![]() Seen here driving along what’s left of the road, Henning is passing by where a protective dune once separated the ocean from the road. It’s where so much dune sand vanished, replaced by smooth beach lapped by waves.Īnd it’s where park staff suspect that with further storms, Canaveral National Seashore may be cut in half, breached by an inlet of Atlantic waters to the inshore Indian River Lagoon.Ĭanaveral National Seashore spokesperson Laura Henning drives along the access road of Playalinda Beach, which was left extensively buried under sand by Hurricane Nicole in November 2022. It’s there where Nicole left a moonscape along the access road and parking areas. The dunes along that stretch of road were not as robust and the barrier island that Canaveral National Seashore occupies narrows there. The fate of the next eight parking and access areas is an open question. Henning said the seashore staff has concentrated on reopening the first five lots to the public, slated for early January. The dunes along those five beach accesses are the seashore’s tallest and most robust. The first five lots and their extensive boardwalks that meet ADA requirements escaped major punishment from Nicole. The National Park Service, in effect, provides the city with its historic beach. That’s because when the nation’s space agency acquired lands for what is now Kennedy Space Center, Titusville was robbed of its beach – what is now Playalinda. Playalinda in Brevard County was meant to welcome more visitation than the northern end Canaveral National Seashore, Apollo Beach in Volusia County, which has 250 parking spaces along 6 miles of access road. ![]() The southern half of Canaveral National Seashore, Playalinda Beach, has 14 parking lots strung out along 6 miles of a two-lane blacktop. Park spokesperson Laura Henning walks here through the space of a former dune. Hurricane Nicole scraped away half of the dunes along the 24-mile Canaveral National Seashore.
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