Hontoon Island State Park

The Hontoon Dead River is a tributary of the St. Johns River in Volusia County, Florida. Hontoon Island, home of Hontoon Island State Park is surrounded by the Hontoon, the St. Johns, and Snake Creek. A "dead river" is one with virtually no current. The area is rich in wildlife, including manatees.

The Sandra Stetson Aquatic Center is a 10,000 square foot building and ten acre natural area located along Lake Beresford in DeLand, Florida. The facility is named in honor of Sandra Stetson, who provided a $6 million gift to support construction of the building and a botanical garden within the grounds. Sandra Stetson is the great granddaughter of famed hat-maker John B. Stetson, for whom Stetson University is named.

Blue Spring State Park is a state park located west of Orange City, Florida, in the United States. The park is a popular tourist destination; available activities include canoeing, SCUBA diving, kayaking, fishing, camping, hiking, wildlife watching, and swimming. The spring in the park (Volusia Blue Spring) is the largest on the St. Johns River. Due to its relatively warm temperature of 73 °F (23 °C), the spring attracts many Florida manatees during the winter. About 102 million US gallons (390,000 m3) of water flow out of Blue Spring into the St. Johns River every day.

The Thursby House located at Blue Spring State Park in Orange City, Florida, was constructed in 1872. The house was once a two-story structure built from three kinds of center-cut pine that had been milled in Savannah, Georgia, and transported by boat to the site. Louis P. Thursby and his family settled on the inlet to Blue Springs, located on the St. Johns River, in 1856. Shortly after arriving, he constructed one of the first steamboat landings and planted one of the earliest orange groves on the upper St. Johns River. His initial residence was a log cabin that he built. Thursby's son added a third story and kitchen wing in 1900, which is still standing today.A cypress water tank stood near the northeast corner of the house. The tank has recently been removed from its supports. The Louis P. Thursby House is a historic home in Orange City. It is located inside Blue Spring State Park. On May 11, 2000, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The Francis P. Whitehair Bridge, also known as the Crows Bluff Bridge, was a double leaf bascule bridge located in Crows Bluff, Florida that carried State Road 44 over the St. Johns River. The original bridge on the site was constructed in 1917; replaced in 1955, and though it was previously expected to remain in service until the 2050s, a new version of the bridge opened in September of 2023.

Lake Mack-Forest Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Florida, United States. It contains the unincorporated communities of Forest Hills and Lake Mack Park. The population was 1,010 at the 2010 census, up from 989 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the early morning of February 2, 2007, a tornado touched down, destroying a large portion of the community as well as killing at least 14.

WOCL (105.9 FM "Sunny FM") is a commercial radio station, licensed to DeLand, Florida, and serving Greater Orlando and Central Florida. It is owned by Audacy, Inc., and airs a classic hits radio format, focusing on the hits from the 1980s but with some 90s and 2000s titles as well. The radio studios and offices are on Pembrook Drive in Maitland.WOCL has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for non-grandfathered FM stations. The transmitter is on Miller Road in Orange City, Florida. WOCL can be heard as far away as the Space Coast in Brevard County, and the eastern shores of Central Florida. To the North, the station can be heard up to Jacksonville. Sunny can also be heard as far west as the Nature Coast of Citrus and Hernando Counties. Sunny FM is also one of the few Orlando stations to cover Ocala and parts of Gainesville with a decent signal.

WQMP (101.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Daytona Beach serving the Orlando and Space Coast areas of Central Florida. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it broadcasts an alternative rock format branded as "FM 101.9". Its studios are located in Maitland and the transmitter is in Orange City. To the north, the station can be heard as far as St. Augustine, to the south, the station can be heard as far as Palm Bay and is one of the few Orlando stations that covers Ocala.

WMGF (107.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Mount Dora, and serving Orlando and Central Florida. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs an adult contemporary radio format, switching to a Christmas music for much of November and December. Its offices and studios are on Maitland Center Parkway in Maitland. WMGF broadcasts with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 98,000 watts from a transmitter on Miller Road in Orange City, Florida. The station can be heard as far as Jacksonville to the north, as far as Sebastian to the south, and is one of the few Orlando stations that covers Ocala and parts of Gainesville. WMGF broadcasts using HD Radio technology. One digital subchannel airs smooth jazz, informally using the call sign of a past Orlando jazz station, WLOQ. Another subchannel rebroadcasts the talk radio programming of co-owned WFLF 540 AM.

WOTF-TV (channel 26) is a television station licensed to Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, serving the Orlando area as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Grit. The station is owned by Entravision Communications, and has a transmitter near Orange City, Florida.