Bethune Beach, Florida

Bethune Beach is an unincorporated community in Volusia County, Florida, United States.

It was once the only beach African Americans were permitted to use in the county and is named for Mary McLeod Bethune who helped organize a wade-in in support of desegregation.

There is no outlet to the mainland, and the Canaveral National Seashore and the Kennedy Space Center lie to the south.

The area had the only beach that African Americans were permitted to use in Volusia County during the first half of the twentieth century and is named after educator Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of Bethune-Cookman College.

This area is known for its no-drive beach and proximity to Atlantic Ocean and Indian River on either side.