Parking at Dauphin Island starts free, with lots from $5.35/day. Compare 5 nearby lots and garages by price, walking distance and how full each one is right now, plus metered street parking. Lot locations, rates and hours are real and geocoded. Tap a pin for driving directions.
5 lots · 540 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
0 metered spaces · No beachfront street parking · Use the public beach lots, the park and the fort; the island is small and lots are limited. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
Rates checked Oct 20, 2026; not confirmed: Dauphin Island Park & Campground, Billy Goat Hole Boat Launch. Posted prices at the lot always win.
Local moves
The Town of Dauphin Island collects beach parking through the ParkMobile app, zone 95202, at East End (behind Fort Gaines), Middle, Bienville and West End beaches.
Daily beach parking is $5.35 from October 1 to March 31 (paid 8 AM to 5 PM) and $10.35 from April 1 to September 30 (paid 8 AM to 7 PM). It covers the town's beaches until 12:01 AM the next day, so you can move between them without paying again.
Illegally parked vehicles can be booted or towed. The West End side streets (Raphael Semmes, St. Stephens, Sam Houston and Sehoy) are permit-only for property owners, and payment is not accepted there.
Annual beach passes cost $150 at Town Hall (prorated to $75 on July 1 and $50 after Labor Day), open Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 4 PM.
Parking at Dauphin Island starts free, with lots from $5.35/day. The cheapest paid lot is Dauphin Island East End Public Beach at $5.35/day Oct-Mar, $10.35/day Apr-Sep.
Yes. Dauphin Island has free parking at Dauphin Island Park & Campground. Free spaces are limited and fill first, so arrive early or have a paid backup in mind.
Dauphin Island has 5 lots within walking distance; the largest is West End Public Beach (200 spaces). The lots nearest the sand fill first, so the ones a block or two back usually have room. Use the live map above to compare walking distance and how full each lot is right now.
On warm, sunny weekend days the closest Dauphin Island lots fill by mid-morning. Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking, and scrub the time slider on the map above for the crowd estimate hour by hour.
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Lot locations, counts, rates and hours are real, geocoded from each address. No live space-count feed is published, so availability is estimated from typical beach crowds and today’s weather. Your location is used only in your browser to sort by distance.
Main parking at Dauphin Island: Dauphin Island East End Public Beach ($5.35/day Oct-Mar, $10.35/day Apr-Sep) and West End Public Beach ($5.35/day Oct-Mar, $10.35/day Apr-Sep), plus street parking at No beachfront street parking. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.