Best Parks in DeLand, FL

Updated July 2026 · Reviewed by Adams, Cameron & Co.

DeLand is a smaller, inland city, and its park system reflects that. There isn’t a beach to build around, but the parks that do exist are genuinely well-used and well-kept, clustered mostly around the historic downtown with a couple of standouts along the St. Johns River. Here’s an honest look at the real, named public parks worth knowing.

Lake Beresford Park

Located at 2100 Fatio Rd, Lake Beresford Park sits within a 211-acre greenway acquired in 1991 and formally established in 2007. It’s built around a 1.8-mile paved multi-use trail that follows the perimeter of the property, along with picnic grounds and a playground. The lake connects to the St. Johns River, and the park is a genuine training spot for crew teams. It’s free to visit, open sunrise to sunset, and leashed pets are welcome.

Bill Dreggors Park

At 230 North Stone Street in downtown DeLand, Bill Dreggors Park has a 7/16-mile paved walking and jogging loop, four picnic pavilions with charcoal grills, restrooms, and a Sensory Butterfly Garden maintained by the DeLand Garden Club. The park is also home to the city’s Parks and Recreation administrative offices, housed in the fully restored 1920 Memorial Hospital building.

Freedom Playground

Freedom Playground sits within Bill Dreggors Park at the same 230 North Stone Street address, and it’s a genuinely distinctive amenity, a wooden playground built around a pirate ship theme, with a zip line, multiple slides, seesaws, climbing walls and towers, a dedicated toddler section, and a swing designed for children with disabilities.

Earl Brown Park

DeLand’s main multipurpose park, at 750 South Alabama Avenue, packs in an amphitheater, two dog parks, a one-mile walking and jogging trail, an outdoor fitness area, picnic pavilions, a duck pond, a playground, basketball courts, and a butterfly garden. It’s also home to the DeLand Skatepark, a 12,000-square-foot skateboard and bike facility built for both young people and adults.

Sunflower Park

At the corner of Church Street and Alabama Avenue, Sunflower Park is a smaller, quieter stop, a walking path lined with Florida native plants and five whimsical scenes inspired by Alice in Wonderland. It’s free and open sunrise to sunset.

Ed Stone Park

Ed Stone Park is a Volusia County park just outside downtown at 2990 West State Road 44. It’s the area’s free public boat ramp on the St. Johns River, with paved and grass parking for boat trailers, a picnic pavilion with grills, benches for bank fishing, restrooms, and dedicated fishing-line disposal containers to protect manatees and other wildlife. It’s open 24 hours a day.

Conrad Park

Conrad Park, at 555 South Woodland Boulevard, is DeLand’s historic ballpark site. It hosted spring training games in the 1940s and 1950s and was once home to the DeLand Red Hats, a Florida State League minor league franchise. Today the site is home to Melching Field, a 2,500-seat stadium built in 1999 that now hosts Stetson University baseball, including NCAA Regional games.

Why this matters beyond just a nice afternoon

DeLand doesn’t have Daytona Beach’s scale of park system, but what it has is real, honest, and genuinely used, a walkable downtown cluster, a riverside trail, a dedicated skatepark and dog park complex, and a free public boat ramp on the St. Johns River. For anyone evaluating DeLand as a place to live, that’s a real quality-of-life signal worth knowing.

Park amenities and hours can change. Confirm current details directly with the City of DeLand Parks and Recreation department or Volusia County Parks and Recreation before visiting.