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Welcome to Mobile! Downtown Mobile Area Historic Districts GM & O Building/ WAVE Transit Church Street East Transportation Center INFORMATION 165 DeTonti Square Lower Dauphin FREE moda! ROUTE Oakleigh Garden t e Dr Ma treet rti Old Dauphin Way S n Stre Luth e er Kingmoda! Jr STOPS rine ett For Historic Districts y A venu Outside of Downtown, Visit athe e Lafa C Look for the moda! stop umbrellas. mobilehd.org/maps.html N N For moda! Information, call (251) 344-6600. Business Improvement District U.S. Post Oce Within this district, please call their 19 hotline 327-SAFE for information, 25 22 Dr Ma vehicle assistance or safety escort rtin services. Luth er King Jr Bay Bridge Road WELCOME TO MOBILE! Avenu PARKS/GREEN e Being one of the oldest cities on the Gulf Coast, Mobile SPACES has always been able to offer visitors exciting, entertaining and unique experiences year-round. 24 P PARKING MOBILE RIVER World-class attractions, scenic views and one-of-a-kind St Stephens Road 4 Arthur R. Outlaw tours await your arrival. Enjoy the places on this Mobile map and so much more at: Convention 21 Center mobile.org 2 24 20 7 12 1 head 23 P 23 Bank 25 P Tunnel THINGS TO DO 4 1 26 17 P 1. A&M Peanut Shop 13. Mardi Gras-n-More 11 21 2. Alabama Contemporary Art 14. Mission Fitness 7 15 Center 15. Mobile Arts Council 9 10 6 11 27 3. USS ALABAMA Battleship 16. Mobile Carnival Museum 12 2 3 Memorial Park 17. • Mobile Opera 20 P 16 26 13 4. Bienville Souvenir & Gifts • Mobile Symphony 15 Gov’t 8 Plaza A 5. Colonial Fort Condé 18. Oakleigh Historic Complex e d eet eet eet dsco r r r reet t R t Av d 6. Condé-Charlotte Museum 19. Phoenix Fire Museum S 8 S St te St House 20. Perdido Queen Cruises nn 10 et A 16 P Dunlap Dr eorgia P 7. Crescent Theater 21. Port City Pups ay N f G 22 6 5 8. Dora Franklin Finley African- 22. Richards-DAR House Museum N 17 27 N La N Monterey N Catherine American Heritage Trail 23. Sophiella Gallery 10 9. Exploreum Science Center 24. Steeple on St. Francis Ben May 19 10. GulfQuest/National Maritime 25. Urban Emporium Public Library 26B 13 Museum of the Gulf of Mexico 26. Welcome Center 11. History Museum of Mobile 27. WildNative Tours 18 12. The Haunted Book Shop 3 9 14 POINTS OF INTEREST OAKLEIGH AREA e t 1. Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile 15. Government Street enu Visit Mobile ee r 14 Convention Center Presbyterian Church Av 5 Welcome Center Monterey Place Brown Street 2. Bienville Square 16. Mardi Gras Park Brown Str t eet 3. Big Zion AME Zion Church 17. Michael C. Dow Mobile S Ann St I-10, Exit 26B t Georgia 4. Bishop State Community Landing tree ee S r 26B • Follow to College 18. Mobile Civic Center e S • Water St. (Exit 26B) 5. British Park 19. Most Pure Heart of Mary rey St ine Street • Left on Government St. e • Left on Royal St. 6. Cathedral of the Immaculate Church her t • One block ahead on left Conception 20. Portier House S Lafayett 26A S Mont S Ca TAKE A BITE 7. Cathedral Square 21. Saenger Theatre 27 8. Christ Church Cathedral 22. Spanish Plaza With so much exploring, you’re bound to work 9. Church Street Cemetery 23. St. Louis Street Baptist Church up an appetite. And, we can promise, you won’t go 10. Cooper Riverside Park 24. State Street AME Zion Church 11. Emanuel AME Church 25. Stone Street Baptist Church enue 18 hungry in our tasty town! t Av 10 12. Father Ryan Memorial Park 26. Unity Point Park ee r MOBILE.ORG/RESTAURANTS rett Street rett gia 13. First Baptist Church 27. Washington Square r e o Ev e 25A 14. Government Street Methodist G S Ann St S Church This map is not to scale and subject to change without notice. Visit Mobile Welcome Center Mobile Regional Area and 22 I-10, Exit 26B Interstates 10, 65 & 165 19 15 GOLF COURSES A. Azalea City Golf Course B. Craft Farms Golf Resort C. Heron Lakes Country Club 2 D. Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa, an RTJ Trail course 13 E. Peninsula Golf & Racquet Club F. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove 13 G. TimberCreek Golf Club 10 9 H HOSPITALS 9 1. Providence Hospital 1 2. Springhill Medical Center 11 AFRICAFRICAATTOWN F 8 3. • Mobile Infirmary THINGS TO DO 2 Medical Center The Grounds 1. Airboat Adventures 16. Geri Moulton’s Children’s Park • University Hospital 8 • USA Children’s & 2. Airboat Express 17. Historic Blakeley State Park 14 22 5B TANNER-WILLIAM 16 S RD 19 Village of 165 17 Women’s Hospital 3. Alligator Alley 18. Holiday Place 24 29 Spring Hill 5A A Legacy 15 7 21 4. North Baldwin Infirmary 4. American Sport Art Museum 19. Mobile Botanical Gardens Village 27 18 26 MOBILE 5. Thomas Hospital and Archives 20. Mobile International Speedway 9 4 10 Mobile Regional 6. South Baldwin Regional 5. USS ALABAMA Battleship 21. Mobile Medical Museum Airport Springdale 26AB 30 1 2 12 3 Mall Medical Center Memorial Park 22. Mobile Museum of Art The Shoppes 10 G Eastern Shore Centre 25 at Bel Air 6 25 35AB McGowin Park 5 6. Bellingrath Gardens and Home 23. • OWA 5 38 24 28 7. Bragg-Mitchell Mansion • Legends in Concert 1 4 44 23 4 8. Capt. Mike’s Deep Sea Fishing 24. Seward Farms Maze C 22 13 7 49 9. Chickasabogue Park 25. The Shoppes at Bel Air 12 20 10. Dauphin Island Sea Lab and Estuarium 26. Sterling Hot Yoga & Wellness 3 53 Mobile Alabama State 11. Eastern Shore Art Center 27. Tanger Outlets Downtown Airport Welcome Center 12. 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center 28. Toomey’s Mardi Gras Mart NEVIUS RD 17 13. Flight Works Alabama 29. USA Archaeology Museum THREE NOTCH RD 14. Fort Gaines 30. Wales West Light Railway & RV Park Fort Morgan 15 15. CA ROL P. 13 RD POINTS OF INTEREST 1. Africatown 10. St. Mary Catholic Church 10 . 2. Coastal Community College 11. Union Baptist Church WY CH EXPRESS 10 11 3. Daphne Civic Center 12. United States Sports Academy 30 MOBILE PK 4. Hank Aaron Stadium & Museum 13. University of Mobile 20 5. Ladd-Peebles Stadium 14. • University of South Alabama BALDWIN BEA 4 D 3 6. Magnolia Cemetery • USA Mitchell Center 7. Mobile Aviation Center • USA Stanky Field 8. Old Catholic Cemetery • Hancock Whitney Stadium VIRGINIA Alabama State KENTUCKY Welcome Center 9. Spring Hill College 15. Visitation Monastery Richmond Nashville Knoxville 6 TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA Chaanooga Memphis ARKANSAS 40 Lile Rock 27 SOUTH CAROLINA 23 Atlanta Birmingham GEORGIA Shreveport MISSISSIPPI ABAMA Jackson Montgomery 49 49 98 B LOUISIANA FLORIDA 161 ORANGE BEACH Lafayee 8 New Orleans E 10 PUBLIC BEACH 14 AUDUBON BIRD PUBLIC BEACH SANCTUARY PUBLIC BEACH 15 Visit Mobile This map is not to scale and subject to change without notice. mobile.org Miami.
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