Grand Bay Historic District

Grand Bay is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Mobile metropolitan area. The population was 3,460 at the 2020 census.

Fernland is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. Fernland lies along U.S. Route 90 midway between the towns of Grand Bay to the west and St. Elmo to the east. The community originally formed around a sawmill with its own post office and rail service. During the days of segregation, elementary students attended Grand Bay Elementary School for Colored, which was located in the community. Current high school students attend Alma Bryant High School.

Alma Bryant High School is a public high school located in Irvington, Alabama, United States, off State Highway 188 between Grand Bay and Bayou La Batre. It serves Bayou La Batre, Coden, Dauphin Island, Grand Bay, Irvington, Mon Louis Island, and St. Elmo.

St. Elmo Airport (FAA LID: 2R5) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (2.3 mi, 3.7 km) west of the central business district of St. Elmo, in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

The Bishop Manor Estate is a historic estate near St. Elmo in rural Mobile County, Alabama, United States. Contributing to the National Register of Historic Places listing are a main house, a five bay garage, a guest house, two outbuildings, a swimming pool and a pavilion. Spread over a formally landscaped 7 acres (2.8 ha), the Mediterranean Revival style estate was built in 1925 by Steven Bishop. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 14, 1985.

St. Elmo is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is located approximately seven miles due north of Bayou La Batre and the Mississippi Sound and approximately 10 miles east of Grand Bay.

Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 under the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 to protect one of the largest expanses of undisturbed pine savanna habitats in the Gulf Coastal Plain region. The refuge is located near Grand Bay, Alabama in Mobile County, Alabama and Jackson County, Mississippi, and when complete will encompass over 32,000 acres (130 km2). The refuge is part of the National Wildlife Refuge system. The Refuge Complex Manager also administers the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge and Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. Access to refuge lands (especially interior portions) is limited, but is available mostly on the Mississippi side and by boat.

Irvington is an unincorporated community located along U.S. Route 90, east of St. Elmo and north of Bayou La Batre in southwestern Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It has a post office utilizing the 36544 ZIP code and is home to the Mobile International Speedway and Silver King Golf Course.

Mobile International Speedway is a 1/2-mile paved oval track along U.S. Highway 90 in Irvington, Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It was built by Walter "Skip" Wetjen, and opened in 1965.

Roy E. Ray Airport (FAA LID: 5R7) is a privately owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (4 mi, 6 km) northeast of the central business district of Bayou La Batre, a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

WLVM (98.3 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Chickasaw, Alabama, and broadcasting to the Mobile metropolitan area. The station is owned by the Educational Media Foundation.

The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is one of the most biologically productive estuarine ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico region, supporting several rare or endangered plant and animal species, numerous important marine fishery resources, diverse habitat types and archaeological sites, in the U.S. State of Mississippi. The reserve encompasses coastal bay, expansive saltwater marshes, maritime pine forest, pine savanna and pitcher plant bogs. It supports extensive and productive oyster reefs and seagrass habitats. It also serves as nursery area for many of the Gulf of Mexico's important recreational and commercial marine species, such as shrimp, blue crab, speckled trout, and red fish. As part of the Grand Bay Savannah Conservation Partnership, the Grand Bay Reserve is participating in a prescribed burn management program for the East Mississippi Sound Region. This project is widely supported by local and state government agencies as well as the oil and gas industry with facilities in adjacent fire-dependent woodlands. The Grand Bay Coastal Resources Center Interpretative Area is the headquarters for the Reserve and the Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Completed in 2009, the Center features interpretive exhibits, classrooms, laboratories and a dormitory. Environmental education programs for and special events are offered. Visitor activities include hiking, boating, paddling, photography, fishing and hunting.