I used to go and watch the shuttle launches if I was in MCO or TPA when one was happening. They went about 50% of the time I went to see them. Sometimes the launches were scrubbed because some yahoo in a boat was out in the prohibited zone off shore and couldn't get out of the way fast enough before the launch window closed.
Without paying money to get on Merritt Island (not refunded if the launch was scrubbed), the best place was Veteran's Memorial Park in Titusville. You could get out on the causeway a bit, but the causeway itself was closed. Since the Falcon uses the same pads as the shuttle it might be a good place. However, you are still about 12 miles away.
Here's what I saw from there:
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