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Sanford (Florida) - county seat of Seminole County, Florida, United States

Sanford is a city in Seminole County on the northern side of Greater Orlando.

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Downtown Sanford, Florida undefined

History

Climate

Sanford has a humid subtropical climate, with mild weather during winters and hot weather during summers. High temperatures average 64 to 91 °F (18-33 °C) throughout the year. High heat indices are not uncommon for the summer months in the Sanford area. High temperatures can reach mid to high 90s with heat index ranges of 105-115 °F. The highest recorded temperature in Sanford was 103°F in July 1998. It is common for daily thunderstorms to erupt during a standard summer afternoon. These are caused by the heating of the land and water, combined with extremely high humidity.

During winter, the area can experience hard freezes during the night. Such cold weather is usually short lived, as the city averages only 15 nights below freezing. The coldest temperature recorded in Sanford was 19 °F on January 21, 1985, a day that still holds the record cold for many locations in the eastern half of the US. Even rarer in Sanford than freezing temperatures is snow. When snow does fall, it usually melts before touching the ground, or upon making contact with the ground.

Sanford has suffered less damage from hurricanes than most East Coast cities. Sanford has experienced hurricane or near-hurricane conditions more than a dozen times due to storms passing through the state from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean, or passing to the north or south in the Atlantic and brushing the area. Rainfall averages around 50 inches a year, with the wettest months being June through September.

Get in

By plane

See also: air travel in the United States of America

By train

See also: rail travel in the United States

Sanford is the southern terminus of the Sanford Auto Train Station 📍 which carries passengers and automobiles directly between Sanford and Lorton, Virginia, effectively serving as a car-rail link from Florida to the Washington, D.C. Metro Area. The train does not make intermediary stops between Lorton and Sanford. The Sanford station is not as elaborate as its Lorton counterpart: passengers board the train on two tracks in Sanford. However, Amtrak and the State of Florida are working to replace the older station with a new terminal that can accommodate a larger numbers of passengers more comfortably.

  • Sanford SunRail Station, 28.81346°, -81.29863°. generally M-F only. Check schedules. The nearest stations for the Amtrak Silver Meteor and Silver Star are in Winter Park ( south) and Deland () north. The Amtrak station in DeLand is a separate location from the DeBary Sunrail Station in Deltona while the Winter Haven Station is in a shared facility. 2019-01-29

By bus

Greyhound Bus Lines, 1300 West Airport Blvd., +1 407-688-9725. Station is open daily 8AM to 10PM, including holidays. Greyhound offers bus connections to Jacksonville, Orlando, and other cities throughout the U.S.

By car

Sanford is at the intersection of Interstate 4 and Florida State Road 417.

Get around

By bus

  • Lynx offers public transportation for Sanford.

By car

By taxi

See

Art galleries

  • Gallery on First, 211 East First Street, +1 407-323-2774. Working artist studios.
  • Jeanine Taylor Folk Art, 211 East First Street, +1 407-323-2774. Art from the Deep South.
  • Riverhouse Pottery, 118 Palmetto Avenue, +1 407-323-9272.

