Shell Beach
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
- On the Alabama's Coastal Connection, National
- 23.5 mi off the PENSACOLA BLUFFS HWY
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Blue Marlin: 5.3 mi
- Fort McRee: 13.9 mi
- Battery Payne: 15.1 mi
- Battery Van Swearingen: 15.1 mi
- Battery Servier: 15.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Perdido Key State Park: 4.4 mi
- Perdido River Wildlife Management Area: 18.2 mi
- Weeks Bay Pitcher Plant Bog: 19.2 mi
- Perdido River Wildlife Management Area: 19.6 mi
- Perdido River Wildlife Management Area: 23.2 mi
- Community Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.9 mi
- Aragon Community Garden: 22.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Red Bluffs: 10.8 mi
- Seymour Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Langdon Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Florida Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
- Sabine Sand Hills: 23.3 mi
- Muscogee: 23.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabine Sand Hills | E 81° | 4 m | 23.3 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, 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9927306587
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