pavilions with picnic tables underneath them at park benches spread throughout. The pavilions also have little grills on their sides. While I was here, there was a group of people enjoying a party of some sort under one of the pavilions. It also appears that they have a little splash park for kids here, but on the day I was here the temperature was in the fifties so no one was there. There are also restrooms at the park. All in all, this is a great little park and I am sure it is embraced by the community. I am going to give this park five stars.

Excellent experience today! The place is kept clean and well maintained and most importantly the…read morereptiles are kept clean and safe. Our guide was just the best, informative, patient, and so kind to the kids! Great displays and personal hand on encounters. Do not miss the venomous snake milking. Cute gift shop as well. Another hidden treasure in Deland

Upon arriving at the Reptile Discovery Center, there are two small areas for free parking. Then…read moreupon walking into the air conditioned welcome center, we were quickly greeted by a lady who took our entrance fee and provided helpful info. We proceeded to walk through the outside exhibitions which included enclosed gators, tortoises, and rhinoceros iguanas. Since it's summertime, the mornings get really hot so we returned to the indoor welcome center, where there is a large attached exhibit room with lots of snakes, mostly venomous. There were different types of geckos displayed too. At 11:30am (Sunday) there was the days only venom extracting show! This is a very cool experience where you get to see actual venom extractions from a variety of snakes just feet in front of you while hearing expert knowledge about these interesting reptiles! Overall this was a nice experience, as long as you keep in mind that it's not a huge place, nor does it have tons of animals. But it's a cute venue that houses a variety of species that you normally would not see or probably have never seen before.

I contacted them and asked about availability for a particular weekend for a birthday get away…read more They said they had availability, sent me additional informational and we had several communications. I contacted them to pay and they asked me to fill in a form which included asking who I was traveling with. I listed my husband, David. Surprisingly, I then got an email saying that weekend was booked out. Seems suspicious to me.

My wife and I joined my sister and her husband for a weekend houseboating adventure. My sister had…read morebeen before, but this was a first time for us. To say only that "we had a great time" would be an understatement! This is a well-run operation using great boats in an absolutely beautiful part of natural Florida. The houseboats are small (you did see that the business is named "Tiny Houseboats," right?), but they make up for that in their ability to get into places on the St. Johns River that few other boats would dare to go. The owners - Rick and Carrie - have the vessels well-maintained and perfectly-equipped to ensure a wonderful river adventure. They are easy to pilot, and use next to no gas at all. We plan to make this an annual trip, and I highly recommend Tiny Houseboat Adventures for great fun and relaxation on the St. Johns River!

Fun little park just on the beaten path of Woodland Blvd, great place to catch some fresh air and a…read morelittle live entertainment when available. Fun time listening to Anique Jolee! https://instagram.com/aniquejolee?igshid=NzZlODBkYWE4Ng%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

A small park with a…read morebig picture Pioneer Park is indeed a small park, just occupies a corner of a couple of streets. It does have a nice fountain, some cool benches and tables and a interesting sculpture of an alligator. A very pleasant place for a little rest while walking around the center of Deland. However what really catches the eye in Pioneer Park is the gigantic mural that takes up the entire side of a building. The mural probably covers more area the the entire rest of the park. The picture is called Pioneers Parceland and I believe it was dedicated in 1996. Huge, stunning and brightly colored, it has amazing detail and shows the early settlers arriving in the area. We just sat there for a long time taking in the beauty and different parts of the mural. It's so large that you actually have to back away at times to take it all in. The mural at Pioneer Park is a extremely mesmerizing work of art that photographs cannot begin to justice to. It has to be seen in person to truly be appreciated. it shows what a progressive town can do with a small and seemingly useless piece of space.

This is a twenty acre park that is a pleasant respite from the grind of the modern world. I would…read moredefinitely recommend this park to go chill oh, maybe grab some lunch and eat it there.

This is a 20 acre park located in Orange City. It's amenities include picnic pavilions, a play…read moreground, athletic fields, and a tennis court. I visited on Sunday because the park was used as the staging area for the Manatee Festival. For a $8 cash only entrance fee the festival had bounce houses, small rides, vendors, exhibitors, food booths, and a dog show. Valentine Park provided parking so you could board the bus that took you to nearby Blue Springs to see the manatees. From what I saw this was a nice park that locals would enjoy.

I went with my friend out there for the weekend camping trip along with the shooting range. I had a…read moreBLAST, they have a couple of guys who teach survival training and how to be proficient with handling your fire arms. Great guys very friendly and got to meet the owner and he as well is a great guy we all had a great time hanging out and shooting the breeze We stayed in a cabin that had 3 sets of bunk beds, sink. dishes, bathroom w/ shower. didnt use the obstacle course but it looked fun, I spent my time on the range shooting 22, 380, 40 and an AK or was it an AR, anyway, great targets oh yea and my first time shooting a 12G at clay pigeons (got'em all). Anyone looking to practice their firearms this is the place to do it. The range is a goo distance from the camp site and they even have a 1 mile range. Tell'em Goose sent you :-)

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Our group had some physical limitations and two of us were also first timers. Nicole is a fantastic…read morefacilitator who went out of her way to ensure our group had a super fun experience! Awesome game ideas, easy to follow clues, excellent escape room layout with plenty of surprises and fun challenges! We didn't escape, yet my nephew later told me he would like to go back again because he had a great time! Super clean and comfortable climate control inside, too, in case you had any concerns about that.

Found out the hard way I am not cut out for these things, but regardless they are so much fun! A…read morecute little spot in downtown Deland, a must-stop for those who want to give escape rooms a try. They have a few different types of rooms that range in difficulty for beginners to seasoned players.