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Weeks Bay Pitcher Plant Bog

Weeks Bay Pitcher Plant Bog from directly overhead

Weeks Bay Pitcher Plant Bog is a nature reserve in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. The nearest named place is Colony Park Disc Golf Course, a park 6.4 miles away. Alabama's Coastal Connection passes 0.3 miles off.

Elevated accessible wood boardwalk leading through a diverse wetland habitat of flowering plants including the carnivorous White-topped Pitcher Plant. Part of Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

What to expect

Operated by
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates30.41620, -87.81969

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Colony Park Disc Golf Course: 6.4 mi
  • Foley Sports Complex: 6.8 mi
  • Cedar Street, Baseball Park: 7.6 mi
  • Foley Kids Park: 8.0 mi
  • Aaronville Park: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Great White: 13.5 mi
  • Great White: 13.5 mi
  • Great White: 13.5 mi
  • Great White: 13.5 mi
  • Bayfront Beach: 15.9 mi
Historic sites: 22
  • Heidelberg Farm: 7.3 mi
  • Blue Marlin: 14.1 mi
  • Peace Magazine: 17.3 mi
  • Engineers Wharf: 17.7 mi
  • Fort Gaines: 19.2 mi
Museums: 21
  • model Train Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Foley Railroad Museum: 8.2 mi
  • John Snook Telephone Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Fairhope Museum of History: 8.9 mi
  • Fairhope Museum of History: 8.9 mi
Artworks: 16
  • Schoolchildren Metal Art: 9.3 mi
  • Stegosaurus Sculpture: 15.8 mi
  • Triceratops Sculpture: 15.9 mi
  • Tyrannosaurus Sculpture: 15.9 mi
  • Brachiosaurus Sculpture: 15.9 mi
Beaches: 12
  • 13th St Beach Access: 13.2 mi
  • 10th Street Beach Access: 13.5 mi
  • 6th Street Beach Access: 13.8 mi
  • West Gulf Place: 13.9 mi
  • Gulf Place: 14.0 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Canterbury Place Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Community Gardens: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bayfront Park: 18.1 mi
  • Tensaw Bluff: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:03
June solstice05:5019:2219:57
September equinox06:4018:1818:49
December solstice06:4516:1916:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495359657379808077675852
Precip in5.54.65.15.54.96.89.07.26.64.44.65.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairhope 2 NE, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/965058968

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