Winterhaven Park

Located in the town of Ponce Inlet, Winterhaven Park - also known as Winter Haven Park - is a popular park that has a large white-sand beach with nearby palm trees and beach grass. This beach is known as Winterhaven Park Beach. 

Winterhaven Park Beach has lifeguards during peak visitor times. In addition, the beach and the park have many amenities including showers, restrooms, bike racks, picnic pavilions, barbecue grills, and a boardwalk. Dogs are not allowed in Winterhaven Park Beach. 

Winterhaven Park Beach offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, wildlife watching, picnicking, swimming, surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, bodysurfing, kayaking, canoeing, jet-skiing, surf-skiing, water-skiing, wakeboarding, parasailing, and boating. If you are planning to enter the water near Winterhaven 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 Winterhaven 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 Winterhaven Park 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 Winterhaven Park including sea turtles and dolphins. Sea turtles also use Winterhaven Park Beach as a seasonal nesting spot. If you are planning to fish in the water near Winterhaven Park, we recommend ensuring compliance with the local fishing regulations. 

Winterhaven Park also offers accessibility to people with disabilities. 

Getting to Winterhaven Park Beach is easy - Winterhaven Park is located near 4589 South Atlantic Avenue, where a free parking lot is also available. 

There are many attractions near Winterhaven Park Beach. The Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens has remains of a plantation and sugar mill which was destroyed in the 19th century during the Second Seminole War - these remains are a part of the United States’ National Register of Historic Places. The gardens also have concrete dinosaur statues dating back to the mid 20th century along with an Asian garden, a master gardener demonstration area, a human sundial, a children’s garden, a tropical plants collection, and a herb garden in the shape of the state of Florida. Ponce Preserve is a 41 acre waterfront preserve which has a vibrant landscape consisting of many habitats including - maritime hammock forests, sand dunes, and palmetto forests - you can explore the preserve’s vibrant landscape and biodiversity via the hiking trails and a boardwalk in the preserve. The preserve also has the Green Mound State Archaeological Site (that is a Native American midden) and it also offers many other amenities including kayak/canoe launch areas, pavilions, picnic areas, a playground, and restrooms. If you are looking for another attraction near Winterhaven Park Beach, Ponce Inlet Light Station & Museum is a museum that has a 19th-century lighthouse known as the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light and it also has many other historic structures including the lighthouse keepers’ quarters and the oil storage building. The museum also offers many fun educational programs. 

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near Winterhaven Park Beach. The Garlic is an upscale Italian restaurant which is a 30-minute drive away- this restaurant offers a beautifully landscaped garden and it has a collection of artworks made from recycled objects. The restaurant also serves delicious pastas, seafood, salads, steaks, and burgers and it also hosts live music performances. Racing’s North Turn is a popular NASCAR-themed restaurant and bar which serves amazing seafood, grits, quesadillas, tacos, sandwiches, chicken wings, steaks, and pasta. The restaurant also offers live music performances and it has also been repeatedly listed as one of Florida’s best beach bars by floridabeachbar.com. If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant near Winterhaven Park Beach, High Tide Kitchen serves amazing dishes for breakfast and lunch including sandwiches, burgers, eggs, French toast, and breakfast burritos.

If you are looking for a hotel near Winterhaven Park Beach, there are many great nearby options within a 20-minute drive. 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 Club Wyndham Ocean Walk that offers many amenities including a game room, a fitness center, mini-golf facilities, a coffee shop, a bar, a waterslide, a lazy river, and two pools. If you are looking for another good and affordable hotel near Winterhaven Park Beach, the 2-Star Beachside Hotel offers many amenities including a pool, a barbecue area, complimentary continental breakfast, and coffee offered in the lobby.