Mobile Bay

Mobile Bay: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this beach: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Mobile Bay

Season: October to March; rough seas and lifeguard warnings June to September.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Mobile Bay — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 30.44270, -88.00916. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Mobile Bay

• Bellingrath Gardens and Home · park · Jackson · ~16 km · Must-see
• Lebanon Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church · church · Baldwin · ~17 km · Must-see
• Grand Bay Savanna Little River Road Addition State Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Baldwin · ~26 km · Must-see
• Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Mobile · ~27 km · Must-see
• Fort Gaines · fort · Mobile · ~28 km · Must-see
• Indian Shell Mound Park · park · Mobile · ~28 km · Must-see
• St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Magnolia Springs, Alabama) · church · Baldwin · ~29 km · Must-see
• Fort Morgan State Historic Site · fort · Baldwin · ~30 km · Must-see
• Battery Bowyer · fort · Baldwin · ~30 km · Must-see
• Dauphin Beach · beach · Jackson · ~30 km · Must-see
• Mobile Point · beach · Baldwin · ~30 km · Must-see
• Choctaw Point Light · lake · Baldwin · ~31 km · Must-see
• Battery Gladden Light · attraction · Mobile · ~31 km · Must-see
• Isle aux Herbes · sanctuary · Mobile · ~33 km · Must-see
• USS Drum · attraction · Mobile · ~33 km · Must-see
• M60A1 Patton · attraction · Mobile · ~33 km · Must-see
• M75 APC · attraction · Mobile · ~33 km · Must-see
• Lvtp5a1 · attraction · Mobile · ~33 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Mobile Bay

Other beaches & coast near Mobile Bay

• Dauphin Beach · beach · Jackson · ~30 km · Must-see
• Mobile Point · beach · Baldwin · ~30 km · Must-see
• Gulf Shores Public Beach · beach · Baldwin · ~46 km · Must-see
• Navarre Beach Park · beach · Santa Rosa · ~138 km · Must-see
• Magnolia Beach · beach · Baldwin · ~15 km
• Deer River Point · beach · Mobile · ~16 km
• Barry Point · beach · Mobile · ~23 km
• Barcelona Bay · beach · Mobile · ~28 km
• Bayou Aloe · beach · Mobile · ~28 km
• East End Beach · beach · Mobile · ~29 km

All beaches & coast in Alabama

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