Driving to Best Paw Forward Inc.

 SR415 > New Smyrna Blvd., Osteen > Florida Ave./Osteen-Maytown RD > Pell RD > Saddle Creek Farms RD > left at V in road/BPF sign >left at Oak Haven Plantation RD, 2nd house on right (the one with agility fields out front😉)

For distances & landmarks, download driving directions to our rural site from various locations (see below). 

WHERE MAP PROGRAMS OFTEN GET IT WRONG FOR OUR FUN COUNTRY SITE:

1. Avoid any route through BOY SCOUT CAMP RD (impassable sugar sand). Saddle Creek private community fence & mailboxes within 25 feet of yellow NO OUTLET sign if you come in through Pell, the only way for all but 4WD vehicle (Lake Ashby RD is on wrong end of Pell)
2.  One block after entering Saddle Creek dirt-road, Best Paw Forward sign reminds you to turn left at curve/split in road to stay on Saddle Creek Farms RD

From nearby locations (Deltona, Debary, Orange City, South DeLand, Lake Mary, Heathrow, Sanford): 

DRIVING ON I-4:  Exit 108, DeBary/Deltona/Enterprise exit

East/left 8 miles on CR4162 Dirksen/Deltona/Doyle road toward Osteen

• Right/south at SR415 traffic light where Doyle ends (pass Skip's Boots on right)

 • Third left (tiny little blocks) onto New Smyrna RD (just before Volusia County biking/hiking overpass & fire station)

 • Immediate left on Florida Ave. (quickly becomes Osteen-Maytown RD)

 • 5.6 miles east on Osteen-Maytown RD  

DRIVING SOUTH ON SR415 from Daytona/New Smyrna, Deltona, SR44, Samsula, New Smyrna, Daytona, Howland Blvd via SR415:  (TELL GPS TO DETOUR AROUND LAKE ASHBY & BOY SCOUT CAMP RD)

 • Pass Skip’s Boots, Fox Head bar/lounge on right

 • Left turn a little more than 1 mile south past WalMart at Howland Blvd. & SR415, onto New Smyrna RD (just before Volusia County biking/hiking overpass & fire station)

DRIVING  NORTH ON SR415 from Seminole County, U.S. 17-92, SR 46, SR417/Greeneway to Lake Mary Blvd. ):

North/northeast on Lake Mary BLVD (becomes SR415 after crossing SR46 headed north, 5.4 miles North on Lake Mary Road/SR415 north of SR46, over bridge near marina (pass Osteen Diner on right, see Dollar General, Sunoco, Texaco on left· Slow down for turn where speed limit slows to 40 mph; just 2 short blocks more

Right/east – Railroad Ave.· first right turn lane after Osteen Diner· before Volusia County biking/hiking path overpass

Left/north after stop sign onto Oak, one block

Immediate first right/east onto Florida Ave/Osteen-Maytown Road/ SR4164

30 mph speed limit traveling eastward until past golf course

About 5.6 miles to left turn onto Pell Road

All routes (detailed below) merge once you turn onto Pell Road from Osteen-Maytown RD or Halifax AV (same road driving from east off U.S.1): 

TO PELL ROAD once you are on Osteen-Maytown RD (5.6 miles to get there from SR415):

· After two small bridges

· Pass Vat & Elizabeth roads on right, pass Rebel Run on left, shortly before you reach Pell

· Yellow traffic sign says Pell Road as you approach - comes up fast

· Towards Wiregrass Prairie Reserve

Off of Osteen-Maytown Road:

NORTH on Pell RD for 4 miles (only one way to turn onto Pell RD - other side at intersection is biking/hiking trail

 ·  PASS Prideaux & Oakridge Farms roads on right

If pavement on Pell Road runs out BEFORE you turn on Saddle Creek Road you have gone too far -- turn around now! SUGAR SAND AHEAD from this end too after Pell becomes a dirt road.

RIGHT/EAST on Saddle Creek Farms RD 

 ·  Saddle Creek Farms RD  street sign, double bank of mailboxes 

 ·  Saddle Creek sign on white fencing,  turn in between open gates

· You are invited guests - ignore No Trespassing sign

· 10 MILES PER HOUR ON DIRT ROAD - speeding messes up cars & road & can get you expelled from class with no refund

 ·  1 mile of safe-when-slow dirt roads  to Best Paw Forward Inc. Drive around potholes from recent storms.

Short block to next turn: LEFT at that intersection to remain on Saddle Creek Farms RD. (10 mph speed limit reminder & Best Paw Forward directional sign on power pole where you turn left (if you turn wrong way here it is a  long, extra bumpy route around the back of the subdivision)   

Avoid drainage ditches (& drainage pipe areas, except when you turn in onto the center of our driveway 😁)

· Few street signs in subdivision -- landmarks help

· Pass 2-story house on right

RIGHT onto Oak View Plantation RD

  ·  Runs between horse & cattle pastures

 Immediate next LEFT at Oak Haven Plantation RD

· Second home on RIGHT (you are welcome here - our property does NOT have any trespassing signs. Those are on our neighbors' property -- please DO NOT bother them or their two dogs - go to the 2ND house on right)

· Best Paw Forward directional signs on fence & gate

· Dog signs on fence, Best Paw Forward signs further along driveway

· Agility/obedience rings, dog jumps in front fields, either side of driveway near center of front fence

· Covered training area near driveway

· Precision work, private sessions, workshops sometimes in training barn or house