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Shell Beach

Shell Beach from directly overhead

Shell Beach is a beach in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Sabine Sand Hills stands 4 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Alabama Point Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away. Alabama's Coastal Connection runs past it.

Located east of Perdido Pass Bridge, Shell Beach offers an easy access to the eastern most part of Gulf State Park’s beaches. For a small fee, you have easy access to the beautiful white sand and picturesque dunes. This is a perfect place to find seashell

How to reach it

Coordinates30.27627, -87.54201

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Reserve at Cotton Bayou Common Area: 1.7 mi
  • Harrison Park: 1.7 mi
  • Edward H Carroll Sr Kids Park: 2.2 mi
  • Cotton Bayou Park: 2.5 mi
  • County Road 95 Park: 2.7 mi
Historic sites: 31
Museums: 18
  • Indian & Sea Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Gulf Shores Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Foley Railroad Museum: 12.3 mi
  • model Train Museum: 12.3 mi
  • John Snook Telephone Museum: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Alabama Point Beach: 0.5 mi
  • East Jetty: 1.0 mi
  • West Jetty: 1.1 mi
  • East Gulf Place: 8.9 mi
  • Gulf Place: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Great White: 8.6 mi
  • Great White: 8.6 mi
  • Great White: 8.6 mi
  • Great White: 8.6 mi
  • Pensacola Interstate Fair: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 8
  • Lady in the Lake: 2.9 mi
  • Spider Sculpture: 3.2 mi
  • Brachiosaurus Sculpture: 3.8 mi
  • Stegosaurus Sculpture: 4.0 mi
  • Triceratops Sculpture: 4.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Community Gardens: 1.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Aragon Community Garden: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Langdon Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Sabine Sand Hills: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shell Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sabine Sand HillsE 81°4 m23.3 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, 14 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/9927306587

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