Overview
Edgewater is a town in southeastern Volusia County, adjacent to New Smyrna Beach.
1 sights · 1 things to do · 2 places to eat · 1 places to stay
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Best things about Edgewater
Veterans Park
Park in Edgewater with views across the Intracoastal Waterway.
Menard-May Park Kayak Launch
Provides access to several kayak paddling trails around Edgewater's section of the Intracoastal Waterway. Don't get lost! Bring a phone with GPS access if you're not familiar with the swamps. The park has public restroom…
Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: Oct–May. Summer highs reach about 88°F; winter lows dip to about 52°F. Wettest: Jun and Sep. (climate data from nearby New Smyrna Beach)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- DAB Daytona Beach International Airport, Daytona Beach — 18 mi away. Directions
- SFB Orlando Sanford International Airport, Orlando — 24 mi away (major hub). Directions
The East Central Regional Rail Trail, a cycling path in Central Florida, has a trailhead in Edgewater, near Park Ave and the city airport.
Full “Get in” guide ↓Budget & where to stay
No prices are listed for this place yet. See the Sleep guide ↓ for options.
Sample 1-day itinerary
Day 1
- Morning Veterans Park
- Lunch Filippo's Pizza
- Afternoon Menard-May Park Kayak Launch
- Dinner Elliott's Steakhouse
Stops are grouped by area so each day needs little backtracking. Check opening hours before you go.
Food for you
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Understand
Edgewater is primarily residential, with access to the Intracoastal Waterway. There are a number of stores along US-1, which is the main road in the town. It is immediately south of New Smyrna, and there is no physical boundary between mainland NSB and Edgewater.
Get in
By bicycle
The East Central Regional Rail Trail, a cycling path in Central Florida, has a trailhead in Edgewater, near Park Ave and the city airport.
By car
US-1 enters from the north and south, entering from New Smyrna Beach to the north, curving past the quarry and the New Smyrna Beach library and entering Edgewater with no discontinuity in development. From the west, FL-442 connects I-95 to US-1 and meets in the commercial part of Edgewater. Oak Hill can be accessed by traveling south on US-1 from Edgewater.
There is no bridge from the coast to the mainland at this point, as the waterway and coexisting wetlands are wide. It is necessary to follow A1A from the beach to the South Causeway, and then approach Edgewater from the north. The New Smyrna junction between A1A and US-1 is incomplete, so it's best to go via a surface street to navigate from A1A to US-1 in order to head south from NSB to Edgewater.
By bus
- VoTran Rt 40 (the "Southeast Connector" Route) follows US-1 south from Daytona Beach to US-1 and Washington in New Smyrna Beach as the closest stop to Edgewater. Connections to Edgewater is only available by VoRide which is available on-demand, by appointment only. No fixed route buses in Edgewater.
Go Greyhound/Flixbus
Travels primarily on Interstate 95 (Miami, Ft Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Jupiter, Port St Lucie, Ft Pierce, Vero Beach, Sebastian, Rockledge, Titusville, Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach, Daytona Beach, Palm Coast, Jacksonville). Buses to/from Orlando stop only in Daytona Beach. Passengers transfer in Jacksonville, Orlando, or Miami to reach other cities. Check Schedules and tickets.
Get around
US-1, in addition to being a route via which you enter the area, is also the main artery through it, and many businesses are alongside the Edgewater portion. The southern side of US-1, toward the Canaveral area, is more rural with higher speed. US-1 is a few hundred yards inland from the Intracoastal Waterway and a number of surface streets lead from US-1 to the waterway. FL-442 goes inland from US-1 to I-95, a north-south route that runs parallel to US-1 a few miles to the west. I-95 is just outside of Edgewater, and is well outside the Oak Hill settlement.
See
Do
Recreational boating is popular in the area, but the main marina in the area is in New Smyrna to the north. You can simply come south on the Intracoastal Waterway from New Smyrna and explore the various cuts, bays, and inlands between the marshes in the waterway.
Eat
Sleep
Most accommodation is in New Smyrna Beach to the north.
Go next
- To the southeast are Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral, among the most important sites of the NASA space program.
- To the south along US-1 is Titusville, a town west of the Kennedy Space Center. South from Titusville is the Melbourne urban area.
- To the north is New Smyrna Beach and the Daytona/Halifax Area.
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