How to get to
Space View Park
in Titusville FL

There are better places to watch
a rocket launch from, but can you get there?



STS-115 rises from Launch Complex 39B
at the Kennedy Space Center
 

Space View Park

The best place to view a
space launch - if you haven't
got a NASA pass.

Space View Park is located in Titusville Florida directly across the Indian River from NASA's Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center. Check the Launch Schedule.

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 local "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 should to get to Space View Park at least an hour before launch (to beat the last-minute tourists looking for a parking space) and a picnic is one way to pass the time. Don't forget lawn chairs and a good book. Or two.

Suggestion: Pick up lawn chairs and other "day at the beach" supplies at the local Walgreens, WalMart, and CVS in Titusville. That way you support the local economy.

On a good, clear day the rocket can be viewed for about Four minutes in total. With binoculars, the launch can be tracked for longer.

Check out the Space Walk Of Fame Museum, just a block away at 4 Main St. This place has things the Smithsonian can't get ahold of, because most of it actually belongs to the 'space-workers' themselves, and is merely on loan to the Museum. It's the momentos and souvenirs of the men and wome who built the space center, and the rockets that carried men and metal into space.


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

 

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Launch
Complex
from
Space View
Park
from
LISATS
Point
SLC-37B
Delta-IV
115.3 Degrees
13.5 Miles
32.2 Degrees
8.6 Miles
SLC-40
Falcon-9
108.9 Degrees
12.4 Miles
24.6 Degrees
10.0 Miles
SLC-41
Atlas-V
103.24 Degrees
11.8 Miles
20.9 Degrees
11.1 Miles
Degrees from Magnetic North
Distances in Nautical Miles

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last update: 2011-01-28

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