Kars Park - NASA Exchange

We stayed in site 26 for 3 nights in a 40’ 5th wheel toy hauler. It was an amazing huge site with mature trees and a front row view of the river and NASA LAUNCHES! We were lucky enough to see 2 launches while we were there. You must have military ID and pay the annual $25 KARS fee to camp. There are restrooms, showers, laundry and a dump station available. The sites have electric and water but no sewer.

Fantastic campground and location. Be sure to arrive BEFORE 9 pm when gates close. Camp host guides you to open sites to choose from. We chose waterfront but this is a spacious open-feeling park-like setting with lots of sites and most have water view. Buying KARS membership card($20) not a big deal to us and worth it for the location. Other reviews about facilities describe it well. Nice tennis/pickleball courts (lighted). KARS camp store has t-shirts, gifts too. Kennedy space center visit was fantastic even for someone not considered space geek. The offer complimentary kennel for pets. Next am watched spectacular SpaceX launch live. All in all, 5 stars!

Can’t rate it at all. We were turned around at the gate. We are retired Army…we were visiting the area and wanted to gather information for this campground. We were denied entry unless we buy a $25 membership to just drive through. Well we will mark this off the list to even comment on.

What makes this park great is the location. There are 20 spots along the Indian River waterfront that offer amazing views of wildlife, cruise ships, rocket launches, etc. It’s first come first served on all spots so the waterfront does fill up on the weekends, but there are plenty of other spots with great views that rarely fill up. The waterfront sites have small piers to fish or view wildlife. This is a restricted campground for KSC employees and family but they do allow card carrying retired military to use the park.

It’s very nice and peaceful. Spacious spots with about 20 right on the water. See requirements for visiting.

If you’re looking for a Disney style RV park, keep driving! This is a great place to camp, view launches and use as a hub for sightseeing. We checked in on a rainy day and the water front site we were in was puddle free. It raw as rainy for the next two days and there still were no puddles. We were here for the Crew2 launch and it was grand. Can’t wait to go back.

We just spent two weeks here and really enjoyed our stay. At first we didn’t think we wanted a water site as we have two Labrador retrievers. But as we were looking for sites along the back, 3 different campers warned us a big snake along the back and to be careful with our dogs. A few water sites were available so we decided to try the water. So very glad we did! It was absolutely beautiful. And our labs were not tempted by the water at all as there is a rock barrier that separates the water from the campsite. We saw several magnificent sunrises. We also saw a launch right from our campsite. There are 20 water front sites, and there is a 2 week stay limit on the water. The laundry room also housed a big TV with several chairs to relax while doing laundry. Also there was a billiard table and a table tennis table. A puzzle was out on the table for anyone to try there hand at as well. There were two washers and two dryers. A bathroom was also in the building. There were two showers in the bath house. And it was very clean. It was a little strange only that the toilets were in a different door from the showers. So you had to go to the bathroom, go out the door , around the building to the showers. Not a big deal, but different. The campsites are all grass and no concrete or gravel. We didn’t get a lot of rain so I’m not sure how bad it would get after several days of rain. But we had no issues. Everyone we talked to in the store or at the gate was extremely nice and helpful. Had a great time and will definitely be back.

Great place. Quite, secluded, Along River. Would definitely come back. Staff great.
New policy is 28 days camping only then have to leave for 28 days before coming back - makes it fair for others to stay here. They have had some long term campers for a year or longer and are enforcing the 28 days rule for others to enjoy this location.

I really love this Park. Staff is great. Price is great. I would stay again and will when we're back this way. have one major concern though. People who stay here and visit drive way too fast. Kids, people walking their pets are in danger. Although there are speed bumps, they are widely separated. The drivers race from speed bump to speed bump, even those who are pulling an RV I believe the management is partly at fault. The posted speed limit is 15mph, when it should be 5 or 7mph. Safeguard ur kids and pets.

This was the best experience we have ever had. The store clerk was excellent! She was very knowledgeable and answered all of our questions. Beautiful park overlooking the banana river. Camp sites are $15 or $20. First come first served. You do need to have a membership $20 per year. For the membership, we asked about Vietnam vets. We have friends that aren't retired, but are disabled. The store clerk was very helpful and let us know that we qualified with our retired military badge, so with that we could get a guest card for our friends. She was very well informed and the experience was very pleasant. We will be back!