Mary McLeod Bethune Beach Park

Love the quiet

Here’s where you go to get away from crowds. Easy parking, clean restrooms and miles of beach to walk…or just sit and enjoy the view. Excellent facilities.

Awesome wildlife watching

From the park across the street from the beach you can walk out on a wooden deck and view all sorts of manatees and dolphins and crabs. It is incredible to see and you can see them up close and person...

Manatees! (May 2019)

Oh my goodness! This was so fun! You could see probably two dozen manatees from the little boardwalk and from the shore. We discovered this little park actually by kayaking over to the manatees from J...

Real nice beach

I like this beach. Not a long walk to get to the beach. It is a little steeper than up north by New Smyrna. Lots of shells, good fishing. There are bathrooms and plenty of parking. It is kept clean. O...

Great beach/park

Parking spots! It is supposed to be a good place to watch a rocket launch from the space center. The Space X launch we went to see was cancelled.