Winterhaven Park - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

The first lighthouse for what is now the Ponce de Leon Inlet was built on the south side of Mosquito Inlet in 1835.

The Volusia County Marine Science Center is a natural history and marine science museum. In addition to humpback whale skulls, the museum has a freshwater turtle rehabilitation area, a 5,000 gallon hexagonal artificial reef aquarium, and a stingray touch pool with cownose rays.

In the field of composing, visual, literary, and performing arts, the Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA) is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary artists' community and arts education facility.

In north-central Florida, the Dunlawton Plantation and Sugar Mill was a 19th-century cane sugar plantation. It was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1973.

The surrounding area of New Smyrna Beach offers a range of outdoor recreation opportunities, including fishing, sailing, motorboating, golfing, and hiking. Surfer magazine ranked it ninth on the list of "best surf towns."

In 1923, the New Smyrna Post Office was constructed as The New Smyrna Museum of History.