Things to do in Merritt Island

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Things to Do in Merritt Island


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Top Attractions in Merritt Island

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  • Dayle H
    Winnipeg, Canada1 contribution
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Hoping to inspire our grandchild! I would appreciate more description of each attraction to help decide which to do. Very Awe inspiring
    Written 18 March 2024
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  • runner24
    Orlando, FL1,554 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    As a photographer, I've been coming to Merritt Island NWR for years. You never know what you'll encounter but I must say that the last few years the bird count has been down. Ten years ago you would tire from all the targets that availaded themselves around the area. Not so much the last few years. Still, I visit a couple times a year, as I say, you never know.
    Written 3 March 2024
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  • Cathy Ongley
    3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    What an amazing place. Atlantis - the most jaw-dropping, emotional experience I have ever encountered. A must to visit on your vacation.
    Written 18 February 2024
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  • B&LLincoln
    Washington DC, DC7 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Friends told us about the museum or we never would've known about it! Great little day excursion. Looking forward to being the kids when we return.
    Written 5 February 2024
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  • roginho007
    Soleure, Switzerland32 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Definitely worth to visit this Wildlife Drive! You can see a lot of birds, beautiful parts of Nature and with luck also some Alligators and Snakes.
    Written 26 February 2024
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  • Laurel B
    Tipp City, OH783 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    As part of the Kennedy Space Center, this building teaches us Out Space history by giving biographies of the Space heroes.
    Written 9 January 2023
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  • JR
    Cocoa Beach, FL4 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    We decided to visit the Samā€™s House on the Pine Island reserve this week to get some exercise and explore a new area. We walked the White, Blue, and Garnet trails; approx. 3 miles total. I absolutely loved every minute of my visit! Took my camera along a fiddled with it a bit for some great shots! Highly recommended!!
    Written 9 March 2024
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  • norcrossmom
    Peachtree Corners, GA63 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Beautiful area. Tomorrow will be the first time we are going in the boat - we usually just watch from our dock or pool deck. ā€œFalcon Heavyā€ rocket - first time in 8 years - launching tomorrow.
    Written 31 October 2022
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  • Randall S
    2 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Small park. You can rent kayaks. You can see the snouts of the manatees from the shoreline however the guide said it's better to get on a kayak and get out into the middle of the water to see them. We didn't have time to do that.
    Written 11 March 2024
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  • OZS_ATW
    Budapest, Hungary3,261 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Unfortunately, we did not have much time to spendat the Gateway, The Deep Space Launch Complex. Anyway, the displays were so interesting.
    Written 22 December 2022
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  • 307juanitak
    St. John's, Canada29 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A good selection of bird life can be seen, especially during migration periods. A more interesting drive then I95.
    Written 4 July 2018
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  • aschoono
    DeWitt, MI488 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    We tried to go to the Brevard Zoo but tickets were sold out so we came to check out the Obloy Family Ranch. It is more like a petting zoo.

    Things started off badly. We went in and purchased tickets and animal food, no problem here. We werenā€™t told that they were busy and we had to wait to take a hay ride to where the animals were. We waited over an hour for this. It was chaos, no line and people would randomly get on the hay ride. People yelling at other people because they werenā€™t waiting their turn and so forth. If we would have been told it would have been that long we would have left. We were told multiple times they would be back and we would get our turn soon.

    Our kids loved seeing the animals up close. They are 1 and 5. They were a little scared to feed some but it was fun with the animals so close. Lots of different kinds of animals from goats, cows, camels, donkeys, bunnies, sloths and anteaters. We would have enjoyed if it wasnā€™t as busy. They did have horse back riding but this was sold out for the day.
    Written 9 August 2021
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