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Daytona Recreation

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Daytona Beach Outdoors and Recreational Opportunities
If you like the outdoors, Daytona is the place.
The World’s Most Famous Beach (a breathtaking 500 feet wide at low tide) has an ocean park atmosphere second to none, and it’s open year-round. In addition to the beach at Daytona, there are miles of oceanfront awaiting you in Volusia county.
Recreational opportunities in the outdoors are the most important assets of this area..
The fishing and boating here is incredible-both in the Ocean and the Indian river.
There is always something to catch year round and our weather lets you do it. If you like the water, this is the place
Recreational Opportunities:

20 Marinas
50 Parks,
48 public Golf Courses
17 private golf courses
42 Campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks
9 public Tennis Courts
25 charter boats
To see a complete list of parks and recreational opportunities see

Things to do outdoors:

Fishing-saltwater, freshwater-Ocean, Bay and freshwater
Boating-Ocean, Bay or the Indian river
Camping
Diving
Hiking
Tennis
Golf
Tennis
Bike riding
Birding
Photography and Wildlife watching
Kayaking—canoes-there are good rental locations and lots of places to launch.

Other places to visit.

Central Florida Zoological Park (37 miles) Sanford
Cypress Gardens (101 miles) Winter Haven
Florida’s Busch Gardens (139 miles) Tampa
Florida’s Silver Springs (63 miles) Silver Springs
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (56 miles) Kennedy Space Center
Orlando Science Center (50 miles) Orlando
Sea World of Florida (65 miles) Orlando
St. Augustine Historic District (53 miles) St. Augustine
Walt Disney World (67 miles) Lake Buena Vista
Wet-N-Wild (63 miles) Orlando
Universal Studios (63 miles) Orlando

Pro Sports

Daytona International speedway

Jacksonville NFL Jaguars –1-2 hrs away—89 miles
http://www.jaguars.com/

MLB-Florida Marlins A 4-5 hour drive to Miami
2269 Dan Marino Blvd, Pro Player Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL 33056 · 305-626-7400

Miami Dolphins A 4-5 hour drive to Miami
2269 Dan Marino Blvd, Pro Player Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL 33056 · 305-620-2578

Miami Heat A 4-5 hour drive to Miami
601 Biscayne Blvd, American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL 33132-1801 · 786-777-432

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Daytona Fl Cost of Living

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:38:03 +0000

The cost of living index is based on the composite price of groceries, housing, utilities, transportation, health care, clothing and entertainment.

Cost of living indexes will generally be higher in areas that offer access to beaches, culture, arts and recreation. In addition areas, that offer a wider variety of services such as health and education will run higher due to higher wages, and increased quality of living.

Cost of living indexing explanation
A figure of 100 points is used as an average both for the USA and Florida. For example:
Boise Idaho is ranked at a 99
Boston Mass is rated at 240
San Francisco at 217
Statewide, Florida cities come in from a low of 90 and up.
One way to compare Florida areas to salary requirements

For example-If you were relocating from Portland Oregon (whose rate 1s 94.0) to Orlando, and you currently make $50,000 per year, the formula is as follows
Take the destination index, in this case Orlando-94.0 and divide by Portland’s index-120, then multiply by a salary of $50,000. This will give you a figure of $39,166 which would be required to make in Orlando to have the same quality of life.
See comparable Florida statewide
* Re cost of living–in some areas Real Estate has went up dramatically however costs that factor in such as food, transportation, rents etc have not increased at the same rate-so in some areas, even though housing is expensive, the overall rating may still be low

2007 stats per Sperlings best Places http://www.bestplaces.net/

Boca Raton-154.74
Bradenton-114
Cape Coral-Ft Myers-108.0
Ft Lauderdale-132.0
Fort Walton-Destin-120
Jacksonville metro-94.0
Big Pine Key fl-132.46
Key Largo-146.0
Key West-168.0
Marathon fl-162.06
Miami metro-138.0
Melbourne-92.72
Naples Fl-250.59
Orlando metro-94.0
Palm Bay-84.56
Palm Coast-Flagler-125.01
Panama City-86.35
Pensacola metro-82.0
Sarasota-108.75
Tampa 94.60
St Pete-Clearwater-91.58
Vero-Beach Indian River-122.87
West Palm Beach metro-112.05
(Population Weighted-State Average=100
See national comparisons
Cost of living (100 = nationwide average)

* New York, NY -164.50
* Long Beach, CA -135.71
* Palo Alto, CA -234.42
* Boston, MA -127.60
* Malibu, CA -492.80
* San Francisco, -187.23
* Greenwich, CT 215
* Chicago, IL -126.45
* Dallas Tx -92,94
* Atlanta Ga -112.21

For more information about cost of living go to either
Sperlings best Places http://www.bestplaces.net/
or Accra’s site at http://www.coli.org

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Relocating to Daytona

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:08:48 +0000

Centrally located about an hour’s drive from Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Gainesville, Ocala, Melbourne, and Orlando, Daytona also offers its residents close proximity to professional sports such as the NFL and NBA. In addition there are also world class attractions and outdoor recreational opportunities of all types.

Daytona is surrounded by water with over 47 miles of Beaches to the east and the St Johns river to the west. The beaches are really wide, and stretch from Ponce de Leon inlet and picturesque lighthouse at funky Port Orange in the south (with New Smyrna Beach and eventually the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral beyond), to the residential towns of Ormond Beach and Flagler Beach in the north.

To Dayton’s west you will find a unique part of old central Florida: the land of springs, lakes, rivers, and forests. Posted along Route 40 are signs to remind you that this is black bear country too. In the 19^th century the old steamboat lines were strung along the St. Johns river basin and streams with intriguing names like Oklawaha, and some of the old river towns are still there. In fact, some of the most interesting old backroads of a still-existing Florida that most tourists and many residents don’t even know about begin right at Daytona’s back door.

And finally, Daytona is a thoroughly affordable area to relocate to, invest in, or vacation at. Check out the REal Estate section under agents and be sure to see the cost of living index for the area.

General Information.

Located in the east coast portion of Central Florida, 251 miles north of Miami, 54 miles northeast of Orlando and 89 miles southeast of Jacksonville.
2025 square miles
Average summer Temperature 81°F
Average winter temperature is 61
Average Annual Precipitation 48 in
Average Rain Days 115
Population projection 2005 -450,000 Volusia County
Daytona beach population-65,000
Average home cost-June 2005-$208,000
Cost of Living-almost 95.53-40th in the state
Median age-43 for Volusia county

Major Employment By Industry in order of numbers

Retail
Health care and Social Services
Accommodation and food services
Educational services
Construction
Manufacturing
Public administration
Management

In conclusion, if you like beautiful sunrises, lots of sun and like the outdoors Daytona could be just the ticket. In addition having Orlando only an hour away will really come in handy when everyone comes to visit. See google map at the upper right.

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