Parks — Brevard County, Florida

Brevard County Parks and Recreation runs over 130 parks, athletic sites and wildlife sanctuaries from Scottsmoor and Mims south to Micco and Grant-Valkaria, managed from a headquarters at 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way in Viera.

The department's own summary lists two aquatic centers, two public golf courses, three campgrounds, horse trails, boat ramps, nature preserves, beaches, community centers and cultural sites, plus fields for softball, soccer, tennis and Little League (Brevard County Parks and Recreation). The Viera headquarters answers at (321) 633-2046, and the department director in October 2026 is Ian Golden. Its mission statement is to enhance the quality of life by providing many types and levels of service that reflect the interest and values of citizens and visitors.

The directory count is the clearest measure of size. The online Park Directory states that Brevard County has over 130 parks, athletic sites, and wildlife sanctuaries, and it can be filtered by area, by town from Cape Canaveral to West Melbourne, and by activity tags such as Boat Ramp, Camping, Dog Park and Environmentally Endangered Lands Program (Brevard County Park Directory).

Brevard County splits park operations into North, Central and South areas, each with its own office and phone line, and runs the Environmentally Endangered Lands sanctuaries through a separate EEL Administration Office.

The phone numbers and office names above come from the department's contact block, which also gives the departmental address of 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way in Viera (Brevard County Parks and Recreation). The South Area line, (321) 255-4400, is the number the directory lists for most county parks between Melbourne and the Indian River County line, including Christenson's Landing at 5355 U.S. 1 and Fisherman's Landing at 5795 S. US Highway 1 in Grant-Valkaria (Brevard County Park Directory).

A few South Brevard sites carry their own numbers. Micco Park at 9655 Riverview Dr and the South Mainland Community Center at 3700 Allen Ave in Micco both list (772) 663-8748, a 772 area code (Brevard County Park Directory). Wickham Park in Melbourne lists (321) 255-4307 and Long Point Park in Melbourne Beach lists (321) 952-4532.

Brevard County's three campgrounds are Wickham Park in Melbourne, Long Point Park in Melbourne Beach and Manatee Hammock in Titusville, all tagged Campground in the county Park Directory and booked through the department's Book a Campground link.

The department's home page states that residents and visitors can camp at three campgrounds, and the directory entries above are the three sites carrying the Campground tag (Brevard County Park Directory). Wickham Park is the mainland site in Melbourne, the nearest of the three to Palm Bay and West Melbourne. Long Point Park in Melbourne Beach pairs camping with a boat ramp; the department posted a boat ramp closure there on September 9, 2026 (department news list).

Camping rates for Wickham Park, Long Point Park and Manatee Hammock are not printed on the directory pages. Under Sec. 78-83 of the Brevard County Code, the Board of County Commissioners sets a schedule of charges and fees by resolution, camping fees may be established or waived by the department director, and all fees may be adjusted annually to reflect the consumer price index (Brevard County Code, chapter 78).

In South Brevard the county directory tags boat ramps at John Jorgensens Landing, the First Street Boat Ramp and Christenson's Landing in Grant-Valkaria, plus Lake Washington Park, POW / MIA Park and the Eau Gallie Causeway Boat Ramp in Melbourne.

The addresses and the Boat Ramp tag come from the county Park Directory; POW / MIA Park at 5995 N. US Highway 1 in Melbourne is tagged Boat Ramp and Event Center as well (Brevard County Park Directory). Three of the six sit on or just off U.S. 1 in Grant-Valkaria, the stretch of the county between Malabar and Micco.

Several ramps farther north are paddle-only. The directory marks F. Burton Smith Regional Park in Cocoa, Kings Park on Merritt Island, Fay Lake Wilderness Park in Port St. John, the Mims Launch Area and Ulumay Wildlife Sanctuary on Merritt Island as Boat Ramp (Non Motorized). Closures are announced on the department's news list; the Fox Lake Boat Ramp closure in Titusville was posted September 10, 2026 (Brevard County Parks and Recreation news).