Parks

  • Cameron Wight Park, 5502 Old Geneva Road, +1 407-788-0405. This is a 3-acre park used as a boat launching facility into the beautiful St. Johns river basin. It is 5 miles (8 km) east of US 17-92 on State Road 46 at the Lake Jesup Bridge. This park is open daily 24 hours. It has a pavilion, lighting, and paved parking.
  • Lake Dot Park, 100 Lake Dot Drive, 28.7508°, -81.2859°, +1 407-788-0405. This is a 15-acre park with benches and a fishing area located at the south end of Sanford. From Sanford, go south on U.S. 17-92, left onto Fairmont Dr., and right onto Lake Dot Dr. It is open 8AM to sunset daily.
  • Lake Jesup Park, 5951 South Sanford Avenue, 28.7269°, -81.2639°, +1 407-788-0405. This park is a 6-acre park primarily used as a boat launching facility into Lake Jesup. The park is 4 miles south of State Road 46 at the end of Sanford Avenue. There is a pavilion and paved parking available under shade from the many oak trees. The park is open 24 hours daily.
  • Lake Jesup Wilderness Area, 5951 South Sanford Avenue, +1 407-665-7352. Wildlife lovers will find 3 miles (5 km) of trails in the 490-acre Lake Jesup Wilderness Area where lakeside benches provide a great viewing platform for spotting bald eagles and alligators.
  • Lake Monroe Wayside Park, 4150 N. West US Highway 17-92, 28.8359°, -81.3238°, +1 407-788-0405. This is a 3.5-acre park used as a boat launching facility into Lake Monroe and the St. Johns River basin. This park is 1 mile north of Interstate 4 on State Road 17-92 on the St. Johns River. This park has pavilions and a historical swinging bridge used as a fishing pier. It is open 24 hours daily.
  • Paw Park, 427 South French Avenue, 28.8085°, -81.2727°, +1 407-330-5688. The oldest off-leash dog park in Central Florida is well shaded with mature oak trees. Features include a small dog alternative play area, a time-out area, bag dispensers for disposal of dog waste, park benches, dog showers, self-watering bowls, historic lighting, and a community bulletin board.
  • Sunland Park, 180 Collins Drive, 28.7508°, -81.2895°, +1 407-788-0405. This is a 15-acre park 1/2 mile south of Lake Mary Boulevard on US 17-92. There is a ball field, tennis & basketball court and playground available for public use. The hours of the park are from 8AM to 10PM daily.
  • Sylvan Lake Park, 845 Lake Markham Road, 28.8021°, -81.3865°, +1 407-788-0405. This park is 5 miles (8 km) west of I-4 off State Road 46 on Lake Markham Road. This is a 126-acre park with a 188-acre lake adjacent to the park known as Sylvan Lake. Sylvan has become a soccer lover's delight, with a sport training facility and 6 soccer fields.
  • Wilson's Landing Park, +1 407-788-0405. 387 Malekean Trail. Wilson's Landing is a 19-acre facility developed in 2004 that includes a small pavilion, overlook pier of the Wekiva River, restrooms, and paved parking. This park is in the northwestern corner of the county off S.R. 46 on Malakean Road. Hours of operation is 8AM to sunset seven days a week, except for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
  • Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park, 28.8669°, -81.3681°. An 18,000-acre (73-km²) Florida State Park on 6 miles (10 km) of the St. Johns River in Seminole County. The park forms a wildlife corridor to the Ocala National Forest along the Wekiva and St. Johns Rivers. Among the wildlife of the park are black bears, river otters, alligators, wood storks, and sandhill cranes. There are two sections to the park, north and south. The northern section's entrance is in Pine Lakes, off S.R. 44. This entrance leads to the multiuse trails, primitive horse camping and backpack camping areas. The entrance to the southern section, off S.R. 46 nine miles (14 km) west of Sanford, provides access to 5,000 acres (20 km²) of the park. There is no horseback riding in this part of the park. Neither section provides water access. Although canoeists can travel the Wekiva River through the park, they must launch from outside. 2020-06-16

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ATMs can be found throughout Sanford. Usually larger hotels and convenience stores will have a "generic" ATM available; however, be forewarned about hidden service fees.

Eat

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Hotels and motels

Bed and Breakfast

Connect

Ten digit dialing is in effect for local calls in Sanford. The local area codes are 407 and 321. For calls within the US or Canada, dial 1+area code+number. There are some public pay phones scattered around the city, but they are becoming increasingly rare with the predominance of cell phones. It is not safe to assume you will be able to find a pay phone at any given time.

All __ZIP code__s in Sanford begin with 327.

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Sanford

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Date Time:Please wait...Timezone:America/New_YorkPopulation:61,051Coordinates:28.79, -81.28

Seminole County

2nd-order administrative division

Florida

Primary administrative division

United States

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