Gulf Shores, Alabama Gulf Shores, Alabama Location in Baldwin County and the state of Alabama Location in Baldwin County and the state of Alabama State Alabama Gulf Shores is a resort town/city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.
Gulf Shores is positioned on the Gulf of Mexico at 30 16'4.069" North, 87 42'5.285" West (30.267797, 87.701468). It is the southernmost settlement in the state of Alabama. It is served by Alabama State Route 59 (Gulf Shores Parkway), which leads north to Foley.
Route 182 (Beach Boulevard) runs east-west along the shore front, while Route 180 (Fort Morgan Road) runs alongside to it, north of Little Lagoon.
Gulf State Park is situated in a large easterly part of the city.
Gulf Shores is positioned 33 miles west of Pensacola, FL, 54 miles south of Mobile, AL, 197 miles east of New Orleans, LA, and 194 miles south of Montgomery, AL.
Gulf Shores is positioned in Baldwin County.
Bordering Baldwin County are the following counties: Mobile, Washington, Clarke, Monroe and Escambia.
Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 28.0 square miles (72.5 km2), of which 23.2 square miles (60.0 km2) is territory and 4.8 square miles (12.5 km2), or 17.24%, is water. The locale of Gulf Shores on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico makes it vulnerable to hurricanes.
Climate data for Gulf Shores, Alabama Since the year 2000, Baldwin County as a whole has experienced rapid populace growth, second only to Shelby County in Alabama. Gulf Shores is a part of the Baldwin County Public Schools system.
Gulf Shores High School (grades 9-12) Gulf Shores Middle School (grades 7-8) Gulf Shores Elementary School (grades K-6) Like many coastal communities, tourism plays a primary part in the small-town economy of Gulf Shores.
However, after a rough year, the tourism economy in Gulf Shores appears to have returned to pre-spill levels. In October 2011, the town/city began a branding campaign to help it stand out from other coastal destinations in the area. Chartered fishing boats and cruise boats for sunsets, dinner cruises, dolphin watching, and watersports embark regularly, and the region is home to two of the top-rated golf resorts in the Alabama - Craft Farms and Kiva Dunes. There are a total of nine signature golf clubs, as well as a state-owned 18-hole course. Other prominent attractions include the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo (as featured in Animal Planet's "The Little Zoo that Could"); Pelican Place at Craft Farms, a shopping mall; and Waterville USA, a family amusement/waterpark. The town/city is home to an annual three-day music festival on the beach each May, the Hangout Music Festival. Jack Edwards National Airport is positioned in Gulf Shores.
The Hangout owner Shaul Zislin has been criticized for overselling and marketing practices which have thriving undesirable tourists and caused overcrowding, traffic jams and overburdening of the metros/cities police, EMS and waste disposal resources as well as noise pollution on what was once a quiet family oriented beach resort area.
The enhance address fitness can often be heard over 2 miles away in the Gulf State Park. Many Alabama inhabitants have opposed the building of a new hotel on state property and the use of BP Oil spill funds to finance projects other than surroundingal repair.
In 2016 the State of Alabama propel to close a road on State Park property with out any notice or warning.
Gulf Shores was referenced in passing the first episode of True Detective.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Gulf Shores city, Alabama".
"Monthly Averages for Gulf Shores, AL".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013".
"Enumeration 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights" (for Gulf Shores, AL), US Enumeration Bureau, 2007, webpage: US-Census-Gulf - Shores - AL.
"Last year's petroleum spill was predicted to lessen the interest in condos in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores".
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