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Attractions near Dauphin Island

Fort Gaines, the place to visit in Dauphin Island

Gulf Islands National Seashore welcomes about 7.6M visitors a year. One place to visit is mapped inside Dauphin Island, with 20 more within 40 miles. The mix takes in 12 museums, 2 landmarks and 2 gardens. Go 52 mi out for Fort Pickens.

Attractions nearby
34
within 60 miles
The big one
31 mi
USS Alabama
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · 31 mi north

USS Alabama

1942 South Dakota-class battleship.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Places on the map

To the north is where most of the 20 lie.

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Orange: Dauphin Island. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The complete list

One in town leads, with 33 more within 60 miles after it.

Fort Charlotte

Museum · 31 mi north

Partially-reconstructed 18th century fort in Alabama, United States; site of a Spanish victory in the American Revolutionary War (March 14, 1780).

Towns near it → · Wikipedia

The places inside Dauphin Island lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Dauphin Island → · Dauphin Island’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Fort Gaines: Altairisfar, Public domain · USS Alabama: USN, Public domain · Fort Pickens: Notneb82, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided, Public domain · Fort Morgan: Altairisfar, Public domain · USS Drum: Jean-Pierre Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Naval Aviation Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Battleship Memorial Park: Rennett Stowe from USA, CC BY 2.0 · Gulf Islands National Seashore: National Park Service, Public domain · Fort Barrancas: National Park Service, Public domain · Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mobile Civic Center: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bellingrath Gardens and Home: Altairisfar, Public domain · Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Spanish Fort: Michelle Miller-Freeck/FEMA, Public domain · Mississippi Aquarium: Kaotate, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo: Acdixon, CC0 · Fort Charlotte: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wales West Light Railway: Timdwilliamson, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pensacola Museum of History: User:TheCustomOfLife, Public domain · GulfQuest Maritime Museum: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mobile Botanical Gardens: Andrea Wright from Mobile, AL, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Mobile Museum of Art: Altairisfar, Public domain · Mobile Carnival Museum: Altairisfar, Public domain · Museum of Industry: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pensacola Museum of Art: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Historic Pensacola's Museum of Commerce: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · History Museum of Mobile: Altairisfar, Public domain

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