Explore The Area

Featuring exhibits on sea turtles and the barrier island, environmental education program, orientation movies and a ¾-mile foot trail and lagoon kayak launch

Located at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, the center houses interactive exhibits, a video theatre and showcases the marine environmental and research efforts of the Institute.

Vero Beach Museum of Art is the largest art facility on Florida’s Treasure Coast.

The museum houses diaries of current treasure divers, displays of artifacts from the 1715 shipwrecks and a film that tells the story of the doomed ships.

A waterfront wildlife observation center where manatees are the main attraction, along with dolphin, mullet, brown pelicans and butterflies, and hands-on exhibits.

Located along the St. Johns River between State Road (SR) 60 and the Indian River/Brevard county line at Fellsmere Grade, the Blue Cypress Conservation Area features recreational activities including wildlife viewing, fishing, seasonal hunting, bicycling and hiking along many miles of levees, primitive camping at designated sites, canoeing, airboating and boating.

On an island surrounded by the Indian River Lagoon, this peaceful sanctuary contains memorials to local men and women who died while defending our country.

Vero Beach Museum of Art is the largest art facility on Florida’s Treasure Coast. The museum presents changing exhibitions from lenders and its permanent collection of 891 objects of American and International art.

Experience a skydive over the Florida coastline.

More than 5 miles of foot trails and a boardwalk and observation tower are available for viewing wildlife, photography and interpretive programs.

Oceanside Business Association’s weekly market, Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. features produce, citrus, seafood, fresh breads, pastries, botanicals, locally grown plants, honey, spices and more.

Located on the National Historical Landmark Site of the 1715 Spanish Plate Fleet Survivors’ & Salvaging Camp, the McLarty Museum houses the diaries of current treasure divers, a display of recovered artifacts from the 1715 shipwrecks and a film that tells the story of the doomed ships.

Historic McKee Botanical Garden is an 18-acre subtropical hammock filled with a diverse collection of plants and restored architectural treasures, trails surrounded with native vegetation, ornamental plants, water lilies and orchids, ponds and streams.

This facility is a waterfront wildlife observation center where manatees are the main attraction, along with dolphin, mullet, brown pelicans and butterflies. Inside, explore the hands-on exhibits.

Re-located to the Environmental Learning Center campus, poet Laura Riding Jackson’s 1910 Wabasso home is an example of Florida’s historic Cracker style of vernacular architecture. Open by appointment.