Vero Beach Magazine - Handbook 2012

Open-air music festival held on the second Sat. of each month from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Weekly market, every Sat. from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

This family-oriented public pool facility features an activity pool.

This 50-acre community zoo features animals from Florida and around the world.

Located in the original Vero Beach railroad station, see displays of county memorabilia, historic artifacts and a miniature railroad.

The Children’s Theatre has performances, dance instruction, drama classes and events for all ages.

The 7,700-square-foot street course skating area is open to the public for skateboards, in-line skates and quad skates.

A location to search for fossils and minerals, including ancient calcified marine clam shells with large amber crystals.

NASA’s launch headquarters features exhibits and hands-on experiences, including guided tours of the launch area and facility and IMAX movies.

Goofy and Donald greet families and sign autographs at Goofy’s beachfront breakfast in Shutters Restaurant on Saturday mornings.

Learn all about our local fishing industry.

Located in the birthplace of the Navy Frogman program.

An 18-acre subtropical hammock filled with a diverse collection of plants.

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.

The museum showcases the area’s grove culture and displays the artifacts, photographs and memorabilia of the pioneers who established the most popular citrus fruit in the world, Indian River grapefruit.

The weekly farmer’s market features organic plants and flowers, fresh foods, salsas, jams and jellies and more.

Spread across 4,700 acres, this eco-ranch and wildlife conservation area offers a variety of safaris.

Located on a 51-acre campus of natural surroundings, from hammocks to salt marshes and mangrove forests

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.