Historic
L&N
Depot & Visitors Center
1000 Washington Ave.
P.O. Box 187
Ocean Springs MS 39566-187
875-4424
L&N Depot Built in 1907 and listed in the National Register of Historic
Places, The original train depot is now home of the
Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center
Crooked
Feather
Davidson Park
East Hwy 90
Ocean Springs MS
Phone: 228 875-4424
Thirty foot sculpture depicting Ocean Springs
original colony of the American Indian.
 Fort
Maurepas
Front Beach Dr.
Ocean Springs MS 39564
228 875-4424
The Landing Of d'Iberville
Decided upon by King
Louis XIV that the crown should make a more permanent stake
in this vast area, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, was
commissioned to plant a colony somewhere near the mouth of the
Mississippi. He sailed from the port of Brest
France in October 1698, with about 200 colonists aboard.
Six months later he arrived at Biloxi Bay and landed on its East
Side. It was then on April 8, 1699, d’Iberville
selected the site of present-day Ocean Springs to build the
fort for the first settlement by the French for Colonial Louisiana.
The colony founded there what was the first European settlement in
the lower Mississippi Valley and the seat of government over a
territory that ranged from the Ohio River to the Yellowstone. Fort
de Maurepas lasted only three years until it was decided that
Mobile Bay would be a more strategic location for the colony
Gulf
Islands National Seashore
3500 Park Rd
Ocean Springs MS 39564
228 875-9057, Fax: 228 872-2954
E-mail: guis_mississippi@nps.gov,
Web Address: www.nps.gov/guis
Ocean Springs Headquarters features Colmer Visitor Center,
exhibits, boat launching, trails, pier and campground.
Seasonal (Mar-Oct) passenger boat service takes visitors from the
Gulfport Small Craft Harbor to day use beaches on West Ship Island.
Primitive camping on East Ship, Horn, and Petit Bois Islands.
Marshall
Park
Located at Robinson &
Washington Ave.
Ocean Springs MS
Spend the day relaxing under majestic trees which scatter the
grounds
of the park. Site of the original town bandstand stands.
Check the Calendar of Events page for
activities going on in the park.
Mississippi
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
3730 Bienville Blvd. /
Highway 90
Ocean Springs MS
(800) 637-0721
(228) 831-9886
Built in 1996 this beautiful Memorial is a tribute to the men and
women that served in the Vietnam War.
Open year round.
No admission fee
Ocean
Springs Past * Present * Future Mural
Located at Washington Ave
& Bowen Ave.
Ocean Springs MS 39566
Downtown Ocean Springs
The 11 foot high x 80 fool long mural by Christopher Inglis Stebly.
The artist has created an explicatory reflection of Ocean Springs
spanning over three hundred years.
Seamen's
Memorial
Located in the triangle at
Washington Ave. & Front Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, Ms
The Seamen's Memorial is dedicated to all seamen who had lost
their lives at sea, while in the duty for their country, or in the
pursuit of making their livelihood from the bounties of the sea.
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