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Start Point reopened! Check hours of the Lighthouse Museum Gift Shop during COVID-19 restrictions! Awesome beach walk and sleepy community of Ponce Inlet, includes the Marine Science Center.
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Ponce Inlet Year Round Walk Event
Year Round Walk
SN: 127943 - 2025 / Y0725
From Wed, Jan 1st, 2025 to Dec 31st, 2025
Start box available: 10am-6pm in winter; 10am - 7pm summer; see extended description.
Physical start box and Online start box (OSB) option
Ponce Inlet, Florida
WARNING: The map pin is for reference only and may not accurately indicate the start box location or the event start.
| Special programs Lighthouses II Par-For-The-Course Rails-To-Trails Walking with America's Veterans CC: Volusia County |
Special programs that are applicable to all events or all walks
are not shown to reduce clutter.
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Event comments
Ponce Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in Florida and visitors may climb the 203 steps to the observation deck for an awesome view of the area (small admission fee at both the lighthouse with museum and for the separate Marine Science Center). No dogs allowed on beach.
Rating: 1C, Distance: 5, 11km
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Restrooms: Yes |
Pets: No |
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Strollers: Hard |
Wheelchairs: No |
Event information
Memorial Day to Labor Day 10-7; Labor Day to Memorial Day 10-6. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas. Check their website to confirm hours of operation, Trail rated 1C, not suitable for strollers or wheelchairs due to beach sand; an alternate route is available. Walk is on a long section of hard packed sand, in addition to designated scenic routes and lovely residential neighborhoods, Lighthouse Point County Park, nature trails, and the Marine Science Center with its seabird and sea turtle rehabilitation activities.
Awards: IVV CREDIT ONLY
OSB - First register for the event
The detailed location of, and driving directions to, the event starting point are included in the event directions, downloaded from the Online Start Box (OSB). To plan your travels, please use the map on this page. The POC does not provide event directions nor accept alternate payment methods.
This event also has a physical start box. These are the driving directions:
4931 S. Peninsula Dr. From I-95 take Exit 256. Drive east on Dunlawton Ave.(SR421). Cross Intracoastal Waterway to S. Atlantic Ave (Hwy A1A) approximately 5.2 miles. Right on S. Atlantic Ave and drive approximately 5.3 miles to Beach St. Right on Beach St then one block to S. Peninsula. Left approximately 3/10 of a mile to parking lot at Lighthouse Park and Gift Shop. Ask Gift Shop staff for the Walk Box.
Maps phrase and directions link
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Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse & Museum |
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PLEASE do not mix and match between the two registration methods. It will confuse you and the club. Choose one, OSB or PSB, to complete the event.
Happy Wanderers (AVA-0717)
Event website: www.happywanderersfl.org
Click inside the box to send an email to the POC.