We live 20 to 25 miles south from KSC, there is much closer places to see a launch from we just went to the beach 3 miles from us since it was so close and this was a last minute decision to go, I think there is area’s less then a mile to see it from but we have no desire to deal with the crowds.
Here are some more pics from the paper
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbc...egory=news0201
And the official KSC site with all sorts of cool things that you can spend lots of money on.
http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches/index.asp