Normandy 1944
Omaha Beach — central sector
Beach
GuideNormandy 1944
AreaOmaha Beach & Pointe du Hoc
TypeBeach
Time to allow40 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS49.36970, -0.87100
The story
A second Omaha stop keeps the beach from collapsing into one viewpoint: compare exits, bluffs and fields of fire across the frontage.
What to look for
Walk inland from the water and identify the draws — routes off the beach, not shoreline distance.
Nearby sites
- Normandy American Cemetery · 2 km
- Omaha Beach — Dog Green / Vierville · 3 km
- Pointe du Hoc · 9 km
- German Military Cemetery, La Cambe · 12 km
- Longues-sur-Mer German Battery · 13 km
- Bayeux — Museum of the Battle of Normandy · 16 km
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Easy Company: Normandy
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Normandy campaign of June–July 1944, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne, from the night drop and Brécourt Manor to Utah Beach and Carentan, with Omaha, Pointe du Hoc, the British and Canadian beaches and the best museums along the way.
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