>>If you have a car, it's about an hour drive to Cape Canaveral. Highly recommended.
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>No one ever mentions the beaches in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral. Are they any good? I believe that Cocoa Beach is a popular location for watching launches, if not for actual beach going. I was there when I was about 8 and don't remember the beach much.
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>Since I'm a nature lover and not that fond of manufactured entertainment of the theme park sort, I think about deserted beaches and swamps. I don't see much public land on the map around Orlando, except the coast.
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>Anyhow, I have no current plans to attend Devcon.


I've not been to any beaches in that area, but I've been to several others in Florida. I prefer the gulf coast, but the Atlantic coast is nice too.