Map Of Us Gulf Coast
West along southern alabama mississippi and louisiana.
Map of us gulf coast. Simply take one of the region s major interstates i 55 i 65 or i 85 to i 10 and then i 110 or state highway 49 to us highway 90 which runs along the gulf waters. Florida s atlantic coast is not on the gulf but cropping it off looks awkward. Besides the beautiful arcs of the georgia and south carolina coastline nicely balance the curving texas coast. The economy of the gulf coast area is dominated by industries related to energy petrochemicals fishing aerospace agriculture and tourism.
Gulf coast geographic area in the extreme southern united states along the northern portion of the gulf of mexico stretching in a large flattened u shape for more than 1 200 miles 1 900 km it extends about 100 miles 160 km inland and runs north northwest along western florida. Access to the water is found in beach towns in. Cypremort point louisiana 3. On the south including the dry tortugas requires an image that also takes in some of coastal tamaulipas mexico.
Rio de janeiro map. Keywords of this map. The large cities of the region are from west to east mcallen. The gulf coast known as the third coast of the united states is an area of beautiful white sand beaches bountiful fishing golf and gumbo.
Start a road trip in nature and culture rich lakes charles louisiana and let sights sounds and flavors guide you to four more destinations along the gulf of mexico. Gulf coast from mapcarta the free map. Houston mobile tampa st. That s a part of the world most americans seldom pay much attention to.
And southwest and south along southeastern texas land elevations are nowhere above 500 feet 150 metres in the region precipitation is more than 60. Go back to see more maps of gulf of mexico. Home north america united states map of gulf coast. Consistently ranked as a favorite among beachgoers the coast along the gulf of mexico is known for its white sugar sand beaches and calm emerald green waters.
Grand isle beach grand isle state park grand isle louisiana 3. The beaches of the gulf coast are some of the best in the united states. The coastal states that have a shoreline on the gulf of mexico are texas louisiana mississippi alabama and florida and these are known as the gulf states. The gulf coast of the united states is the coastline along the southern united states where they meet the gulf of mexico.
Map of gulf coast region in united states. Urheber der karte. Harrison county sand beach. The beaches are excellent and oil rich cities like houston make for fun nightlife too.
North shore beach fontainebleau state park mandeville louisiana 3. Gulf coast texas gulf coast stretches for hundreds of miles from the louisiana border to brownsville on the rio grande. Coastal mississippi hugs the gulf of mexico and is approximately an hour s drive from new orleans louisiana to the west and mobile alabama to the east. Petersburg corpus christi brownsville lafayette fort myers panama city gulfport morgan city jackson baton rouge tallahassee gulf of mexico mississippi lousiana texas alabama florida galveston clearwater pensacola more maps.
North america map. The united states portion of the gulf coast makes for an easily framed map once you decide what to do about florida. White sands lake day. Gulf of mexico beaches map.