Titusville (Florida)

Titusville is a city of 49,000 people (2020) along the Indian River in Brevard County, East Central Florida.

Understand
Many of Titusville's major employers are aerospace companies.

By plane
Nearest airports for commercial flights are at:
 * Melbourne-Orlando International Airport, is the major commercial airport for the Space Coast in Brevard County that is closest to Titusville, south in Melbourne.
 * Orlando International Airport, the nearest large commercial airport, roughly away.
 * Orlando-Sanford International Airport, a small commercial jetport for scheduled flights, roughly away.

By car

 * I-95.svg Interstate 95 (I-95) Melbourne is accessed from exits #212 ("FL Hwy 407 Kennedy Space Center") through #223 ("FL Hwy 46 Sanford Mims") along I-95. There are four exits from I-95 into town. Downtown can be accessed from Exit #220 ("FL Hwy 406 Titusville Historic Dist") from both directions of I-95.
 * US 1.svg Washington Ave goes north towards New Smyrna Beach and south towards Port St John, Cocoa, Rockledge, Melbourne and Palm Bay. Goes through town as Washington Ave.
 * Florida 50.svg Cheney Highway Connects Titusville to Orlando through Seminole Ranch and St Johns Wildlife Refuge. It goes through town as Cheney Hwy and ends at its intersection with US Hwy 1 (Washington Ave). It is accessed from I-95 at Exit #215.
 * Florida 405.svg Columbia Blvd Connects from its intersection with FL-50 (Cheney Hwy) and South St, across town, to its terminus in US 1. The roadway continues across the causeway into Cape Canaveral as W NASA Pkwy.


 * Florida 528.svg and Florida 407.svg. FL-528 connects Cocoa, at south of town, to Orlando International Airport through the Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area. Going east it goes through Cocoa and becomes FL-A1A upon crossing the Indian River into Cape Canaveral. It is accessed from I-95 at Exit #205. This is the most direct route to Brevard County from Orlando International Airport. From west of the St Johns River (sw of town) FL-528 splits with FL-407 going north/northeast into Titusville as Challenger Memorial Pkwy.
 * Florida A1A.svg Atlantic Ave This section of A1A goes from its intersection with Fl-528 (from between Titusville and Cocoa) down through Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, Satellite Beach, Indiatlantic, Melbourne Beach, Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge and Indian River Lagoon Preserve State Park in Brevard County. US 1 continues the drive up north towards New Smyrna Beach.

By bus

 * operates intercity routes within Brevard County from Titusville with the following:
 * 1 Connects Titusville Government Center to Viera Government Center through Cocoa & Rockledge along US Hwy 1 and S Fisk Blvd (SR-519). Passengers transfer to Rt #29 from the Viera Government Center to reach Melbourne. This route begins/ends in front of the Government Center Building (facing south) on South St (SR 405).
 * 5 Continues north to Scottsmoor via Mimms along US Hwy 1. There are are no connections to Votrans to continue into Volusia County. Nearest Votran stop (#41) is another north of Scottsmoor at US Hwy 1 and Halifax in Oak Hill. First/last stop for the #5 bus is at Titus Landing south of town. North bound buses go north, through downtown, along Washington St, 1 block east from the Government Center.
 * operates intercity routes within Brevard County from Titusville with the following:
 * 1 Connects Titusville Government Center to Viera Government Center through Cocoa & Rockledge along US Hwy 1 and S Fisk Blvd (SR-519). Passengers transfer to Rt #29 from the Viera Government Center to reach Melbourne. This route begins/ends in front of the Government Center Building (facing south) on South St (SR 405).
 * 5 Continues north to Scottsmoor via Mimms along US Hwy 1. There are are no connections to Votrans to continue into Volusia County. Nearest Votran stop (#41) is another north of Scottsmoor at US Hwy 1 and Halifax in Oak Hill. First/last stop for the #5 bus is at Titus Landing south of town. North bound buses go north, through downtown, along Washington St, 1 block east from the Government Center.

By train
Nearest Amtrak station is in Orlando.

By bus

 * Space Coast Area Transit is the local Brevard County bus service. It is a cheap way to get around and is handicap accessible. The website provides maps and timetables. Buses travel to most sites and places of interest. $1.25 per ride, or $35 for a monthly pass.

See
Titusville has a historic downtowm that is being revitalized and has multiple museums dedicated to the aerospace industry and its history.

Do
Titusville is roughly due west from all the rocket launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, across the Indian River. Any river-side location in the city provides an excellent view of any launch.

Buy
There are Harley-Davidson, Hobby Lobby, Bealls, Target, Hibbit Sports, and Staples stores in Titusville.

Go next

 * Canaveral National Seashore
 * Kennedy Space Center - the most famous attraction of the Cape Canaveral area, which brought on the nickname "Space Coast." Regularly scheduled tours of the facility and museum. See Space Shuttle Atlantis on display, experience the Space Shuttle Launch experience where you feel what it was like to blast off on the Space Shuttle, take a bus tour through the operational areas of the Kennedy Space Center where you can see the Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Pads, touch a moon rock, learn about the future of space flight or meet a Veteran Astronaut.