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Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp
Cassadaga, Volusia County
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WHAT IT IS
A town of certified mediums, founded 1894, where the directory lists residents by spiritual specialty.
George Colby, a medium from New York, was reportedly led to this spot by a spirit guide named Seneca. The camp he founded is now a National Historic District of small wooden houses, each with a shingle: clairvoyance, healing, mediumship. The certification is real, in the sense that the camp issues it. The bookstore sells a walking map. Nobody will pressure you, which is somehow more unsettling.
HOW IT SCORES
Rarity9/10
Is there anywhere else like it?
Backstory9/10
How did this come to be?
Disrepair5/10
What is holding it together?
Commitment10/10
How far do they take the bit?
NEARBY
BEFORE YOU DRIVE
- ENTRY FEE
- Free to walk
- HOURS
- Bookstore 10am–6pm
- BEST TIME
- Weekday afternoon. Weekends book out.
- HOW LONG
- 1–3 hours
- PARKING
- Street parking
- PAYMENT
- Cards accepted
- ACCESS
- Flat sidewalks, some gravel
COORDINATES
28.9483° N, 81.2378° W
I-4 exit 114, then CR-4139. Fifteen minutes from Deland.
OPEN IN MAPS →DETAILS COMPILED FROM PUBLISHED SOURCES. FEES CHANGE. CALL AHEAD.