Canaveral National Seashore - Apollo Beach Visitor Center

Was able to drive out to this area while vacationin in Orlando area. Great perk having a lifetime national parks pass via my service enlistment. Am able to enjoy places that I would normally pass on. Area was pretty green and clean all around. Not very many people out swimming, so felt as if the locartion was all ours. A must revisit with other family and freinds when the time allows.Staff was ablove and beyond in welcoming us on our visit.

We visited while in town for vacation. The Rangers were nice with any information we wanted. We took a couple of small hikes, but about halfway down the road after paying at the entrance, the road was closed... too bad 😏

Awesome place to visit. If you come in the summer bring bug spray to walk turtle mound, or any other hiking. The beach has TONS od shells!!

Nice rest area with facilities and informational space as well as shop for park wear and wildlife items stuffed and plastic!

Our family greatly appreciates and values the National Parks and the variety of parks within the system. We have family in central Florida and always enjoy visiting the coast. When I learned that Canaveral National Seashore had a visitor’s center at Apollo Beach, I knew we had to visit. We were greeted by gopher tortoises upon our entrance into the park. We stopped at the overlook on the right and were overwhelmed by the beauty. We saw several species of butterflies, many orb weaver spiders (what the Seek app identified as a golden silk spider), and some beautiful flowers. The view of Mosquito Lagoon and the Atlantic from the highest point is incredible. The staff in the visitor center is fantastic. We always enjoy getting our cancellation stamp for the passport books. We spent a good bit of time exploring the visitor center and noticed a storm coming in. We went out to the dock behind the visitor center on Mosquito Lagoon and watched it move closer. We started towards the beach and saw even more gopher tortoises but the rain was pouring, so we never made it to the beach. We definitely want to come back and look into possibility of canoeing. I wanted to get a picture of the sign at the entrance but it was pouring so we missed it. We’ll get it next time.

Very nice park. Be sure to visit the Tutle Mound overlook. I was able to fill up my water bottles at the fountain for free in the visitors center. Has a nice little pavilion where I ate my lunch. Beaches are very nice and not very many people, though there was not enough parking at the beaches. $25 per vehicle to get into the park, but I think it's worth it. There are 5 beach entrances/parking lots. They are very small parking lots, only space for about 15-20 cars each. Basic outhouse-like bathrooms, no running water. Be aware, nude sunbathers past beach 4 (even though sign says after beach 5)

Beautiful, Love it, sea shells clean beaches ,friendly staff Highly recommend

• Visited on Friday morning in late December 2023. Most kids still in school so it wasn’t busy at all. • We stopped at turtle mound before park visitor center, and views were great and worth the stop. • At the visitor center we did watch the video. The store was nice size. The people behind the counter and the rangers were nice. • The NPS passport cancellation stamps were available at the back right side of the visitor center. • We did do the junior ranger and were able to do it in about 90 mins at the park. This including collecting garbage on the beach. This was easier than we though as there was plenty of trash we found. There were 3 levels of difficult with the junior ranger and you could earn not just the badge but also a sticker and patch. Picture included in review. We would visit again just to go to the beach. • You do pay at the gate and/or check your national park pass.