2020 Map of Little Point Clear

About this map

Mobile Bay and Bon Secour Bay meet at the tip of the Fort Morgan Peninsula in this recent survey of Baldwin County's coastal waters. The landscape is defined by the narrow finger of land known as Little Point Clear, which creates a sheltered transition between the open bay and the smaller Saxon Bay. This area is a critical maritime junction where the Intracoastal Waterway cuts through the sounds, providing a protected passage for commercial and recreational vessels avoiding the open Gulf. Along the southern edge of the peninsula, the Three Rivers system indicates the complex hydrology of the marshes and tidal flats that characterize this part of the Alabama shoreline. The map illustrates the contemporary state of these fragile coastal landforms and the established navigable channels that support the local maritime economy.