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Alabama Point Beach

Alabama Point Beach from directly overhead

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

Coordinates30.27662, -87.55025

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 31
Museums: 18
  • 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
Beaches: 13
  • 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
Attractions: 10
  • 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
Artworks: 8
  • 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
Gardens: 3
  • Community Gardens: 1.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Aragon Community Garden: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Langdon Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Sabine Sand Hills: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sabine Sand HillsE 81°4 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:3019:02
June solstice05:5019:2119:56
September equinox06:3918:1718:48
December solstice06:4316:1816:55

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525560667480828178696054
Precip in4.54.03.95.03.26.36.45.76.84.33.83.9

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9927306588

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