Pictures of Parks on Florida's Space Coast

Published by Kirby on 23 Feb 2010

Alligators at Merritt Island NWR

Alligator at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Brevard County has plenty of alligators and you’re likely to find them anywhere. I recently spotted these alligators at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge catching the sun and warming themselves from the recent cold weather.

Gator at Merritt Island NWR

Published by Kirby on 19 Nov 2009

Liberty Star Towing Solid Rocket Booster at Jetty Park

Liberty Star towing Atlantis Booster

Yesterday I photographed the Liberty Star at Jetty Park towing one of the solid rocket boosters (SRBs) from the STS-129 mission in which Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Nov 16 at 2:28 p.m. EST.

Liberty Star

The way the SRBs are retrieved from the Atlantic after a launch is pretty cool. The SRBs themselves will be refurbished and readied for a future shuttle launch from KSC.

Atlantis Booster

The SRBs are 149.16 ft long and 12.17 ft in diameter, weigh 1,300,000 lb at launch.

Published by Kirby on 16 Aug 2008

Boardwalk at Erna Nixon Park

Erna Nixon Hammock Park in Melbourne, FL

This small park offers a short half-mile walk on an elevated boardwalk. The park is located on Evens Road between NASA and Hibiscus.

Published by Kirby on 27 Jul 2008

Turkey Creek Sanctuary

Turkey Creek is in Palm Bay and meets the Indian River. The Park is located off Port Malabar Blvd.