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Florida’s Space Coast

Hiking, biking, paddling, and other outdoor recreation and points of interest along Florida’s Space Coast, which stretches south from Titusville to Melbourne and is our home base.

Fox Lake Wetland Trail

Forest road in pines with water in tire tracks

Fox Lake Sanctuary   |  Titusville
( 28.5886, -80.8746 )      1.7 miles

On the south side of Fox Lake Sanctuary, the Wetland Extension Trail leads you on a 1.7-mile soggy slog through wet pine flatwoods, wet prairies, and bayheads

Helen & Allan Cruickshank Sanctuary

Scrub forest and ditch Helen Allan Cruikshank Sanctuary

Cocoa      ( 28.2941, -80.7073 )      1.1 miles

Loop 140 acres of scrub forest on the Atlantic Coastal Ridge in Rockledge to catch a glimpse of Florida scrub-jay families from an easy 1.1 mile trail

Jetty Park

Jetty Park Cape Canaveral

Cocoa      ( 28.407304, -80.591899 )      

With white sand dunes and a beautiful oceanfront, Jetty Park is the closest beach to Cape Canaveral that stays open during launches at Kennedy Space Center: the viewing’s great daytime or night

Kings Park

Freshwater lake at Kings Park

Merritt Island      ( 28.447802, -80.693695 )      5.1 miles

A mosaic of landscapes disturbed by past development now lush with vegetation, Kings Park on Merritt Island protects both freshwater and brackish waterways with a ribbon of bike path between them.

Launching Into Paddleboarding

Man on a paddleboard

October 17, 2021    John Keatley

After a lifetime of water sports on and around the Indian River Lagoon, John takes to paddleboarding to try something new and to connect with an old friend.

Malabar Scrub East

Pine flatwoods

Malabar Scrub Sanctuary  |  Malabar
( 28.00139, -80.58267 )      2.7 miles

Step into the wonder of an extensive scrub habitat south of Palm Bay, snatched away from development and restored to its natural beauty.

Malabar Scrub West

Boardwalk through palm hammock

Malabar Scrub Sanctuary  |  Palm Bay
( 28.01077, -80.59685 )      3.3 miles

With loop trails showing off scrub, pine flatwoods, and the floodplain of Fern Creek, Malabar Scrub West provides miles to roam southeast of Turkey Creek.

Manatee Observation Deck

Manatee Viewing Area at Merritt Island NWR

Merritt Island NWR  |  Titusville
( 28.737637, -80.754674 )      

Where Haulover Canal connects the Indian River Lagoon and Mosquito Lagoon in Merritt Island NWR, a manatee observation deck makes it easy to watch for manatees drifting by

Maritime Hammock Sanctuary

Maritime Hammock Sanctuary

Melbourne Beach      ( 27.956304, -80.502777 )      2.8 miles

On a 2.8-mile loop trail, Maritime Hammock Sanctuary showcases maritime, or coastal hammock, marshlands, and mangroves along the Indian River Lagoon

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Dummett Cove Merritt Island

Titusville      ( 28.641204, -80.735856 )      

With recreational activities ranging from hiking to biking, boating, fishing, and bioluminscent kayaking, Florida’s top destination for birding is also home to Kennedy Space Center

Paddling the Thousand Islands

Thousand Islands Cocoa Beach

July 17, 2019    John Keatley

One of the hidden natural treasures of Cocoa Beach, the Thousand Islands provide a fun paddle through a maze of mangroves on a marked trail through a conservation area.

Paddling Turkey Creek

Turkey Creek paddle Palm Bay

February 26, 2019    John Keatley

A chance meeting of old friends leads to my first paddling trip down Turkey Creek and the opportunity to connect with our local paddling club, the Space Coast Paddlers, by talking about our most recent guidebook.

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