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Canaveral National Seashore
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Welcome To Canaveral National Seashore!

We hope you will find Canaveral National Seashore to be a recreational paradise with it's back-country camping, horseback riding, canoeing, kayaking, hiking, fishing, surfing, swimming, boating and birdwatching opportunities.

As you pass through this national park area with its barrier island, open lagoon, coastal hammock, pine flatwoods and offshore waters, it is our hope that you will be enticed to linger in this environment of old Florida to view an endangered woodstork feeding along a roadside canal, or catch a glimpse of the West Indian Manatee near the Eldora State House.

We hope our website will help prepare you to experience the great variety of extraordinary natural and cultural resources and memorable experiences that await you at Canaveral National Seashore.


Schedule of Events

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Interpretive Program Schedule
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CANA Park Map
Canaveral National Seashore
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Shell mound  

Did You Know?
Almost 150 archaeological sites have been recorded at Canaveral National Seashore. Some of these sites date as far back as 3,000 years BC. Most of these consist of oyster or clam shells, a testament to the bounty of Mosquito Lagoon for Florida’s people, past and present.

Last Updated: October 08, 2008 at 11:36 EST