Bon Secour Alabama Map

About Bon Secour, Alabama

Bon Secour is a locality in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,754. The population density is 156.7 people per km². Bon Secour is located at 30.3155°N, 87.7294°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 36511.

Bon Secour occupies a quiet expanse of inland Alabama where the heavy, humid air settles into the deep shade of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood. It lies 5.1 miles north-northwest of Gulf Shores, AL (from Gulf Shores, AL: bearing 340°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south-southwest of Foley. Red-clay back roads snake through the thickets, connecting patches of farmland where the light at dusk turns a bruised, singular gold against the darkening canopy. Four miles to the south, the presence of Fort Morgan State Historic Site marks the transition in the terrain, though here the land remains defined by the stillness of the woods and the slow, rhythmic growth of the timber. The horizon remains flat, unbroken by anything more dramatic than the tall, swaying silhouettes of trees that have stood through generations of quiet, unhurried seasons.

Generations of families have carved a living from this red earth, balancing the traditions of agriculture with the shifting demands of the modern regional economy. While the reach of the larger world occasionally drifts into the quietude of Bon Secour, the pace of life remains tethered to the cycles of the soil and the legacy of those who first settled the region. Some ten miles away, the low-lying expanse of The Meadows provides a subtle contrast to the higher, wooded ground that defines the local topography. It is a place where history is not found in grand monuments but in the way the morning mist clings to the fields, and in the persistence of a culture that values the slow, deliberate work of the hand and the quiet endurance of the woods.

About This Bon Secour Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bon Secour, Alabama. Coordinates: 30.315478, -87.729432. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bon Secour includes the ZIP code (36511), telephone area code (251), county seat of Baldwin County (Bay Minette), and school district assignment (Baldwin County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.