Skimming Basin

Skimming Basin is in , .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14 and Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12.

Ruins
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Launch Complex 14 is a launch site at in . Part of the Missile Row lineup of launch sites in the region, LC-14 was used for various crewed and uncrewed Atlas launches, including the February 1962 Friendship 7 flight aboard which John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. is situated 1¼ miles south of Skimming Basin.

Ruins
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Launch Complex 12 at , Florida was a launch pad used by Atlas rockets and missiles between 1958 and 1967. It was the second-most southern of the pads known as Missile Row, between LC-11 to the south and LC-13 to the north. is situated 2 miles south of Skimming Basin.

Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Launch Complex 11 at , Florida, is a launch complex used by Atlas missiles between 1958 and 1964. It is the southernmost of the launch pads known as Missile Row. is situated 2½ miles south of Skimming Basin.

Skimming Basin

Latitude
28.50877° or 28° 30′ 32″ north
Longitude
-80.55443° or 80° 33′ 16″ west
Open location code
76WXGC5W+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1264975386
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­basin
Open­Street­Map attribute
intermittent=­yes
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