Deltona sits in Volusia County between Orlando and Daytona Beach, a city that began as one of Florida's first large planned communities in the 1960s. Thornby Park, on the shore of Lake Monroe where the St. Johns River widens, offers fishing piers, picnic lawns, and sunset views across the water. Lyonia Preserve protects scrub habitat for the Florida scrub jay, a bird found nowhere else, and the Deltona Regional Library anchors the city's civic center. The city grew from pine flatwoods into a suburban community with lakes, parks, and trails.