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Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is a 140,000-acre (57,000 ha) U.S. National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) on the Atlantic coast of Florida's largest barrier island. NASA 's Kennedy Space Center and visitor complex are also situated on the island and NASA can restrict access to the refuge based on its operational needs.
The Merritt Island Public Library, though a part of the Brevard County Library System, is a state-designated special library district. Since Merritt Island is an unincorporated area of Brevard County, [33] in 1965 the area applied for, and was designated, a special library district under Chapter 65-1289 by the Florida Legislature. [34]
Courtenay (/ ˈ k ɔːr t n i /; KORT-nee) is an unincorporated community on Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida, United States.It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
It occupies a portion of Merritt Island, a barrier island, and is surrounded by the CDP of Merritt Island. Florida State Road 3 is the main highway in the area, forming the eastern edge of Tropical Park. Tropical Park was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The population was 2,013 at the 2020 census.
Nearby is the Canaveral National Seashore park, a twenty-four mile stretch of undisturbed ocean beach near the Kennedy Space Center. Visitors take self-guided tours assisted by information from park rangers. [55] Travelocity.com named this park among the top ten Florida beaches as well as among the top ten Family Attractions in Florida.
A Superior Court judge has issued an initial decision siding with a beachfront homeowner who argued that Rhode Island's 2023 shoreline access law amounted to an unconstitutional taking of private ...
Here’s how to rent a beach wheelchair, according to Visit Myrtle Beach. Horry County Call 843-381-8000 or email beachwheelchair@horrycounty.org at least two days in advance to reserve a beach ...
The first causeway connects the Florida mainland to Merritt Island and later, over the private second causeway, connects Merritt Island to Cape Canaveral. As such, the NASA Causeway is the main route connecting points of interest in Titusville, Florida to the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island.