Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Gulf Shores

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Attractions near Gulf Shores

From Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo on: Gulf Shores’s list

Yearly visitors to Gulf Islands National Seashore number about 7.6M. 2 places to visit are mapped inside Gulf Shores, with 26 more within 40 miles. On the list: 16 museums, 4 landmarks and 2 gardens, among others. Beyond the town, Old Mobile Site sits 51 mi away.

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

USS Alabama

1942 South Dakota-class battleship.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Around Gulf Shores, mapped

The outermost point is Mobile Botanical Gardens, at 40 mi.

1234567891011121314

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

Everything nearby

Every one of them

In town there are 2, and the list adds 29 more within 60 miles.

Fort Charlotte

Museum · 35 mi northwest

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 Gulf Shores 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 Gulf Shores → · Gulf Shores’ history →

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

Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo: Acdixon, CC0 · 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 · Fort Gaines: Altairisfar, Public domain · Mobile Civic Center: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bellingrath Gardens and Home: Altairisfar, Public domain · Old Spanish Fort: Michelle Miller-Freeck/FEMA, Public domain · 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 · 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

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
Share a tip in Gulf Shores’ Town Square