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CANAVERAL NATIONAL SEASHORE, Fla.—If your family is looking for spring activities, the Canaveral National Seashore offers various events and activities.
PLANT WALK | Thursday, April 4, 2024, 10:00am - 12:00pm
- Turtle Mound. Meet at 9:45am. Park in the Turtle Mound parking areas or boat ramp parking lot and walk down.
- Identify the plants of Canaveral National Seashore and find out how they have been utilized over the years. Each walk is led by an experienced volunteer and covers a different part of the park. Please bring water for hydration and wear shoes for trail walking. The walks in April will be as follows:
- Eldora. Meet at 9:45am at parking lot number #8.
- Identify the plants of Canaveral National Seashore and find out how they have been utilized over the years. Each walk is led by an experienced volunteer and covers a different part of the park. Please bring water for hydration and wear shoes for trail walking. The walks in April will be as follows:
- The loop trail on Eldora Rd. Meet at 9:45am at parking lot #9.
- Identify the plants of Canaveral National Seashore and find out how they have been utilized over the years. Each walk is led by an experienced volunteer and covers a different part of the park. Please bring water for hydration and wear shoes for trail walking. The walks in April will be as follows:
- Castle Windy. Meet at 9:45am at parking lot #3 (ocean side).
- Identify the plants of Canaveral National Seashore and find out how they have been utilized over the years. Each walk is led by an experienced volunteer and covers a different part of the park. Please bring water for hydration and wear shoes for trail walking. The walks in April will be as follows:
BIRD WALK | Friday, April 12, 2024, 8:00am - 10:00am | Bird Walk
- Join experienced Canaveral National Seashore volunteers who are also Southeast Volusia Audubon Society members for these 2-hour bird walks for beginning and experienced adult birders. All walks will begin in the parking lot at the Visitor Center. After birding the Visitor Center area, the group will drive to another park to walk wood trails, then end with a look at the Atlantic shoreline for shorebirds and other waterbirds. Bring binoculars, water, and insect repellent.
- Reservations will be accepted a week prior. Join a guide as you explore this rich and diverse estuary up close. Some experience is preferred.
- You must be at least 8 years old and able to paddle.
- You must wear covered shoes (no sandals or flip-flops).
- Bring water, sunscreen, and a hat. Dress to get wet.
- There is no charge for the program if you bring your own canoe or kayak. If you need a canoe, there is a rental charge of $25/canoe.
- Call (386) 428-3384 ext. 0 to reserve your spot.
- Meet at the Visitor Center at 9:45am. Departure is at 10am.
- Join Leslie Kemp Poole, author of Saving Florida: Women's Fight for the Environment in the Twentieth Century, in the Visitor Center auditorium to hear the story of Doris Leeper, who convinced her community and the federal government to protect a 24-mile stretch of sandy beach that is now the breathtaking Canaveral National Seashore.
weather conditions, or other factors. Some programs require reservations, a minimum age, or a cost--
recovery fee. Call 386-428-3384 ext. 0 for program information during operating hours (9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.) or www.nps.gov/cana. Entrance fees apply to all interpretive program participants.