East Central Florida includes: Brevard County - Nicknamed the "Space Coast" for the home of Kennedy Space Center, and home of the Brevard County Manatees baseball team, Lake County - A destination for many natural attractions, including part of Ocala National Forest, part of Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Griffin State Park, Lake Louisa State Park, and Rock Springs Run State Reserve Orange County - Home to Orlando and Walt Disney World, Osceola County - Home of Houston Astros Spring Training Baseball, Seminole County, Volusia County - Roughly the size of Rhode Island, the county promotes the area as being the "Fun Coast," as the local area code 386 spells out the word "fun."
Major cities include: Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, Daytona Beach, Deland, Fort Pierce, Melbourne, New Smyrna Beach, Port Canaveral, Stuart, Titusville, Vero Beach,and West Palm Beach. More...
Central Florida is a favorite destination for visitors due to the theme parks, NASCAR races, natural springs, golf courses, and the NASA facilities that put a man on the moon. Central Florida is also home to many natural springs. Many have been incorporated into state parks. The springs are great during the summer months because the water stays at a constant 72 degrees and the water is perfect for cooling off. Many visitors also go to the springs to spot manatees and alligators and to go boating.
Major cities are: Port Canaveral - Home of the Kennedy Space Center and Port Canaveral, Cocoa Beach - Beach community near Kennedy Space Center, Daytona Beach - Home of Daytona International Speedway, Kissimmee - Spring Training home of the Houston Astros, Orlando - Home of Universal Studios and SeaWorld and Ormond Beach - Offers miles of beautiful beaches and home to Tomoka State Park. Central Florida is dominated by Orlando and its well know coterie of theme parks, including Disney World, EPCOT Center, MGM Studios, Universal Studios, Sea World, and more tourist attractions than you can shake a stick at. More...
West Central Florida includes Tampa and St Petersburg, beautiful cities with beaches to match. Tampa boasts a Busch Gardens theme park, but the real attraction here is the Gulf of Mexico, whose calm green waters and white sandy beaches are suitable for sunning year-round. It includes Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sumter counties. Major cities include: Clearwater, Lakeland, Port Richey, New Port Richey, Saint Petersburg, St. Pete Beach, Tampa, Tarpon Springs, Wildwood and Winter Haven.
West Central Florida includes beautiful cities with beaches to match. Tampa boasts a Busch Gardens theme park, but the real attraction here is the Gulf of Mexico, whose calm green waters and white sandy beaches are suitable for sunning year-round. More...
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