Omaha Beach
One of the five Allied landing beaches of 6 June 1944, a long sweep of sand below green bluffs on the Normandy coast. Today it is a quiet beach again, with memorials along the shore and the American cemetery on the bluff above.
- Where
- Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 49.3689, -0.8686
Get the Omaha Beach stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Omaha Beach. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Normandy volume with your photos and a note.
Near Omaha Beach
Normandy American Cemetery 1.3 km
A Second World War cemetery on the bluff above Omaha Beach, honouring the American troops who died in the Normandy landings and the battle that followed. Rows of white marble headstones mark its 9,389 graves across 69.8 hectares.
Pointe du Hoc 9.3 km
A promontory with a 35-metre cliff overlooking the English Channel on the Normandy coast. Its grassy headland is still pitted with craters and broken concrete from the Second World War, and a granite memorial stands at the tip.
Bayeux Tapestry 16 km
An embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long and 50 centimetres tall, telling the story of the Norman conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Probably made in England in the decades after, it has its own museum in Bayeux.
Juno Beach 30 km
The landing beach of 6 June 1944 assigned to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, stretching from Courseulles to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer. A museum by the dunes at Courseulles tells the Canadian story of the landings.
Mémorial de Caen 40 km
A museum and memorial devoted to the Second World War, the Battle for Caen and, more broadly, the history of the 20th century. Its theme is the fragility of peace, told in a spirit of reconciliation.
Porte d'Aval 85 km
A natural arch in the white chalk cliffs of Étretat, with a tall needle of rock standing in the sea beside it. Claude Monet painted these cliffs on the Normandy coast again and again.
Mont-Saint-Michel 94 km
A rocky tidal island off the coast of Normandy, crowned by a Benedictine abbey. At high tide the sea surrounds it, at low tide the bay empties into sand flats, and a single narrow street climbs between old houses to the abbey church.
Rouen Cathedral 142 km
The seat of the Archbishop of Rouen, built and rebuilt over more than eight centuries in styles from Early Gothic to Flamboyant and Renaissance. Its three towers are each in a different style, and Monet painted its façade more than thirty times in changing light.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Normandy
Questions
Where is Omaha Beach?
Omaha Beach is in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Normandy American Cemetery (1.3 km), Pointe du Hoc (9.3 km), Bayeux Tapestry (16 km).
How do I get the Omaha Beach stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Omaha Beach and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Normandy volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Omaha Beach before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Normandy volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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