Ormond Beach

Exploring Ormond Beach

As the “Birthplace of Speed” in 1903, Ormond Beach was the first place in America where races took place along the hard-packed sands of its beaches.

While the racing spotlight eventually shifted south to Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach has cornered the market on public lands with ancient hammocks, archaeological sites, and outstanding scenery.

You can drive or bike through them on The Loop, a scenic corridor of canopied and winding roads along the edges of the estuary where the Tomoka and Halifax rivers meet.

Trails and Parks near Ormond Beach

Bulow Creek State Park At Bulow Creek State Park, walk among the ancients in Bulow Hammock, starting with the imposing Fairchild Oak, one of Florida's largest live oak trees.

Bulow Creek Trail A linear hike between state park day use areas at Bulow Plantation Ruins and Bulow Creek, the Bulow Creek Trail parallels the flow of a freshwater creek near the sea

Bulow Plantation Ruins State Park History and natural beauty meet on a 1.4 mile hike under a dense canopy of ancient live oaks to the ruins of one of Florida's oldest sugar mills.

Bulow Woods Loop In a primordial forest of sluggish, fern-lined waterways amid a dense forest of massive, ancient trees, the 5.2 mile Bulow Woods Loop is one of North Florida's most scenic hikes.

Buncombe Hill Hiking Trail At Tiger Bay State Forest near Daytona Beach, the 2.1-mile Buncombe Hill Hiking Trail interprets habitats at the location of one of Central Florida's first Boy Scout camps.

Fairchild Oak Trail Beginning at one of Florida's largest live oak trees, the Fairchild Oak Trail explores a gradient of habitats above Bulow Creek for two linear miles.

Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area Formerly Flagler Beach State Park, this popular park stretches from the orange sand beaches of the Atlantic to windswept oak hammocks along the Intracoastal Waterway.

Joe Kenner Trail Explore two sides of Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area on a mile loop encompassing a lush coastal hammock and a view of the Atlantic Ocean.

Michael Crotty Bicentennial Park With access to both the Atlantic Ocean and the Halifax River, this county park in Ormond-by-the-Sea has surprisingly hilly terrain in its lush coastal forest.

North Peninsula Coastal Strand Trail Spanning from mangroves to scrubby hilltops with glimpses of the ocean, this 2.3 mile footpath near the Atlantic Ocean provides quite a workout along hilly terrain.

North Peninsula State Park Neatly accessed via a scenic drive extending north from Ormond Beach, North Peninsula State Park has two tantalizing miles of oceanfront along a palm-rimmed line of dunes.

Ocala National Forest Established in 1908 as the first National Forest east of the Mississippi, the Ocala National Forest is a mecca for hikers and campers, and the birthplace of the Florida Trail.

Ormond Central Park Encompassing 149 acres well hidden between US 1 and Nova Rd, the four segments of Central Park in Ormond Beach interconnect along a network of accessible paths.

Ormond Memorial Gardens Spilling across the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, Ormond Memorial Gardens leads you into a contemplative world mere steps from a major highway

Tiger Bay State Forest Surrounding more than 42 square miles of the Tomoka River watershed, Tiger Bay State Forest provides nearly 20 miles of interpretive and multiuse trails between Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, and DeLand.

Tomoka State Park Walk in the footsteps of the Timucua beneath the ancient oaks at Tomoka State Park, where the village of Nocoroco was a thriving community on a bountiful set of rivers.

Tomoka Woodham Woods Trail Weave through a dense coastal hammock on this scenic mile-long linear paved trail that connects the main entrance of Tomoka State Park with Ormond Beach

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