We had the opportunity to see a shuttle launch several years ago. (A bit of research , it was Columbia in 2002. The last flight before the disaster in 2003)
It was a dawn launch and we were in a viewing area several miles away. It was pretty cool.
We're close enough to possibly see launches out of Wallops Island if conditions are right. I saw a night time launch about a year ago. It was carrying a new toilet to the space station. I did luck into seeing a SpaceX test launch from Florida the end of September. Looked up while I was taking. the dog out to see it streaking across the sky.