Beach is clean and large enough for the people there. Bathrooms and showers are undergoing…read morerenovations and are not available. If they were a solid 4 stars.

Best to visit during the week as there is often no parking on the weekends. There are volleyball…read morecourts, clean bathrooms, pavillons you can rent and a really nice playground.

We stopped here briefly on a visit to Florida with my brother, who likes this beach. The beach is…read morelovely: a long, white sandy expanse. It was pretty empty on this weekday, a few scattered beachgoers; lots of parking (but probably not at peak times). Much of the vegetation had unfortunately been killed by the recent hard freeze, and patience will be required to see if it comes back. A walkway leads to the beach from the parking lot, and a wooden structure at the end overlooks the beach. A great beach for area visitors.

Another fabulous beach along the space coast. This park has roughly 20 free parking spots. It has…read morea station to wash off your body/sandy feet after a wonderful day at the beach. We found a spot with no issues and plenty of space on the beach. These beaches are never crowded! Love love love! Waves, finding fun shells and fun are all you need here.

Quiet and peaceful beach, really nice to relax and listen to the sound of the massive waves…read morecrashing. Also a good spot to watch the surfers. There is a decent amount of parking with overflow across the street. The facilities are kept pretty clean and there are public restrooms.

A convenient place to take a beach day! Or, simply stop by the top of the steps to check the waves…read more It's a spacious beach for a good time with your friends and family to enjoy. I've gone so many times and it's so pretty!! Always a beach girl...forever a beach girl. Five Stars! It's even worth the sort of difficult time parking , to get on that beach for a few. Cheers.

Kiwanis Park at Geiger Point is a passive park located at the base of the western side of the…read moreMelbourne Causeway that crosses from Melbourne to Indialantic. Look for the entrance on the right side before you cross over. The seven acre park is right on the Indian River Lagoon making it an ideal spot for shoreline fishing. There is .25-mile paved walkway that connects the pavilion, benches, and picnic tables where you can enjoy an outdoor meal. The city uses this park to launch the fireworks for the annual Fourth of July celebration. If you want to walk over the Melbourne Causeway for exercise and the view, this would be a good place to park. You can also walk under the causeway. I stopped by to try and catch sight of a dolphin or manatee from the shoreline. I didn't see any this time but this park is also great for birdwatching the many native Florida wading birds that stop by.

Cute little park off of the causeway. There is not a lot to do necessarily, but it's a convenient…read moreplace to park and walk the causeway. Great place to exercise! They do have patches of grass if you wanted to sit, watch the boats go by, and enjoy the afternoon. They do have bathrooms in the form of a few port-a-potties as well.

This trail was suggested as a place to ride a bike or walk from the Disney Vero Beach property. I…read morewas staying there with friends and decided to rent a bike for an afternoon and get some riding in. The rental window gave me a map and directed me to the Jungle Trail. It was easy to get to and to find from the hotel property. Lovely flora, lovely fauna along the way. And it takes you to the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, for more nature and exploring. I wish I hadn't waited until my last day in the area to explore the trail and the refuge, because I would have gone back another time....or more times! It was a lovely nature escape among golf courses and developed neighborhoods. Definitely worth a ride or a drive through if you are close by!

The Jungle Trail is a 7.8 mile sand, scenic public road that acts as a buffer between the housing…read moredevelopments and the refuge waters of Pelican Island. The road traverses through the hammock habitat of Florida's barrier islands north of Vero Beach as it passes between gated communities and the shores of the Indian River Lagoon. The trail was created in the 1920's so citrus growers could haul their crop through the barrier islands. The people who lived along the trail were pioneers. They traveled by foot, horse, and the occasional buggy. Today you can drive the road but it is used mainly by hikers and bike riders. At it's north end the trail begins at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge was created to protect the birds that were being wiped out by hunters who were killing the birds for hat plumes at the turn of the century. Today you can see the descendants of those birds all along the trail. During the 1980's developers wanted water front lots but the local citizens rallied and were able to save the road. The road is now a designated Florida Greenway and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places through the efforts of Dr. Ryan Wheeler and county historian, Ruth Stanbridge.

