Merritt Island offers relaxed, sunshine-filled living on Florida’s Space Coast — easy access to sandy beaches, excellent paddling, fishing and wildlife at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, plus unforgettable rocket-launch views, so multi-week assignments feel more like a mini-vacation than being stuck in a dull place.
Nearby Cocoa Beach and Melbourne add surf culture, restaurants and nightlife, and Orlando is roughly an hour away for big-city entertainment and major airport access.