Leave Big Point for USS Alabama, 29 mi away
Yearly visitors to Gulf Islands National Seashore number about 7.6M. Our list finds nothing inside Big Point, but 22 places within 40 miles. They include 14 museums, 2 landmarks and 2 gardens. Set 53 mi out, Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo makes a day trip.
USS Alabama
1942 South Dakota-class battleship.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where things are
The map puts most of the 22 to the east.
Orange: Big Point. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place by place
All of it lies within 60 miles: 26 places.
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5Gulf Islands National Seashore
96,000 underwater acres in Mississippi and Florida (US) managed by the National Park Service.
Old Mobile Site
Site of the old French Settlement on Mobile river from 1702 until 1712..
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10Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum
Presidential library and museum for Confederate States President Jefferson Davis in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.
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14Fort Charlotte
Partially-reconstructed 18th century fort in Alabama, United States; site of a Spanish victory in the American Revolutionary War (March 14, 1780).
Mississippi Aquarium
Public aquarium in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States.
Waterville USA
Water and amusement park in Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Big Point → · Big Point’s history →
Photo credits
USS Alabama: USN, Public domain · Fort Morgan: Altairisfar, Public domain · USS Drum: Jean-Pierre Martin, 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 Gaines: Altairisfar, Public domain · Mobile Civic Center: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Spanish Fort: Michelle Miller-Freeck/FEMA, Public domain · Bellingrath Gardens and Home: Altairisfar, Public domain · Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Charlotte: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mississippi Aquarium: Kaotate, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo: Acdixon, CC0 · GulfQuest Maritime Museum: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wales West Light Railway: Timdwilliamson, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mississippi Armed Forces Museum: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mobile Museum of Art: Altairisfar, Public domain · Mobile Botanical Gardens: Andrea Wright from Mobile, AL, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Mobile Carnival Museum: Altairisfar, Public domain · History Museum of Mobile: Altairisfar, Public domain
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