Welcome to Canaveral National Seashore

With miles of unspoiled, natural shoreline, the visitor will find Canaveral National Seashore the perfect beach. Stretching 25 miles along Florida's Space Coast, and a favorite of vacationing families, the beach features calmer surf than many of the other beaches in the area and the longest stretch of natural beach on the East Coast of Florida. Far less crowded than nearby Indialantic and Cocoa Beaches, quiet and solitude are easy to come by and the greatest pleasure can be had walking along the surf line.

Three distinct beach areas and a host of activities await the visitor to Canaveral National Seashore. There are two entrances to the park: at New Smyrna Beach via AIA at the north end, and from Titusville at the south end. Both entrances have Visitor's Centers, so take a moment and see what activities are available the day of your visit. The rangers offer a wide variety of programs, from walking wildlife lectures to visiting some of the local Indian mounds. At the north end of the park lies Apollo Beach, where you'll find five parking lots and four primitive campgrounds. A short trail at the south end of the beach leads to Eldora Hammock and the Eldora fishing piers, where you can cast into a tidal creek. At the south end, Playalinda Beach features a paved road running four miles with parking lots at regular intervals. Accessible only by foot from Apollo and Playalinda Beaches, Klondike Beach lays claim to one of the longest and loveliest stretches of primitive beachfront on Florida's east coast. Saw palmetto and Spanish bayonet rustle at the edge of short, sandy bluffs that drop to the beach, and there's rarely another soul in site. Primitive camping is allowed along the beach with a permit you can obtain at the Visitor's Center, and several intact Indian mounds are located along this stretch of shoreline.