We have a tent reservation at Jetty Park for next Wednesday, there is a rocket launch scheduled or 8:pm.We will arrive earlier in the day, hang out, fish, etc and then watch the launch (if it happens) then we may or may not spend the night, we have a Condo up the road a couple hours. I can't get a live person at the campground and I just want to make sure there is not some fatal flaw with this plan. Do they close any roads in or out?I know it was insaneyl crowded at the end of the shuttle program, I'm assuming it's not that bad any more. Anything else I should know? Thanks Dave

We watched both Discovery and Columbia launch and back even further we saw Friendship 7 and Apollo III. Everyone we attended was packed and closed off when full. Sadly, I don't think the excitement is there anymore to pack in the crowds.

I was at Jetty Park in March (for Nationals Spring Training) and took in a night-time rocket launch from the beach, which you can easily walk to from the campground - just go out the gate. Wasn't very crowded, although from the beach the rocket is mostly a rising ball of flame, but you hear the roar of the engines, too. Might be more difficult to watch from the close-in viewing locations at the Space Center, but I think they charge for that space. Didn't notice any road closures or signs re-directing traffic.

No roads closed af all. Depending on what pad the rocket is launching from you may be able to see it with a good pair of binoculars. Watching from the beach is an awesome sight. Just look north east down the cape and weather and no technical glitches you'll have a beautiful show. I lived in Cape Canveral for ten years in the nineties and watched a lot of launches. They never get old.

You probably will not see the launch since it is being launched at Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Not our rocket going up on July 22. nasa launchGood luck,Jim

Jetty Park at Canaveral and rocket launch questions

wingsfan20
Explorer
Jul 14, 2015
You probably will not see the launch since it is being launched at Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Not our rocket going up on July 22. nasa launch
Good luck,

Jim
Halmfamily
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Jul 14, 2015
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Halmfamily
Explorer
Jul 14, 2015
No roads closed af all. Depending on what pad the rocket is launching from you may be able to see it with a good pair of binoculars. Watching from the beach is an awesome sight. Just look north east down the cape and weather and no technical glitches you'll have a beautiful show.

I lived in Cape Canveral for ten years in the nineties and watched a lot of launches. They never get old.
NoVa_RT
Explorer
Jul 14, 2015
I was at Jetty Park in March (for Nationals Spring Training) and took in a night-time rocket launch from the beach, which you can easily walk to from the campground - just go out the gate. Wasn't very crowded, although from the beach the rocket is mostly a rising ball of flame, but you hear the roar of the engines, too. Might be more difficult to watch from the close-in viewing locations at the Space Center, but I think they charge for that space. Didn't notice any road closures or signs re-directing traffic.
Mr__Camper
Explorer
Jul 13, 2015
We watched both Discovery and Columbia launch and back even further we saw Friendship 7 and Apollo III. Everyone we attended was packed and closed off when full. Sadly, I don't think the excitement is there anymore to pack in the crowds.

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