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Welcome to the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse

The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse has stood on the Cape for over 155 years. Situated amidst America’s Premier Gateway to Space, the lighthouse is owned by the United States Space Force and maintained as an active aid to navigation by the United States Coast Guard. Visits to the lighthouse, museum, and gift shop are available via prescheduled tours, only.

Since we are located on an active military installation, you cannot drive your own vehicle onto the facility. Members of the public can only visit by taking a tour, which must be booked at least four days prior. Please see our Visit page for tour information.

Active duty military with CAC cards may come onto the station to visit the lighthouse, but cannot escort non-badged visitors without prior approval of SLD 45. Unlike most other military installations, a retired military ID will not gain you access to CCSFS. You will have to take the public tour. Open House for CCSFS badged personnel occurs every Wednesday from 10:00 – 1:00. Hangar C will also be open during these hours.

PLEASE NOTE: Only US Citizens or Permanent Residents (green card) are allowed on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at this time.

CAPE CANAVERAL LIGHTHOUSE VIRTUAL TOUR – created by the University of South Florida Center for Digital Heritage & Geospatial Information

CAPE CANAVERAL LIGHTHOUSE VIDEO

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For more tours, videos, podcasts and stories, please visit our Explore and Learn page.

The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation is supported by the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners and the Space Coast Office of Tourism.

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See our Visit page for details on how to take a tour

Thank you to everyone who supported our fundraiser: RACE TO MAKE HISTORY

Checkout this News 6 Hidden Gem report on our Lighthouse!

Check out this new Hometown News article by our own volunteer, Kerri McMullen!

Check out this Hometown News article on volunteering at the lighthouse from one of our own docents, Kerri McMullen. If you would like to volunteer and help us share the lighthouse history and experience, please complete the Volunteer Form on our Get Involved page.

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Members and Brick Holders are eligible to take a quarterly tour of the lighthouse and Hangar C. If you’re not yet a member or brick holder, please consider becoming a member or buying a brick before our next quarterly tour so you can take advantage of this special FREE event, only open to those individuals.

See our Visit Page to book your tours.

Upcoming Events

MUSEUMS OF BREVARD

Please come visit all of us!

The Museums of Brevard (MOB) is a 501(C)3 nonprofit association of museums and historic sites in Brevard County, Florida (including the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse). Together we: advertise and promote each other’s facilities both individually and jointly; share activity information and coordinate upcoming events; share best practices and lessons learned in museum administration and management, including fundraising, grant writing and collections management; and assist other members with special requests.

Check out the MOB Brochure and see all the sites!

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ECAC PROGRAM FOR BREVARD STUDENTS

The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse is partnering with the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum and the Sands Space History Center as proud members of the ECAC education program – Education & Citizenship Armed Forces Coalition of the Space Coast. Students from any public, private, charter or home school may come out to visit all three venues together. The Sands Space History Center is accessible outside the gate to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, but the Lighthouse and Space Force Museum require reservations and special clearance to visit, though both are included in a single tour.

Free 3-hour caravan tours are available in June and July on the 1^st and 3^rd Saturdays of the month (unless otherwise noted) at 9:30, and from August through May on the 2nd Saturday of the month. There will be no tours in December. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED AT LEAST 2 WEEKS PRIOR for the free caravan tour. Please email lighthousetours@canaverallight.org with Subject: “Brevard School Tours”. Paid tours at other times may be booked on our Visit page. Discounts may be available. The Sands Space History Center is free and available Tuesday thru Friday 9-2, Saturday 10-5, Sunday 12-4, Monday Closed. The Lighthouse, the Space Force Museum and the Sands Space History Center are unable to offer service hours.

Message from Our Foundation President

Who would think that something happening over seven hundred miles away would influence being able to visit the Lighthouse, but it did: the terrorist attacks in New Orleans and Nevada caused the Space Force to temporarily suspend the Trusted Travel program of which Placards and launch viewings are a part. The Delta also included tours in the suspension, except for badged personnel.

The Delta lifted the suspension of tours on February 1, 2025; however, they added a requirement that we need to submit Social Security Numbers (SSN) for all adults. At the February Board of Directors meeting the Board approved the purchase of a secure software package which will enable Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation (CCLF) to encrypt SSNs so they can be transmitted securely to the Delta.

CCLF has had some malware issues with the website that impacted access by some people but not others. We are working to evaluate options with our current web provider and others for better support going forward. We have been down for a few days at a time for three instances of malware in the past few months. The Board is looking for a solution that will prevent the problems we have been having and provide technical support for resolving issues or doing minor tweaks to the website.

Phase 2 Light Station Reconstruction project update – RZK is under contract and has started the red lines of the architectural drawings for both cottages, after which they will prepare the construction documents to be completed by mid-to-late summer. It was determined by CCLF Steering Committee that the second floor of the 2nd Keeper’s Cottage would not be a public area.

The CCLF Steering Committee has decided to make the following changes to the design package: Eliminating both potable water and sewer connections to the Replica Cottage and the Education Building. In the Replica Cottage we will add three nonfunctional fireplaces, one in each front room and one in the kitchen replicating the cottages as originally constructed in the 1880s .

In the last Beacon we solicited for volunteers to join the Outfitting team in certain areas. We’ve had several docents and a few members volunteer. We even had one person get his granddaughter involved. Thank you to those who have volunteered.

Please visit our website https://canaverallight.org for additional information.

Thank you for your help in keeping our light shining into the future.

Ron