Tom Renick Park(Ormond-By-The-Sea)

Located in the community of Ormond-by-the-Sea, Tom Renick Park is a park that has a large white-sand beach. This beach is known as Tom Renick Park Beach. Many kinds of plants are present around Tom Renick Park including palm trees, sea grapes, and sea oats. Tom Renick Park is named in honor of former Volusia County Beach Safety Director Tom Renick, who passed away due to cancer in 2001. 

Although Tom Renick Park has a lifeguard station, it is important to note that lifeguards may not always be permanently deployed here. The park has many other amenities including a pavilion, picnic area, water fountains, a wooden walkway, playground, restrooms, showers, and bike racks. Tom Renick Park offers accessibility to people with disabilities. 

Tom Renick Park Beach offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, wildlife watching, picnicking, fishing, swimming, surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, kayaking, canoeing, bodysurfing, jet-skiing, surf-skiing, water-skiing, parasailing, wakeboarding, and boating. If you are planning to enter the water near Tom Renick Park Beach, we recommend being careful as the water here is known to have unpredictable rip currents. It is also important to note that Volusia County authorities may seasonally restrict surfing in the water near Tom Renick Park Beach (usually between the Saturday before Memorial Day in late May through Labor Day in September). If you are planning to surf in the water near Tom Renick Beach, we recommend visiting the "Surf zones" webpage on Volusia County’s website for more information regarding the local surfing regulations. Depending on the time of the year, you can view many kinds of animals in the water near Tom Renick Park Beach including sea turtles and dolphins. Sea turtles also use Tom Renick Park Beach as a seasonal nesting spot. If you like birdwatching, you can view many kinds of birds around Tom Renick Park. If you are planning to fish in the water near Tom Renick Park Beach, please ensure compliance with the local fishing regulations.

Getting to Tom Renick Park Beach is easy - Tom Renick Park is present near 1565 Ocean Shore Boulevard, where a free parking lot is also present nearby. 

There are many attractions near Tom Renick Park Beach. The Casements is a unique historic house which was built in 1913 - this house served as the winter home of eminent businessman John D. Rockefeller. The house currently offers many interesting historic and cultural exhibitions and it also has splendid gardens (which are also known as the Rockefeller Gardens). Nova Community Park is a park that offers many amenities including baseball fields, basketball court, a fitness room, outdoor grills, handball court, outdoor tennis courts, picnic areas, restrooms, a skate park and biking and jogging paths. The park also has a unique playground (named Magic Forest Playground) that has an enchanted forest theme, a puppet theater, and artworks by kids. If you are looking for another attraction near Tom Renick Park Beach, Tomoka State Park is a state park which offers many amenities including biking, boating, camping, fishing, geocaching, hiking, picnicking, kayaking, and canoeing - in addition, depending on the time of the year, you can also view many kinds of birds here including gopher tortoises, snakes, deer, and bobcats. In addition, the state park was the site of a Native American Timucuan village named Nocoroco, and it was also the site of an 18th century plantation named Mount Oswald Plantation. 

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near Tom Renick Park Beach.  Rose Villa is set in a 19th century building and it has a vintage decor - the restaurant primarily serves delicious dishes bearing Southern United States-style culinary influences and it is known for its excellent fried chicken. The restaurant also serves seafood, sandwiches, steaks, salads, and brunch dishes.  Alfie’s Restaurant is a popular restaurant which serves delicious seafood, steaks, chops, poultry dishes, Italian dishes, burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads, and fries. If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant near Tom Renick Park Beach, Lenny’s is primarily known for serving fantastic New York-style pizzas and it also offers delicious soups, salads, pastas, calzones, sandwiches, strombolis, and chicken parmesan. 

If you are looking for a hotel near Tom Renick Park Beach, there are many great nearby options. The 4-Star Hard Rock Hotel Daytona Beach offers many amenities including a cafe, restaurant, an oceanfront pool, a bar with live music performances, a spa, a terrace, and a 24-hour fitness center. A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star The Cove on Ormond Beach by Diamond Resorts that offers many amenities including a fitness area, a game room with a pool table, a hot tub, a private beach area, and two pools (including one with a two-story waterslide). If you are looking for another good and affordable hotel near Tom Renick Park Beach, the 2-Star Coral Sands Inn & Seaside Cottages offers many amenities including a sundeck, a pool, an RV park, and oceanfront gazebos and picnic tables.