Canaveral National Seashore is my favorite beach on Florida’s East Coast (at least at this point it is because I haven’t visited them all yet). The funny thing is that it took us over a year to ever visit this beach and my sister and her family found it accidentally and took us there on one of their vacations.
Packing a picnic and a cooler for the day is the best way to enjoy Florida’s coasts. As I have said repeatedly, we enjoy a beach that is not close to a major road where they sell Florida T-Shirts and McDonald’s Happy Meals ala Clearwater Beach. I have read in Florida Off The Beaten Path that this is one of the last remaining undeveloped beaches on the East Coast of Florida. My only negative for this beach would be the bathrooms, but who would want to mess up the beautiful seascape with huge bathrooms.
Canaveral National Seashore is a part of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and borders the Kennedy Space Center. In fact, there have been weekends that you drive to the beach and look to the right and see a space shuttle on the launch pad. If you need a break from the beach you can always stop by the visitors center or take an air conditioned ride in your car around Black Point Wildlife Drive. There are four hiking trails ranging from 1/4-mile to 5 miles in length for the hikers. The wildlife refuge also contains a Manatee observation deck, observation tower, and a great place for nature photography.
The beach is free, but when it is close to a shuttle launch it will be closed for security reasons so if you are not familiar with the launch schedule then call (321) 267-1110 for beach information.
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