Canaveral National Seashore
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Location	Brevard County & Volusia County, Florida, USA
Nearest city	Titusville, Florida
Coordinates	28°46′03″N 80°46′37″W / 28.7675, -80.77694
Area	57,662 acres (233. Brevard County is a county located in the US state of Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Titusville is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. 35 km²)
Established	January 3, 1975
Visitors	1,007,446 (in 2005)
Governing body	National Park Service

The Canaveral National Seashore (CANA) is a National Seashore located between New Smyrna Beach and Titusville, Florida, in the United States. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Park Service ( NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation A National Seashore, in the United States, is a seashore area federally designated as being of natural and recreational significance as a preserved area New Smyrna Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. Titusville is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The park, located on a barrier island, is home to more than 1,000 plant species and 310 bird species. CANA occupies 58,000 acres (230 km²) (including lagoons) and was created on January 3, 1975 by an act of Congress. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The park's 24-mile long beach is the longest undeveloped beach on the east coast of the state. The southern part is also known as Playalinda Beach and the northern part includes Turtle Mound. Playalinda Beach (Playa Linda - Spanish for "pretty beach" is a beach located on Florida 's east coast in Canaveral National Seashore. The Turtle Mound is a historic site located 9 miles south of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on State Road A1A.

The John F. Kennedy Space Center is located at the southern end of the barrier island occupied by Canaveral National Seashore so access to the seashore is often restricted during launch-related activities at the space center. The John F Kennedy Space Center ( KSC) is the NASA Space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center ( Spaceport) on A shoal or sandbar (also called sandbank) is a somewhat Linear Landform within or extending into a body of Water, Mosquito Lagoon borders the other side of the Cape from the Seashore. Mosquito Lagoon is part of the Indian River Lagoon system and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

The Playalinda Beach has thirteen parking lots numbered from the south. Playalinda Beach (Playa Linda - Spanish for "pretty beach" is a beach located on Florida 's east coast in Canaveral National Seashore. The space shuttle launch facility is easily visible from the approach to Parking Lot #1. The shore north of Parking Lot #13 has for years been an informal nudist beach. Brevard County passed an ordinance (3 to 2) making nudity illegal in the county, but the National Seashore administration refuses to spend money out of its own budget to enforce a local county ordinance, so enforcement is spotty and infrequent.

Gallery

Entrance to the park	A SSE view down the shore	A NNW view up the shore	Birds feeding on the shore
Shells washed up over night	Castle Windy Trail in the Park	Opposite side of barrier island

External links

• Canaveral National Seashore travel guide from Wikitravel
• National Park Service: Canaveral National Seashore

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