Maritime Hammock Sanctuary is along the Indian River Lagoon Preserve State Park. Trails connect the…read moretwo parks. This preserve protects 150 acres of natural coastal hammock, marshlands, and mangroves along the Indian River Lagoon. It is the largest intact maritime hammock in Brevard County. There is a 3.5 mile loop trail from the North Trail Head to the South Trailhead and back. The trail crosses two bridges, a boardwalk over wetland areas, and there is an observation deck over a marsh pond which is an excellent spot for bird watching. At the north trailhead you will find several grassy parking spaces. There used to be a plant nursery here but the non native plants have been removed. Along the hiking trail you will see wild coffee and marlberry in the understory along with white stopper, gumbo limbo, and oak trees covered in resurrection ferns. Animals that make their home here include raccoons, alligator, black racer, golden orb weaver spider, great egret, and osprey. Throughout the preserve are middens, a kind of ancient garbage dump left by the prehistoric Ais who used to live here. The midden are hilly areas marked by shells. Due to the extreme heat I could not make it through the entire hike but I enjoyed what I was able to complete. Most of the trail I was on was shaded. Note that during the rainy season, parts of the trail may be flooded. I recommend coming on a cool day and bringing water and bug spray.

A really nice walk located on south A1A. About 1 to 2 miles depending on chosen route. Some ponds…read morewith gators and birds. Nice vegetation including wild orchids at times, wild coffee and gumbo limbo trees. Pretty well marked. You shouldn't get lost. No dogs or bikes allowed.

Ais Trail Park is a great place for all ages and abilities to hike. This 18 acre parcel was the…read morelast undeveloped property along Turkey Creek in Palm Bay when it was purchased from the Sterner family in order to preserve it in its natural state. The park gives you access to the Ais Trail, a .6 mile loop, natural earth trail. The park and trail are named for the Ais people, a group of Native Americans that lived in eastern Florida. Their territory included coastal areas and islands from Cape Canaveral to the Indian River. The best account we have of these people comes from the journal of Jonathan Dickinson which recorded their appearance, diet, and customs. Dickinson and his party spent several weeks with them when they were shipwrecked in 1696. By 1760 the Ais were extinct as a result of enslavement, war, and disease. I really enjoyed my hike on the Ais Trail that traverses through scrubby flatwoods, sand scrub, hardwood hammock, mangrove shoreline, and a brackish creek ecosystem. Plants you will encounter will include Hickory and Loblolly Bay trees, American Beauty Berry, ferns, hog plums, wild olives, native rosemary, cabbage palms, saw palmettoes, slash and longleaf pines. The trail was mostly shaded and part of it was on a boardwalk where I met several large Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers. If you want a longer hike you can connect from the Ais Trail to Dewar Park via a boardwalk. In addition to the trail, the park also has a fishing pier on Turkey Creek, canoe and kayak launch, pavilion, and restroom. The park is open daily, 7am until sunset.

This is a small primitive park, but a nice walking path. Also a short boardwalk…read more I was told by a frequent visitor that he has seen a few bobcats.

Sorry locals, I'm telling your secrets…read more This is where the manatees can be seen on those rare cold days, because, I guess, the canal water is warmer. They look like big rocks and kinda smell. The other park amenities here are geared towards exercise.

Great park, beautiful fountain, nice dock area for seeing wildlife. Tried the kayak launch and dock…read morethis weekend. The kayak slide was too thin for my yak (36") but would work nice for smaller kayaks under 34" wide probably. Walk in launch was very nice. Water level is very low. I won't be using this launch in future as to get to main canal, you have to shimmy through a tunnel under the road, fill with spider webs (clean now that I went through lol). Beautiful park and ball field here.