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Port Canaveral is a cruise, cargo, and naval port in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is one of the busiest cruise ports in the world with 4.5 million cruise passengers passing through during 2016.


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1 - Air Force Space and Missile Museum

The Air Force Space and Missile Museum is located at Launch Complex 26 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. It includes artifacts from the early American space program and includes an outdoor area displaying rockets, missiles, and space-related equipment chronicling the space and missile history of the US Air Force, the US Space Force and other military branches.

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2 - Cape Canaveral

   10 km away

Cape Canaveral is a cape in Brevard County, Florida, in the United States, near the center of the state's Atlantic coast. Officially Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973, it lies east of Merritt Island, separated from it by the Banana River.

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3 - Bike Rentals in Cape Canaveral

Explore Port Canaveral and Cocoa Beach by bike with an all-day bike rental. This is a very friendly biking community with wide sidewalks, so you'll never have to ride on the streets.  Choose between a beach cruiser or road bike with the option to add on infant bike seats, trailers, and more. Pickup from a centrally located shop or request delivery. Pick your bike up from the shop or have it delivered to you. Ride to local attractions including the Port Cove shopping and dining district, the Cocoa Beach Pier, Exploration Tower Visitor Center, Manatee Sanctuary Park and all the downtown shopping and restaurants in Cocoa Beach. Ride all day for the same rate. When you’re done, return the bikes to the shop or arrange to have them picked up.  There are no strict rules here.  Go biking for as long or short as you wish.  You can lock the bikes up anywhere. This is a great way to explore the area and a unique alternative to a cruise sponsored shore excursion. 

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4 - Thousand Islands

   10 km away

The Thousand Islands are a group of natural, modified, and spoil islands in the Banana River Lagoon, Cocoa Beach, in Brevard County, Florida.

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5 - Cocoa Beach

   10 km away

Cocoa Beach is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,539 at the 2018 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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6 - Wildlife Watching in Cape Canaveral

Walk on water with us!  We are the local authority on SUP lessons and tours.  Fully guided instruction and tours on the calm, inshore waters of the Banana River Lagoon.  Safety is a priority, so we always mind the weather and wind.  For this reason, we typically meet at our shop and depart from there to the best location that gets us out of the wind.  No experience necessary, but you should be a proficient swimmer.   We'll help you in every way, and teach you about getting up, paddle strokes, turning, backing up, and getting comfortable on your board.  All equipment is included.  Our paddling areas include the unique opportunity to experience dolphins and manatees as well, so we always have fun.  The lesson/tour runs from 1.5hrs to 2.5 hrs depending on your comfort level.  Please arrive ready to get wet, and have towels and a change of clothes handy.  We also recommend sunscreen, dry bag for electronics, and bottled water to keep handy.

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7 - Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

   13 km away

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is a 140,000 acres U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on the Atlantic coast of Florida's largest barrier island.

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8 - Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

   14 km away

The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It features exhibits and displays, historic spacecraft and memorabilia, shows, two IMAX theaters, and a range of bus tours of the spaceport.

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9 - Mountain Bike Tours in Cape Canaveral

Electric scooters, or e-bikes as the industry calls them, are a blast!  After getting a brief intro on e-biking and getting comfortable, you'll depart on this group tour from the shop and ride through the Port Canaveral area and Cocoa Beach.  This is a casual ride and your e-bike can do all the work for you.  If you want the exercise, ride the bike under your own power, its your choice!  But know this, our bikes can power themselves and go up to 20mph for up to 35 miles!  Stops will include: • Manatee Sanctuary Park • Ports End Park • Jetty Park • Cocoa Beach Pier • Ron Jon Surf Shop If your group is thirsty, we can stop at any local pub including our local micro-breweries.  Our itinerary is flexible, being safe and having fun are the only priorities.  At the end of the trip, we'll return to our shop.  There is plenty of parking on site.

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10 - Vehicle Assembly Building

   20 km away

The Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, is the large building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, designed to assemble the large pre-manufactured space vehicle components, such as the massive Saturn V and the Space Shuttle; and stack them vertically onto the mobile launcher platform and crawler-transporter.

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11 - Brevard Zoo

   23 km away

Brevard Zoo is a 75-acre nonprofit facility located in Melbourne, Florida, United States that is home to more than 900 animals representing more than 195 species from Florida, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

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12 - Kayaking Tours in Cocoa Beach

   10 km away

There are only a few places is the world you can see this amazing display of sea life lighting up the waters with their other-worldly neon glow.  This is one Florida experience you do not want to miss! What makes this amazing is that the protected wetlands around the area we launch our kayaks has almost no light pollution. This make for amazing visibility of the bioluminescence.

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13 - Melbourne Beach

   37 km away

Melbourne Beach is a town in Brevard County, Florida. The population was 3,101 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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14 - Melbourne

   39 km away

Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is located 72 mi southeast of Orlando. As of the 2020 Decennial Census, there was a population of 84,678. The municipality is the second-largest in the county by both size and population.

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15 - Stand Up Paddleboarding in Cocoa Beach

   10 km away

Spend the morning in the Banana River Aquatic Preserve, where you will have a good chance of seeing manatees, dolphins, schools of fish and all kinds of birds. Instructors are on hand so the tour is suited to all levels, whether you are a beginner or an experienced paddler or kayaker. Paddle and kayak equipment, expert instruction, parking, and photos of the day are included. We depart from the amazing Brevard Veteran's Memorial Park & Museum, so if you have extra time before or after the tour, you can enjoy the museum.. admission is free!

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16 - Canaveral National Seashore

   43 km away

The Canaveral National Seashore is a National Seashore located between New Smyrna Beach and Titusville, Florida, in Volusia and Brevard Counties. The park, located on a barrier island, was created on January 3, 1975, by an act of Congress.

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