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Brevard County attraction
Canaveral National Seashore Brevard County · Atlantic Coast
Nearly fifty-eight thousand acres of barrier island and lagoon, holding twenty-four miles of undeveloped beach with no road to the middle of it.
QUESTIONS THAT NAME THIS PLACE ABOUT THIS PLACE
Canaveral National Seashore protects nearly 58,000 acres of barrier island, open lagoon, coastal hammock and pine flatwoods, including 24 miles of undeveloped beach that provides nesting ground for several thousand protected sea turtles. Two thirds of the park is Mosquito Lagoon, designated an estuary of national significance and one of the most productive estuaries in North America. The seashore also holds cultural resources reflecting human occupation of the Florida peninsula from 2000 BC through early twentieth-century settlement. Access is through two entrance districts, Apollo Beach and Playalinda Beach, each with its own entrance station. Playalinda is the Brevard end, reached from Titusville along State Road 402, and it has fourteen numbered parking areas strung out along the shore. Apollo is the Volusia end. Klondike Beach lies between them with no road to it at all, which is why twenty-four miles of this coast has never been built on. The park sits directly beside the Kennedy Space Center, so Playalinda closes for launches and those closures are often announced at short notice. Turtle Mound, a shell midden thirty-five feet high, and Seminole Rest are the main archaeological sites. More than a thousand plant species and 310 bird species have been counted inside the boundary. It was signed into protection on January 3, 1975
GOOD TO KNOW
The Apollo and Playalinda Beach entrance stations take credit or debit only, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay. No cash. Passes are non-transferable and non-refundable, and you must show the pass with photo ID.
Confirm on the official site before you go.
VISIT BASICS
Admission Every visitor must pay an entrance fee. Private vehicle $25 (admits driver and passengers, good 7 consecutive days); motorcycle $20 (7 days, up to 2 motorcycles and 4 people); per person on foot or bicycle $15 (7 days, ages 16+; under 16 free). Park annual pass $45. MOVING TO BREVARD COUNTY? Fourteen services. One business each. Attorneys, movers, insurance, title companies, roofers and nine more — one listed business per service in Brevard County.
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