An Obstacle Course Strung Through Cape Canaveral's Hundred-Year-Old Oaks

A self-paced aerial park where the courses you unlock depend on the ones you have already finished.

Climb through Cape Canaveral's old live oaks.

The park fills a lot of live oaks on North Atlantic Avenue, the Banana River on one side and the Atlantic on the other. Wooden poles hold platforms from twelve feet off the ground up to forty. Cables, cargo nets, barrels and rope bridges run between them in seven separate loops.

A ticket covers two hours of climbing. The operator's own guidance puts a typical visit at three or four of the seven courses, which works out to roughly twenty-one to twenty-eight obstacles. Arrive fifteen minutes before the reservation time: harness, helmet and a ground school of ten to fifteen minutes all come before the two hours start. Age bands on this ticket run from seven to sixty-four.

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Green First, and the Staff Decide When You Move Up

Seven courses sit in three bands. Three green loops run lowest, and the operator describes them as suited to every ability. Three yellow loops climb higher and add difficulty. One red loop tops the central tower and traverses above the tree line. Finishing a green course and getting staff approval is what opens a yellow one, and the same gate stands between yellow and red. The obstacles carry a maritime theme throughout, with names like Buoy Balance, Sand Dollar Bridge and Jellyfish, and every loop finishes on a short zip.


Old Oaks Overhead, Two Waters on Either Side

Live oaks the operator puts at a hundred years old hold their canopy over most of the course, and the park says it was laid out to keep that cover and tread lightly underneath. Breezes come through year round with the ocean on one side and the river on the other. The view opens past the treeline from the highest platforms. A course built from wood, rope and cable leaves scrapes and bruises, and the operator says as much in writing.


Height and Weight Decide More Here Than Age Does

Climbers top out at two hundred fifty pounds. Anyone under forty-eight inches tall needs a Supervising Companion on the course beside them, at least fourteen years old and over forty-eight inches themselves. Climbers under fourteen need an adult of eighteen or over supervising, and that supervision can happen from the ground once the climber clears forty-eight inches. Closed-toe shoes are required and the park rents pairs for five dollars. Very short shorts are discouraged. Everyone signs a waiver, with a parent or guardian signing for anyone under eighteen, and climbers over eighteen bring photo identification.


Hours Move With the Season

The operator says opening hours shift through the year with demand, and the booking calendar is the only reliable source for any given date. Sessions run in rain and in sun. The park holds back only for extreme wind or lightning, and it reserves the right to pause a start time for up to an hour to wait weather out. Bookings made through this listing refund in full when cancelled at least twenty-four hours ahead, and nothing comes back inside that window.


Phones, wallets and cameras stay locked in the car. Loose items are not allowed on the tower, and the front desk keeps a key check for car keys. A water bottle can come along. Then pick a green loop and find out how much of the tower two hours buys you.

Ask Karpo for more information.