How to get to
Space View Park
in Titusville FL

Find your way to the Eastbound routes of State Route 528, SR-50, or SR-46 to Interstate 95. Drivers on SR-528, the Beach-Line Expressway, and SR-50 need to turn onto I-95 North. Drivers from SR-46 drive I-95 South. Take I-95 to Exit 220 at State Road 406. This is the exit for the Canaveral National Seashore, and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

Take SR-406 (Garden St to the locals) East 2 miles. Don't just pass by the "fast food" outlets you find on SR-406 - pick up a "Fast Food Picnic". Proceed along Garden St to US-1 and turn right onto US-1 between the 7-Eleven, and the CVS drug store. Just past the CVS driveway is Broad Street. Turn left onto Broad Street, and follow it to the end. Try parking behind the Wachovia Bank on your right, or along Indian River Ave. The park is on Broad St at the Indian River.

You need to get to Space View Park at least four hours before launch (to beat the last-minute tourists looking for a parking space) and a picnic is one way to pass the time. Yes, four hours. As more people get it in their heads to see a Shuttle Launch before the program ends, a longer lead-time is required. Don't forget lawn chairs and a good book.

With the November launch scheduled for around 4:30 in the afternoon, people will be coming in all day, and will all want to leave at once after the launch. These last few Shuttle launches will bring in crowds approaching those of the Apollo moonflight era. My suggestion will be to wait at least two hours after the launch, and preferably four before leaving. Even then, you might consider traveling north to State Route 46, and taking that West to I-4 (pass by SR-417 - I-4 is another couple of miles West). When SR-46 turns north at US-17/92, continue going West on SR-46A (the road you're on).

It's the world's longest "Tailgate Party"
for the world's shortest "game".
            - John Oster

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SVP GPS CO-ORDINATES 28N36'49" 080W48'14" 28° 36.8166'N 080° 48.2333'W 28.6136 / -80.8038 17R NM 19121 65213 EL98oo 8 Broad St, 32796

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STS-91 Launches out of Launch Pad 39-A
as seen from Space View Park.