Gulf Shores Map Art

Gulf Shores is a resort city in Baldwin County, Alabama, on the Gulf of Mexico, and the southernmost town in the state. About 15,000 people lived there in 2020. It covers 28 square miles, and about 17 percent of that is water. Route 59, the Gulf Shores Parkway, leads north to Foley. Route 182, Beach Boulevard, runs east and west along the shore, and Route 180, Fort Morgan Road, runs parallel to it north of Little Lagoon. Gulf State Park takes up a large eastern part of the city. The climate is humid and subtropical, with long, hot summers and mild, sunny winters, and the surf stays warm from May through November. The town has rebuilt more than once. Hurricane Frederic leveled most of it in 1979, and Hurricane Ivan came ashore here in 2004. On a map it is a strip of streets between the Gulf, Little Lagoon and the park.