Waterville U.S.A. is an amusement and water park that features a wave pool, lazy river, pirate ship children's area and water slides. Located about four miles from Gulf Shores in Orange Beach, the wharf is a resort and marina where you can find the tallest Ferris wheel in the southeastern United States.
About 7,000 species of animals live in the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. You can even see Alabama beach mice and sea turtles. The Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo features animals such as macaws, tigers, lemurs and kangaroos.
The Kiva Dunes Golf Club was built by former U.S. champion golfer Jerry Pate and his partner, developer Jim Edgemon. It is considered one of the best golf courses in the world. The Craft Farms Resort features 36 holes of golf at the Cypress Bend and Cotton Creek golf courses.
Gulf State Park has a natural beach with sand dunes that is known as a good place to go surf fishing and a 900-acre freshwater lake that is popular with the boating and water skiing crowd. Florida Point is a larger beach, spanning more than 6,000 feet, with sand dunes and boardwalks.
Located almost 24 miles from Gulf Shores on Dauphin Island, Fort Gaines was built in 1821 and used as a fort during both world wars. Fort Morgan is a brick fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, which is also about 24 miles from Gulf Shores. It was built from 1819 to 1834 and used during the Civil War, Spanish-American War and both world wars.
