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Bon Secour Alabama Map

Explore Bon Secour, Alabama, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Bon Secour, Alabama

How to Use This Bon Secour, Alabama Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bon Secour, Alabama. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Alabama or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Bon Secour.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Bon Secour
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Baldwin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.315478
Longitude	-87.729432
Population	1,754
Density	156.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	36511
Area Code	251
County Seat	Bay Minette
School District	Baldwin County School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 154° SE
Gulf Shores Sports Complex (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 085° E
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.6 mi, 189° S · 20k acres
Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.3 mi, 273° W
Gulf Shores Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 144° SE
Gulf State Park (State Park) — 4.3 mi, 140° SE
Blue Marlin (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 104° E
Foley Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 6.4 mi, 011° N
John Snook Telephone Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 018° N
Stegosaurus Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 9.2 mi, 085° E
Heidelberg Farm (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 353° N
Perdido Key State Park (State Park) — 14.6 mi, 097° E
Fairhope Museum of History (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 324° NW
Gulf Islands National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 18.5 mi, 092° E · 213k acres
Observation Platform (Viewpoint) — 18.7 mi, 091° E
Fort Pickens State Park Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 20.0 mi, 091° E
Bayfront Beach (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 332° NW
Fort McRee (Historic Ruins) — 24.6 mi, 088° E
Island Fire Glass Art Gallery and Espresso Bar (Gallery) — 25.3 mi, 295° NW
Gator Boardwalk (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 335° NW
Florida National Scenic Trail Northern Terminus (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 088° E
Utility Pole (Historic Ruins) — 27.6 mi, 089° E
PB MK3 Swift Boat (Attraction) — 30.5 mi, 326° NW
North American B-25J Mitchell (Attraction) — 30.5 mi, 326° NW
Quayside Art Gallery (Gallery) — 31.4 mi, 078° E
Pensacola Little Theatre (Theatre) — 31.4 mi, 078° E
UWF Historic Trust (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 078° E
Museum of Industry (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 078° E
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.5 mi, 280° W · 31k acres
Apalachicola National Forest (National Forest) — 46.7 mi, 076° E · 576k acres

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