Viewing Locations

Kennedy Point Park in Titusville offers free, uncrowded riverfront rocket launch viewing with wide-open Indian River views of Kennedy Space Center pads.

Nicol Park in Port St. John offers free waterfront rocket launch viewing across the Indian River, about 13 miles from Cape Canaveral’s launch pads.

US-1 in Titusville offers free roadside rocket launch viewing along the Indian River, just 10-13 miles across the water from Kennedy Space Center.

Watch rockets launch from State Road 528’s Banana River bridges — free roadside viewing minutes from Cape Canaveral, ideal for a quick launch stop.

Catch liftoffs from State Road 401 near Port Canaveral — free roadside pull-offs with close-up views of the launch pads just across the water.

Watch rockets climb from the 65-foot-high Max Brewer Bridge in Titusville — free elevated views across the Indian River to Kennedy Space Center.

Watch launches from Sidney Fischer Park’s Cocoa Beach shoreline — direct beach access with clear views north to Cape Canaveral’s launch pads.

Catch liftoffs from Alan Shepard Park in Cocoa Beach — a 5-acre oceanfront park with picnic pavilions, about 13 miles south of the launch pads.

Watch rockets launch from Jetty Park at Port Canaveral — the closest public beach viewing to the pads, roughly 5 miles from SLC-40 and SLC-41.

See liftoffs from Lori Wilson Park in Cocoa Beach — free beachfront viewing with a nature boardwalk, about 12 miles south of Cape Canaveral.

Watch launches from Cherie Down Park in Cape Canaveral — a free public beachfront park about 8 miles from the Space Force Station launch pads.

Watch rockets from the historic Cocoa Beach Pier — dine and drink above the Atlantic with launch views stretching north to Cape Canaveral’s pads.

Watch rockets launch from inside NASA’s gates at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex — the closest public viewing, just 4-5 miles from LC-39A and LC-39B.