Author: Cecilia

Dauphin Island Sea Lab –
The Dauphin Island Sea Lab is an accessible public aquarium where you can learn about the four key habitats of coastal Alabama: the Mobile Tensaw River Delta, Mobile Bay, Barrier Islands and Northern Gulf of Mexico.  The lab is on the east end of Dauphin Island, about 3 miles from the mainland and 35 miles south of Mobile.
They don’t have trails per se, but there is a 10,000 sq foot exhibit hall and a “Living Marsh Boardwalk”   The lab is handicapped accessible.  Entry fee for an adult is $10 Phone 251-861-2141  Here is their website.

Gulf State Park  – easy and accessible trails
Gulf State Park has two miles of white sand beaches.  A number of the trails here are “easy”, but maybe not enough.  Call to find out.  The park is southeast of Mobile and west of Pensacola.
 Bear Creek is described in the web site as: “… a unique trail because it used to be an old paved road heading to Orange Beach.  Since it is paved, this trail is the most accessible to the handicapped and campers with small children in strollers.”
Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail  paved  “Seven trails among six distinct ecosystems make up more than 15 miles of the Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail complex through Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, Alabama and the Gulf State Park.”  “The trails run along marshes, secondary sand dunes, swamps, over creeks.”
Website   Phone 251-948-7275  Trail Map

Know more about Gulf State Park?
Have you visited this location and know of more accessible or easy trails?  Is any of the information given here incorrect?  If so, please contact me using the form to the left and let me know what should be changed or added so I can update this post.

 

Alabama State Parks  Some trails in the State Parks are described as “easy” or “family oriented”, but since those might include trails with obstacles such as fallen logs, major tree roots, rocks, etc.. I am not including them here.