Bayfront Park
15961 Dauphin Island Parkway
Coden, AL 36523
For more information:
Phone: (251) 251 - PARK (7275)
Email: MoCoParks@mobilecountyal.gov
Bayfront Park, a hidden gem in south Mobile County, has long been a birdwatchers’ paradise and picnic spot. It is also a prime location for watching ships and barges making their way through the Mobile Ship channel near the Gulf of Mexico's entry point.
Mobile County's Bayfront Park reopened March 9, 2025, after three years of construction. Bayfront Park has been completely renovated, and now features these all these amenities:
- An approximately 900-foot-long pocket beach (protected sandy beach), the largest on Mobile Bay
- Swimming
- Protected beach access to launch your kayak or canoe
- Fishing and crabbing
- A nautical-themed playground
- Parking areas
- Pavilions and picnic areas
- Walking paths
- Wetland nature habitat
- Bird watching
- Restroom and park office builiding, and
- Generally enhanced park infrastructure.
Bayfront Park's hours are 8 a.m. to dusk daily. The new pocket beach is ideal for multiple uses. In addition to fun in the sun and swimming, visitors can launch their own kayaks or canoes from Bayfront Park's beach. Fishing from the beach is allowed, though a saltwater fishing license is needed. Alcohol is not permitted in Mobile County parks.
Bayfront Park, located in the Alabama Port community about a mile north of the Dauphin Island Bridge, has a variety of species of local and migratory birds that visit year-round to take advantage of its fresh water and shelter among the trees and reeds. The site is #46 on the Alabama Coastal Birding Trail and includes wetlands and coastal birding habitats and features Pelicans soaring over the dense pine trees to Herons, Egrets, Osprey, Gulls, and Terns on the shoreline to Bluebirds, Killdeer, Red-wing Blackbirds, Woodpeckers and Kingfishers among the reeds, trees and artificial nesting boxes. Double-crested Cormorants roost on the pilings and both least bittern and clapper rail can be found in the inland marshes. During fall and winter, Virginia Rail and Sora are regular visitors, but more difficult to spot. Marsh Wren, Common Yellowthroat, and Boat-tailed Grackle are also common sightings. For more info. about birdwatching in the area, visit https://alabamabirdingtrails.com/sites/bayfront-park/.
Improvements to Bayfront Park are made possible through funding from the Alabama Trustee Implementation Group Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Assessment Trustees. The 2010 oil spill had far-reaching negative impacts on the region’s environmental landscape. The Mobile County Commission’s goals for Deepwater Horizon funding include repairing and enhancing coastal resources while ensuring the future stability and flourishing of Alabama’s beautiful shoreline for future generations to enjoy.
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