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Dauphin Island Alabama Map

Explore Dauphin Island, 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 Dauphin Island, Alabama

How to Use This Dauphin Island, Alabama Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Dauphin Island, 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 Dauphin Island.

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	Dauphin Island
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Mobile County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.250913
Longitude	-88.171268
Population	1,778
Density	109.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	36528
Area Code	251
County Seat	Mobile
School District	Mobile County School District

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About Dauphin Island, Alabama

Dauphin Island is a locality in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,778. The population density is 109.7 people per km². Dauphin Island is located at 30.2509°N, 88.1713°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dauphin Island is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36528.

Dauphin Island stretches as a slender, sun-bleached barrier between the vast expanse of the Gulf of Mexico and the quiet salt marshes of the mainland. It lies 22.2 miles south-southwest of Fairhope, AL (from Fairhope, AL: bearing 214°T), and is situated 30.6 miles south of Mobile. Salt-laden air clings to the longleaf pines and twisted oaks that hold the shifting dunes in place, while the horizon remains a flat, shimmering line where sky meets water. To the east, the low profile of Little Dauphin Island keeps a solitary watch over the tides, and the landscape is defined by a stillness that feels heavy with the humidity of the southern coast. At Shell Mound Park, the earth rises in ancient, layered ridges, a physical record of generations who once harvested the bounty of the surrounding shallows.

Dauphin Island sustains a rhythm dictated by the turning tides and the seasonal migrations of birds that find refuge in its maritime forests. The local economy relies on the quiet persistence of commercial fishing and a seasonal ebb and flow of visitors who arrive to walk the shoreline or cast lines into the surf. Far removed from the industrial clamor of the mainland, the island remains a place where the primary commerce is the weather and the migration of the seasons. Inland navigation toward Heron Bayou or the distant waters of Gator Lake exists only as a memory in the minds of those who chart the intricate, marshy veins of the region, leaving the island to exist as a fragile, singular outpost against the weight of the open Gulf of Mexico.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dauphin Island Beach (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 177° S
West End Beach (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 267° W
Dauphin Island (Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 090° E
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.3 mi, 057° NE · 20k acres
Shell Mound Park (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 084° E
The Heron Bay Wetlands Tract (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 017° N
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 359° N
Gulf Islands National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 13.0 mi, 262° W · 213k acres
Gulf Islands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.2 mi, 259° W · 3,896 acres
Grand Bay Savannah Coastal Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 14.9 mi, 297° NW
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 15.0 mi, 296° NW
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.1 mi, 298° NW · 31k acres
Island Fire Glass Art Gallery and Espresso Bar (Gallery) — 15.7 mi, 013° N
Captain Calhoun's Anchor (Public Artwork) — 22.1 mi, 289° W
William Faulkner's summer house (Monument) — 23.5 mi, 286° W
Mitchell Park Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 23.6 mi, 287° W
Fairhope Museum of History (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 040° NE
Bayfront Beach (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 030° NE
Heidelberg Farm (Monument) — 30.3 mi, 054° NE
Oakleigh (Museum) — 30.4 mi, 012° N
Sweet Dreams Haunted Attraction (Attraction) — 31.0 mi, 013° N
Phoenix Fire Museum (Museum) — 31.1 mi, 014° N
PB MK3 Swift Boat (Attraction) — 31.1 mi, 017° N
Piasecki H-21 (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 017° N
John Snook Telephone Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 066° NE
Tensaw River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 37.2 mi, 023° NE
Biloxi Little Theater (Theatre) — 43.5 mi, 284° W
Saenger Theater for the Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 44.0 mi, 283° W
Ship Island Light (Historic Ruins) — 47.5 mi, 267° W
Fort McRee (Historic Ruins) — 51.2 mi, 084° E

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