Since the lighthouse is located on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, visitors must take one of the many tours offered in order to visit this wonderful lighthouse, museum and gift shop. Unfortunately, you cannot drive out there in your own vehicle.
Only U.S. Citizens or work visa holders are allowed to tour the lighthouse and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at this time due to Department of Defense restrictions on military installations world-wide.
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The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse is a member of the Museums of Brevard. After you’ve visited us, please check out all the other great museums and historic sites in Brevard County. Click here for the MOB Brochure.
Canaveral Tours Lighthouse and Spaceflight Tours
Join them on one of their 3 different tour types. Details, calendar, general information, and booking can be found on their website. Advance reservations are required at least four days prior due to security restrictions on the Space Force Station. They offer a Premier Lighthouse & Spaceflight Tour that is fully guided and interactive. They take you on a journey of Cape Canaveral history from historic first launches to the aspirations of future spaceflight. They also offer a 2-hour excursion to visit the Lighthouse and Hangar C. Their 3-hour excursion adds an additional stop at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum. The most popular 4-hour Premier tour stops at all locations and runs several times a week, the other excursions are offered 1 to 3 times a month.
Membership and Brick Holders Quarterly Tour
Every quarter, we provide a free special tour for Members of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation and donors who have supported us by purchasing bricks along our walkway. Each person may bring a carload of friends and family for free to visit the Lighthouse, Hangar C and historic Launch Complex 26, including the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum. 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 who support the lighthouse.
Group Tours
Special Tours for Community Groups (e.g., scouts, women’s clubs, HOAs, etc.) are available, with restrictions. See below for further details.
School Tours
Educational Tours are available for public, private, and home school groups. See below for additional information and to request a tour.
Camera Use Policy
Photography is permitted at the lighthouse and museum. However, taking photos of other locations on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is strictly prohibited, except at designated historic sites.
Safety Restrictions
Large bags or backpacks are not permitted.
You must wear closed-toed shoes that have a heel support, no flip flops, no slider/slip-on shoes, no high heels.
For their safety children must be at least 48 inches tall to climb the tower and must be able to do so under their own power. Carrying children or animals in the tower is prohibited.
Accessibility
The museum and public restrooms are handicapped accessible. The lighthouse is not.
Climbing the lighthouse is limited to the 5th level for small tours and the 3rd level for large tours. Service animals are welcome, but cannot go above the 1st level of the lighthouse.
Group Tours
The Cape Canaveral Space Force Station allows us to offer free group tours for community, civic and youth groups that provide their own transportation. We offer these tours Wednesdays through Saturdays in the mornings. These tours require a minimum of 10 participants and must be requested at least three weeks in advance. All members of the group must provide identification to the Space Force at least 10 days prior to the tour, using our secure link. Information required includes driver’s license number and social security number for ages 18 and up and name and date of birth for minors.
You will be escorted in your group’s private vehicles on to the Space Force Station and to the lighthouse and back, starting at the Sands Space History Center.
You will first go to the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse, a long-standing icon of the area. Next to the lighthouse is a replica of the Lighthouse Keepers Cottage that originally stood in that location. It now houses a museum and gift shop. Located next to the lighthouse is Hangar C, built in 1953, and the oldest structure of its type on the Cape. Inside, you will walk among restored launch systems and see the evolution of America’s early rocket and space programs.
To do this Lighthouse and Hangar C tour will take you 1.45 hours.
A short drive from the lighthouse is an optional, unique opportunity to visit the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum and Launch Complex 26, an original building of the early spaceflight missions. As you exit this venue you will take a ride through the Rocket Garden that is behind the museum. Also located at this venue is a picnic area should you care to bring lunch with you. No food is available for purchase on Station.
This optional venue will take an additional 45 minutes, without lunch.
When the tour is complete, you will be escorted off the Station. If you choose, you may visit the Sands Space History Center after this tour ends.
We are a non-profit working with the Space Force; therefore, we do not charge for our tours. However, you can help support the Lighthouse Foundation by donations, memberships, gift shop purchases and brick purchases.
If you have a group of 10 or more that would like to tour the lighthouse, please complete the Group Tour Request at least 3 weeks prior to your desired tour date. You will be limited to 25 vehicles but can include as many people as you can fit in those vehicles.
Please complete your tour request as soon as possible since requests must be received at least 3 weeks prior and dates fill up fast.
We hope to see you out at our lighthouse soon!!
School Tours
The Cape Canaveral Space Force Station allows us to offer tours designed for public, private, charter or home school students. Tours are available Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are available on a limited basis. These tours require a minimum of 10 students and must be requested at least three weeks in advance.
All members of the group must provide identification to the Space Force at least 10 days prior to the tour, using our secure link. Teachers, chaperones, bus drivers and any student over 17 must provide driver’s license number and social security number. Each minor must provide name and date of birth.
Using transportation provided by you, we will escort you on to the Space Force Station and to the lighthouse and back, starting at the Sands Space History Center.
You will first go to the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse, a long-standing icon of the area. Next to the lighthouse is a replica of the Lighthouse Keepers Cottage that originally stood in that location. It now houses a museum. Located next to the lighthouse is Hangar C, built in 1953, and the oldest structure of its type on the Cape. Inside, you will walk among restored launch systems and see the evolution of America’s early rocket and space programs.
To do this Lighthouse and Hangar C tour will take you 2 hours.
A short drive from the lighthouse is an optional, unique opportunity to visit the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum and Launch Complex 26, an original building of the early spaceflight missions. As you exit this venue you will take a ride through the Rocket Garden that is behind the museum. Also located at this venue is a picnic area should you care to bring lunch with you. No food is available for purchase on Station.
This optional venue will take an additional 45 minutes, without lunch.
When the tour is complete, you will be escorted off the Station. If you choose, you may visit the Sands Space History Center after this tour ends.
Once we agree on your date, we’ll provide the lead teacher with a Cape Canaveral Lighthouse lesson plan and presentation so you can prepare your students. The materials are designed to meet the 4th grade Sunshine State Standards but are of interest to all age groups.
Please complete your tour request as soon as possible since requests must be received at least 3 weeks prior and dates fill up fast.
We hope to see you out at our lighthouse soon!!
