Personally, I've only been to some very foggy Falcon 9 launches at Vandenberg and heard a Shuttle coming in to land in Florida.

The closest launch sites to me now are Spaceport America (more of an airport) and Blue Origin's suborbital site in Texas, but I didn't make it down there before they canceled the program.

I definitely need to make the trip to Starbase for a launch. I would also love to watch an SLS launch.

Is there a good way to watch a launch from Vandenburg? Watching a rocket launch is on my bucket list.

There are some beaches to the south that would probably work. I was working on base at the time and watched from somewhere on the north half of base that isn't open to the public.

DM me if you like, I'll have to ask around if I can get base access.