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Why visit Bay Minette
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 6 parks and trails, 8 places to eat and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Bay Minette Municipal Pool Comple and Blackburn park.
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 90°F; January lows average 41°F.
Weather in Bay Minette
Forecast from the National Weather Service. Full forecast
About Bay Minette
Bay Minette is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 8,107.
From the Wikipedia article Bay Minette, Alabama (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks1
Parks, trails and playgrounds6
Bay Minette Municipal Pool Comple
Park · 1.2 mi
1300 Bradley Avenue, Bay Minette
sunrise-10:00,18:00-sunset "main park only"; 10:00-18:00 "main...
Blackburn park
Park · 1.4 mi
100 Hoyle Avenue, Bay Minette
sunrise-sunset "After Sunset for Special Events"
Restaurants and cafes8
Arby's
Fast food · Sandwich · 0.6 mi
620 McMeans Avenue, Bay Minette
Mo-We 10:00-23:00; Th-Sa 10:00-24:00; Su 10:00-23:00
Burger King
Fast food · Burger · 0.5 mi
700 McMeans Avenue, Bay Minette
Mo-Th 07:00-20:00; Fr-Sa 07:00-21:00; Su 07:00-20:00
History
In the first days of Baldwin County, the town of McIntosh Bluff (now in Mobile County, west of Baldwin County) on the Tombigbee River was the county seat. After being transferred to the town of Blakeley in 1810, the county seat was later moved to the city of Daphne in 1868. In 1900, by an act of the legislature of Alabama, the county seat was authorized for relocation to the city of Bay Minette; however, the city of Daphne resisted relocation. The citizens of Bay Minette moved the county records from Daphne in the middle of the night on October 11–12, 1901 and delivered them to the city of Bay Minette, where the Baldwin County seat remains to this day. Bay Minette was not incorporated as a city until 1907. A mural for the new post office built in 1937 was commissioned by the WPA and painted by Hilton Leech to commemorate this event.
In September 2011, the town attempted to enact a program called "Operation Restore Our Community". It would have allowed those convicted of a misdemeanor to substitute imprisonment with mandatory church attendance for one year. However, this program was challenged due to violating separation of church and state, and the program's start was delayed for judicial review. It appears to have been scrapped.
From the History section of Bay Minette, Alabama on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship25
First Baptist Church
Church · National Register of Historic Places · 1.2 mi
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Church · Baptist · 2.0 mi
57 Brownwood Avenue, Bay Minette
Shopping1
Schools, colleges and libraries12
North Baldwin Center For Technology
School · 1.8 mi
505 Dr Martin Luther King Blvd, Bay Minette
Healthcare2
Map of Bay Minette
56 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Climate by month
Monthly table
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 61°F | 41°F | 6.1 in | 0.0 in |
| Feb | 65°F | 44°F | 5.1 in | 0.0 in |
| Mar | 71°F | 50°F | 4.9 in | 0.1 in |
| Apr | 77°F | 57°F | 5.4 in | 0.0 in |
| May | 84°F | 65°F | 5.9 in | 0.0 in |
| Jun | 88°F | 71°F | 7.7 in | 0.0 in |
| Jul | 90°F | 74°F | 8.2 in | 0.0 in |
| Aug | 90°F | 73°F | 7.1 in | 0.0 in |
| Sep | 87°F | 69°F | 7.3 in | 0.0 in |
| Oct | 79°F | 59°F | 3.9 in | 0.0 in |
| Nov | 70°F | 49°F | 4.5 in | 0.0 in |
| Dec | 63°F | 43°F | 5.7 in | 0.1 in |
U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 for Bay Minette (1 mi away), NOAA NCEI.
People and cost of living
American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024, U.S. Census Bureau. Estimates have margins of error, larger for small towns.
Disaster history
Baldwin County has had 26 federal disaster declarations since 2000, most often for hurricanes.
- 2026-10-09: Hurricane Isaias (Hurricane)
- 2024-09-26: Hurricane Helene (Hurricane)
- 2020-09-20: Hurricane Sally (Hurricane)
- 2020-09-14: Hurricane Sally (Hurricane)
- 2020-03-29: Covid-19 Pandemic (Biological)
- 2020-03-13: Covid-19 (Biological)
OpenFEMA disaster declarations summaries.
Getting there and nearby towns
Mobile International Airport (BFM) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 24 miles away.
- Spanish Fort 12 mi south, about 20 min by car
- Daphne 19 mi south, about 30 min by car
- Saraland 19 mi west, about 30 min by car
- Prichard 22 mi west, about 35 min by car
- Mobile 24 mi southwest, about 39 min by car
- Fairhope 26 mi south, about 42 min by car
- Atmore 26 mi northeast, about 41 min by car
- Tillmans Corner 33 mi southwest, about 53 min by car
- Foley 35 mi south, about 56 min by car
- Gonzalez 37 mi southeast, about 59 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB, the NEMICO news database.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- NCES EDGE (Public domain): public schools
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (Public domain): climate by month
- OpenFEMA (Public domain): disaster declarations
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- U.S. Census Bureau (Public domain): population, income, housing, education, commute
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Bay Minette Concrete Water Tower June 2013 2, Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Old First Baptist Church Bay Minette June 2013 2, Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Clear blue sky (4-12-2026), SpongeLover08, CC0
- ISS025-E-13886 - View of Alabama, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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