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Merritt Island is a beautiful area located along the central Atlantic
coast between Cocoa and Cocoa Beach, Florida. This desriable area,
known as
Florida’s “Space Coast", is home of the Space
Shuttle and the
Atlas, Delta, and Titan rockets.
Visitors to Merritt Island are only minutes from the beach, NASA
and other attractions including Kennedy Space Center, Astronaut
Hall of Fame, Police Hall of Fame, Veteran's Memorial Center,
and much more.
The many parks in Merritt Island offer amenities such as pavilions,
picnic tables and barbeque grills to have a family cookout or
birthday party. There are also beautiful playgrounds for the kids
to enjoy.
Merritt Island, now technically a peninsula, was originally an
island separated from the mainland to the west and south by the
Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The
east side of Merritt Island splits and is divided by Sykes Creek
and New Found Harbor which are separated from Cocoa Beach by the
Banana River Lagoon. In 1960s Merritt Island was connected to
the mainland by NASA's construction of the crawlerway to Launch
Complex 39 over the Banana River in the north. Launch complex
39 was previously used for launches of the Saturn V rocket for
the Project Apollo moon missions and have since been remodeled
for the needs of the Space Shuttle. Check out www.lifeonmerrittisland.com to learn more about the area!
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