Where is Daytona Beach, in Comparison to Other Florida Cities? You Asked-I Answered. Maps Included

Where is Daytona Beach, compared to other cities in Florida? How many miles are between certain cities? Where is Port Orange, in relation to Daytona Beach?

These are just a few of the questions I frequently find on my blog posts. So when someone asks me how far we are from another city in Florida, I jump over to my home page which happens to be iGoogle, and click the "Maps" button at the top of the page. I then type in the other city so I can see exactly where that city is, in Florida.

Sometimes the questions are vague... last week I just had to tell someone the city they asked about was on the gulf coast, while Daytona Beach is on the east coast; and I also explained that the city of which they were inquiring was slightly south-west of us. And other times someone will ask a specific question. For example, on my post about our Short Sale condo listing in a luxury Port Orange community, I have a location question that was more specific where Sheryl Hartley asked "How far is Daytona to Port St. Lucie Florida? I have been looking around in that area for a condo for the winter. Just wondered about the difference in miles."

So once again, I went to my home page, then to Google maps and typed in the other city, in this case Port St. Lucie. Then, in order to fully answer Sheryl's question about the actual miles between the cities, I clicked the Google maps button to Get Directions, and added Port Orange as the "from" location. Now at this point, if you've received an inquiry by e-mail, you can just paste the URL into an e-mail message and send it to the person who's inquiring about your location. But since we're all here on Active Rain, I decided to take q quick screen shot, (picture of the web page) which I could have posted in my comment, but decided to use as a blog post instead. This is one of the great things about Active Rain; sharing our knowledge so we can help each other =)

So here are the results of my Google map search, Directions, and the screen shot of the acquired map, taken by a freeware product called MWSnap3 (There are many products like this on the market. But I always search for "freeware" products first). (Follow the preceding link to download MWSnap3.)

And there you have it. The screen shot of the map I got, when it Got Directions from Port Orange Florida to Port St. Lucie Florida. But how many miles is it? Well, the exact driving directions and mileage are on the Google map screen to the left side of this screen shot.

Here is the link with the driving directions and mileage, showing every street, and turn-by-turn directions from Port Orange., And below, is another screen shot showing just the mileage, main driving road, and approximate driving time between the 2 citites. To be specific, you take I-95 south for 143 miles on a trip that takes approximately 2 hours, 27 minutes.

• FYI: When I open MWSnap3 to take a screen shot on my computer, I open it, then go to the web page, or spot on my computer that I want for a screen shot, THEN I click the MWSnap3 button that's a picture of a rectangle, and click immediately back to my desired location before using my mouse to enclose the space I'm capturing. Otherwise, I end up with a picture of my desktop >.<  lol

Have fun. I hope this helps someone with their business. Now you can help your real estate customers find you, your office, a different city, or compare locations.

Feel free to comment if you have another tool you use for screen shots. =)