The county directory lists four Environmentally Endangered Lands sanctuaries on the mainland south of Melbourne, Micco Scrub, Jordan Scrub, Malabar Scrub and Grant Flatwoods, plus beachside sanctuaries along A1A with Melbourne Beach addresses.

The directory gives each sanctuary an address and an EEL tag (Brevard County Park Directory). Micco Scrub Sanctuary is listed at 500 Micco Road with a Palm Bay 32909 mailing address. Jordan Scrub Sanctuary is at 2425 Marie Street and Malabar Scrub Sanctuary at 1501 Malabar Woods Boulevard, both in Malabar. Grant Flatwoods Sanctuary is at 7000 Crepe Myrtle Drive in Grant-Valkaria. All four list the EEL Administration Office line, (321) 255-4466.

On the barrier island the same directory places Coconut Point Sanctuary at 4000 South Highway A1A, Maritime Hammock Sanctuary at 6200 S. Highway A1A and Doc Ehrhart Sanctuary, home of the Barrier Island Center, at 8385 S Hwy A1A, all in Melbourne Beach, with (321) 723-3556 as their number. Crane Creek Sanctuary at 2400 Riverview Drive is the sanctuary listed inside Melbourne. The EEL program itself, its funding and its land acquisitions, are a separate county topic; on the parks side these sites appear as entries in the same directory as ball fields and boat ramps.

Brevard County runs community centers from Mims to Micco, two heated 25-yard pools in Cocoa and Rockledge, and two golf courses, The Habitat at Valkaria and Spessard Holland in Melbourne Beach.

The centers list includes the South Mainland Community Center at 3700 Allen Ave in Micco, the Max K. Rodes Park Community Center at 3410 Flanagan Ave in West Melbourne and the Viera Regional Community Center at 2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, each tagged for pickleball (Brevard County centers list). Nancy Higgs Park at 500 Old Florida Trail in Melbourne Beach combines a community center with a dog park.

Both public pools are in central Brevard. The Dr. Joe Lee Smith Aquatic Center at 419 Washington Ave. in Cocoa charges $1.00 for open swim and $2.00 for lap swim, and the McLarty Park Aquatic Center at 790 Barton Blvd. in Rockledge charges $2.00 for both; neither pool opens when the water is below 74 degrees (Brevard County Aquatic Activities). American Red Cross swim lessons run at McLarty Park for ages 6 months through 16 years.

Golf is split between the south end of the county and the beach. The Habitat at Valkaria is a par 72 championship course near the Indian River Lagoon and the county's southern boundary, and Spessard Holland at Melbourne Beach is a par 67 stretched executive course designed by Arnold Palmer Enterprises (Brevard County Golf Courses).

Brevard County parks from Titusville to Micco follow chapter 78 of the County Code on closing hours, closures and trespass, and section 14-60 keeps animals out except in designated, posted areas.

Under Sec. 78-103, no person may enter or remain in a county park from Viera to Grant-Valkaria, recreational facility or department-managed land without a permit when it is closed, if the operating hours are posted at the entrance (Brevard County Code, chapter 78). The same chapter notes that the county has designated certain facilities as emergency shelters, and that when a facility is activated as a shelter no activity other than those the emergency requires is permitted there.

Pets at Wickham Park, the Melbourne Beach parks and every other county park fall under a separate section of the code. Sec. 14-60 states that no animal shall be permitted into or on any public park or beach unless an area has been designated by resolution of the county commission or a municipality and posted, and it protects a disabled person's right to bring a service animal (Brevard County Code, Sec. 14-60). The Park Directory tags dog parks at Wickham Park in Melbourne, Nancy Higgs Park in Melbourne Beach, Canova Beach Park in Indian Harbour Beach, Lori Wilson Park in Cocoa Beach, Fay Lake Wilderness Park in Port St. John, and Marina Park and Stuart Park in Titusville. Last verified: October 12, 2026, on the Brevard County Parks and Recreation website.