Melbourne Beach, Florida: Ponce de Leon Statue
Battles a similar statue in St. Augustine, also erected in 2013, the 500th anniversary of Ponce de Leon's landing in Florida. He had no GPS or even paper maps, so the exact spot is fiercely debated.
- Address:
- 4005 Highway A1A, Melbourne Beach, FL
- Directions:
- On the ocean side of FL-A1A, six miles south of its intersection with US-192 in Indialantic.
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Ponce de Leon appears to be converting the locals to Christianity before setting out for the Fountain of Youth.
[Randy Hoopes, 02/08/2020]Nearby Offbeat Places
Liberty Bell Memorial Museum, Melbourne, FL - 7 mi.
Big Orange, Melbourne, FL - 11 mi.
Mel Fisher's Treasure Museum, Sebastian, FL - 14 mi.In the region:
Purple Heart Memorial, Okeechobee, FL - 56 mi.
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