Going to Cape Canaveral

What to do in Cape Canaveral

by Matt Link

Consider Cape Canaveral the capital of America's space program. Ever since the first rocket launched from here in 1950, this sliver of eastern Florida has maintained its distinction as the only place in the country from which humans have been hurled into the heavens. NASA is based here, and the area code is "321." But the actual coordinates of Cape Canaveral (locally known as "Canaveral" or "The Cape") are tricky to pinpoint. The name can refer to both the city of Cape Canaveral (pop. 10,000), which is just south of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and southeast of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, and the entire 72-mile "Space Coast" on which it sits—a region that spans the cities of Titusville, Cocoa Beach, Cocoa, Melbourne, and Palm Bay.

Of one thing you can be certain: With more than 250 square miles of federally...

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