places and spaces
Mikey Goodwin Playground @ Nance Park is a brand-new adaptive playground perfect for all children.
Nance Park is located on the beach at the end of Fifth Avenue @ A1A. With 100 paved parking spaces, the park has pavilions, a brand new playground, public restrooms, showers, volleyball, drinking fountain and more. Pay for parking through the app (see Map/Parking). The park and parking is managed by the city and rental is permissible through City Hall (see Connections).
Sea turtle nesting season runs from March 1 to November 1 for the Atlantic coast of Florida, which hosts 90 percent of the sea turtle nests laid in the U.S. Please learn and follow the rules to protect the turtles. See all the rules in the link.
Beaches & Beach Access -- Sunrise Park at Watson Dr and N. Miramar Ave with parking and stairs. The Marenda Condo and the Dolphin Condo have beach access between them, but no parking. Beach access at Grosse Point Ave and A1A (across from Long Doggers) and again at Franklyn Ave and A1A. South of Tuckaway Shores Resort @ 1501 Florida A1A with public metered parking. Wave Crest Ave & 11th Ave with stairs to the beach and metered parking. 312 Wave Crest Ave parking lot. Nance Park has public restrooms with beach access in two locations.
Launches can be seen from wherever you happen to be standing, but for an unobstructed view, head to the beach. For launch schedules, visit the link below.
Lily Park is located at 407 South Riverside Drive. Amenities include a 6’ x 6’ gazebo, sidewalk from the Magnolia Pedway to the gazebo, bench, and native plants. The Garden Club by-the-Sea collaborated with the town to bring this peaceful garden to life. The club installed a Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker with a lovely dedication.
Leashed dogs are permitted at the beach at Sunrise Park. Parking requires a city decal or pay the meter.
PUBLIC PARKS
(1) Douglas Park is located at 505 Fifth Avenue on the southern base of the Melbourne Causeway. Amenities include a 12’ x 12’ wooden pavilion, drinking fountain, two handicapped parking spaces, a handicapped accessible picnic table, and a fixed bench.
(2) Riverside Park is located at 200 N. Riverside Drive on the northern base of the Melbourne Causeway. Amenities include a 10’ x 400’ wooden pier, 33’ x 33’ covered observation deck at the west end of the pier, binoculars (regulation height and accessible height) at the west end of the pier under the covered observation deck, concrete sidewalk along the east side of the park, benches, picnic tables, bench swing, and two handicapped parking spaces.
(3) The Beach Boardwalk runs along the ocean on Wave Crest Avenue and is nearly 600’ long.
(4) Sunrise Park is located at 701 N. Miramar Avenue on the ocean across from Publix. Amenities include a 21’ x 14’ covered observation deck with accessible picnic table and accessible ramp, dune crossover, chickee with picnic table underneath, exercise stations: vault beam, parallel bars, horizontal ladder, body curl/sit up, beam jump, pull-up bars, and push-up, 2 picnic tables, sidewalk through park, 25 paved parking spaces (2 handicapped and 23 metered), foot wash and drinking fountain.
(5) Sunset Park, on the Indian River side of Watson Drive, is accessible only by foot.
(6) Orlando Park is located at 1000 South Ramona Avenue and is 2.6 acres of fun. Amenities include a hiking path, picnic pavilion, gazebo, drinking fountain, benches, picnic tables, full basketball court, half basketball court, see-saw, fire truck, climbing walls, Fun Tunnel, track slide, tot swing set, swing set, chin up bars, and horizontal ladder.
(7) Sea Park (near Tuckaway Shores) has parking and beach access.