Alabama Point Beach
Alabama Point Beach is a beach in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Sabine Sand Hills stands 4 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Shell Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away. Alabama's Coastal Connection runs past it.
Alabama Point has many names - locals refer to it as Point East, Florida Point, or Perdido Pass. A great beach for families and seniors, this 6000 feet-wide white-sand beauty is a real hidden gem.
The story
point in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31831792, matched on coordinates and name (519 m apart).
How to reach it
- On the Alabama's Coastal Connection, National
- 23.9 mi off the PENSACOLA BLUFFS HWY
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- The Reserve at Cotton Bayou Common Area: 1.2 mi
- Harrison Park: 1.5 mi
- Edward H Carroll Sr Kids Park: 1.8 mi
- Cotton Bayou Park: 2.0 mi
- County Road 95 Park: 2.8 mi
- Blue Marlin: 4.9 mi
- Fort McRee: 14.3 mi
- Battery Payne: 15.6 mi
- Battery Van Swearingen: 15.6 mi
- Battery Servier: 15.7 mi
- Indian & Sea Museum: 2.0 mi
- Gulf Shores Museum: 8.4 mi
- Foley Railroad Museum: 12.0 mi
- model Train Museum: 12.0 mi
- John Snook Telephone Museum: 13.6 mi
- Shell Beach: 0.5 mi
- East Jetty: 0.6 mi
- West Jetty: 0.7 mi
- East Gulf Place: 8.4 mi
- Gulf Place: 8.6 mi
- Great White: 8.1 mi
- Great White: 8.1 mi
- Great White: 8.1 mi
- Great White: 8.1 mi
- Pensacola Interstate Fair: 19.7 mi
- Lady in the Lake: 2.7 mi
- Spider Sculpture: 2.9 mi
- Brachiosaurus Sculpture: 3.6 mi
- Stegosaurus Sculpture: 3.8 mi
- Triceratops Sculpture: 3.8 mi
- Perdido Key State Park: 4.9 mi
- Perdido River Wildlife Management Area: 18.4 mi
- Weeks Bay Pitcher Plant Bog: 18.7 mi
- Perdido River Wildlife Management Area: 19.8 mi
- Perdido River Wildlife Management Area: 23.3 mi
- Community Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.4 mi
- Aragon Community Garden: 22.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Red Bluffs: 11.3 mi
- Seymour Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Langdon Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Florida Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
- Sabine Sand Hills: 23.8 mi
- Muscogee: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alabama Point Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabine Sand Hills | E 81° | 4 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:21 | 19:56 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:17 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:43 | 16:18 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 69 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS, 15 mi away.
Mean tidal range 0.8 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Alabama Point, AL, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9927306588
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