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Carnoustie Place ranks among the Best in the U.S.!
America's 100 Best
The best Masterplanned Communities
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The Gulf coast communities of Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, & Fort Morgan offer some of the most pristine beaches in the country. Complimented to the North by Foley with Alabama's nationally known Outlet malls, the mild winter climate, and you have the perfect vacation destination, second home or year-round living.
The Gulf Coast area is a magical place with it’s sugar-white sand beaches and sparkling emerald waters. Rediscover yourself building sandcastles, sunrise and sunset walks on the beach, golfing, fishing, dining and shopping. The activities are end-less or you can just relax and do nothing.
The area also offers magnificent golf opportunities, including the golf coarse living opportunities of the Glen Lakes Golf Course Community of Carnoustie Place.
About Gulf Shores, Orange Beach & Fort Morgan
Economic Indicators and Demographic Information for The Gulf Coast Area. Provided by the Alabama Gulf Coast Area Chamber of Commerce.
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About Foley
One of the biggest and best outlet centers in America (more than 120 stores), Riviera Centre is located on Hwy. 59 in Foley, just 8 miles north of the sugar white beaches of the Alabama Gulf Coast. ANTIQUE MALLS - Five antique malls located in and around Foley. With more than 300 dealers represented from all over the country.
About the Climate
Baldwin County Average Temperatures:
Month |
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Maximum
Temperature |
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Minimum
Temperature |
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Daily
Temperature |
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Total |
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| January |
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60.1 |
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40.3 |
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50.2 |
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5.19 |
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| February |
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63.8 |
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42.9 |
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53.4 |
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5.38 |
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| March |
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70.8 |
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49.8 |
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60.3 |
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6.61 |
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| April |
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78.1 |
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56.7 |
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67.4 |
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4.89 |
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| May |
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84.2 |
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64.2 |
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74.2 |
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6.30 |
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| June |
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89.9 |
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70.7 |
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80.3 |
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4.67 |
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| July |
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90.9 |
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73.2 |
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82.1 |
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6.79 |
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| August |
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90.3 |
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72.9 |
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81.6 |
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6.82 |
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| September |
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86.9 |
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68.6 |
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77.7 |
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5.45 |
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| October |
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79.1 |
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57.6 |
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68.4 |
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3.34 |
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| November |
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70.0 |
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48.7 |
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59.3 |
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4.57 |
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| December |
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63.7 |
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44.0 |
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53.8 |
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5.16 |
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| Year |
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77.3 |
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57.4 |
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67.4 |
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65.21 |
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Proximity to Mobile/Fairhope Attractions
Toasting Alabama's Gulf Coast
By Michelle R. Matthews
Still basking in the afterglow of a Tricentennial party, Mobile offers visitors more to do now than ever before. In the fall of 2002, the Mobile Museum of Art moved into its new $15 million, 95,000-square-foot building overlooking the lake at Langan Park in west Mobile. A year earlier, the Museum of Mobile—a state-of-the-art, interactive history museum—opened in historic downtown quarters to tell the stories that make the city unique.
Stretching from downtown Mobile across Mobile Bay to the Eastern Shore, the Causeway (also known as Highway 98) is an offbeat thoroughfare with several temptations—mostly of the culinary variety—to lure visitors off I-10. Here, the hulking gray battleship USS Alabama, a World War II relic that is a beloved part of Mobile’s skyline, is open daily for tours, along with the submarine USS Drum.
Across the bay, Scenic Highway 98 leads to artsy Fairhope, where Spanish moss drips from ancient oak trees while flowerbeds and hanging baskets explode with seasonal blossoms year-round.
Past sleepy Magnolia Springs, where the mail is still delivered by boat along Magnolia River, Foley is a town that has changed dramatically over the past decade into a bargain-hunter’s paradise, thanks to the Riviera Centre Factory Stores.
From Foley, Highway 59 leads to 32 miles of sugar-white sand at the beaches of Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Fort Morgan. Unparalleled golf, fishing, nature-watching and dining are among the activities that make this laid-back resort community a popular vacation spot.
At historic Fort Morgan, visitors can catch a quick ferry ride across the mouth of Mobile Bay to Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island, the only inhabited barrier island in the area. The Estuarium at Dauphin Island Sea Lab, with giant aquariums, touch pools and other educational exhibits, sheds new light on the undersea life of Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
And wonderful Bellingrath Gardens, just west of Mobile in Theodore, is a not-to-be-missed oasis featuring 65 acres of perfectly landscaped gardens, and spectacular displays of azaleas in March and chrysanthemums in November.
Northeast of Mobile, Monroeville is a small town with a big literary reputation. Its most famous native, Harper Lee, won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Each March, the Mockingbird Players, an amateur theatrical company, stage a play based on Lee’s novel; it takes place in the courthouse that was the model for the movie’s pivotal scenes. The play is always a sellout.
There’s so much to see and do on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, where the people are as friendly as the weather is warm. Come see for yourself!
Michelle R. Matthews, a native Mobilian, is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in numerous regional magazines.
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