The Space Coast Travel Information
The Space Coast is 72 miles of beaches running east of Orlando and
southward to Melbourne. A homogenous blend of nature and technology,
the region embraces: the Kennedy Space Center in Titusville; launch
pads, rockets and ocean liners in Cape Canaveral; Patrick Air Force
Base in Cocoa Beach; and wildlife preserves, rivers, Intercoastal
waterways and pristine shores from Satellite Beach, through
Indialantic and onward to Melbourne. Marked by clusters of
townships separated by miles of open space, Route A1A is the main
thoroughfare, running along the ocean from beach to beach. The
activities of the region are numerous and reflected in the types of
shops in town. In Cocoa Beach, for instance, surfing is a passion and
Ron Jon is an enormous outlet that serves as a pillar for surfing
needs as well as a 24-hour gathering place for people of like mind.
There’s enough activity here to keep hopping. The Kennedy Space
Center (Titusville) is an exceptional museum with exhibits of actual
rockets and hands-on demonstrations. Cape Canaveral, home to the Space
Shuttle, is also a port of call to large ocean liners en route to the
Caribbean. Parks and trails are abundant, winding through cedar
forests, mangrove marshes, coastal dunes, swamps and palmetto
thickets. Lush golfing greens are available for skilled pros
and for beginners. Turtle Creek in Rockledge has been one of
Golf Digest’s best picks for the past decade. One of the
fastest growing sports in the area is bird watching, and Merritt
Island National Wildlife Refuge is one of the best birding sites in
the world. Bikes are everywhere — on the beach, in town, all
around — and rentals are readily available. Another big time
sport is fishing, which is more a way of life than a sport, available
almost everywhere water is found — from the pier, the surf, deep
sea and the Intercoastal waterways. With more than 40 parks and
220 square miles of wildlife refuges in addition to wining, dining,
museums and miles of beach and surf, there’s no room for boredom here.
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