Well maintained facility, lovely drive to location, great parking, cute little museumread more

Beautiful... who would not be tempted with white sandy beaches and blue water!!!…read more Serene location... Lagoon on one side with open gulf waters on the other of the peninsula. Rangers patrol and can answer questions. Parking is limited. They have not repaired any of the hurricane damages since before things were closed from Covid lockdown. Both good and bad! Less people are able to enjoy the park... but less is often better. Park is open from 5am to past sundown.

I came on a Saturday just to see the museum. I was promptly greeted by a friendly docent. I was…read moretold the history of the building (a historic building, the original school for the area) and told about the exhibits currently on display. Free admission, small gift shop. The second floor is going through some changes so it is closed for now. There are a lot of events held here, and the theater is used regularly. Everything was beautifully restored and well maintained.

Let's get organized and find a director who can execute these events because everything we have…read moreattended has been a disaster. Delta Rising. Shit show organization for the food. Having been a caterer and special events director in Chicago I could have fixed the food delivery problem in 5 minutes. Now I'm sitting in The theater for the Whitney Houston show. The website said 7-9. Doors didn't open until 7. Now 7:42 still sitting here with no concert. Damn. Get it together or stop putting out productions because you don't know what you are doing!

The park itself feels kind of small, but the big attraction is that it is right across the street…read morefrom the Beach (Gulf of Mexico). There are pretty decent public restrooms available. There is a good-sized parking lot but on a busy beach day it can get full. The children's play area is new and in good repair. Close proximity to downtown Ocean Springs, so if you stay in the downtown area somewhere it is a only a short walk to the park and the beach. Highly recommended. This is a great place to spend some time and enjoy the beach.

This large park is along the beach and has access to the sand and the volleyball courts there. The…read moretwo-story structure includes restrooms (yay!) and there is a decent amount of parking. There is playground equipment, a splash pad (closed for the season), pavilion, and a stage. The historical marker that details Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, and the first attempt to establish a French presence on the Mexican Gulf is interesting as is the adjacent statue of the man. Across the street from the park is a great fishing pier. A decent sunset picture can be acquired from here. [Review 14177 overall, 1499 of 2020, number 68 in Mississippi.]

This marker on Washington Ave points out the history of blues music in Ocean Springs. The marker is…read moreactually blue on the front side and is in excellent condition. It reads, "Ocean Springs Blues. Music has been an integral component of Ocean Springs' legacy as a coastal cradle of the arts and a sponsor of festive celebrations. Notable African-American musicians born in Ocean Springs include Jaimoe (Johnnie Lee Johnson), who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Allman Brothers Band; Henry Donoahue, an accomplished guitarist and bandleader; and pianist Tempy Smith and her multi-talented children, who were renowned in the 1920s on the coast and later in New York City." The backside of the marker goes into much more detail. [Review 14162 overall, 1484 of 2020, number 55 in Mississippi.]

I always like to find places that are off the beaten path to visit, and this marks all of my boxes…read more Facing the Gulf, this home is delightful. The tour guide was very informative about the history and the details. The house is not open any set hours, you have to reach out to schedule a tour. Follow their social media accounts in order to find out when they have an open house event. Or to schedule a tour, email heritage@dmr.ms.gov or call 228-234-7298. I would highly recommend to anyone in the area. Admission is free.

The Biloxi Lighthouse is a small lighthouse that was built in 1848. I am sure that in its time…read morehere, it was a part of the beach but in the over century (closet to two centuries) since it was built, progress put a highway around it and now it is located on the island of a highway. Truly an amazing part of the history of Biloxi, Mississippi and it is amazing think of how Biloxi, Mississippi looked back then. If you are in the area, I would definitely recommend a visit here.

You pay for tickets at the visitor center which we barely made the time. It's only one hour I think…read more9-10 am. Not sure if it's daily. A lady walked us over there. We were told we couldn't go all the way to the top. Supposedly the wooden platform has soft spots so we spent money just to go inside by the door , see how high the water got during Katrina, look at a photo of the damage caused by Katrina, and that's about it. Was it worth it? You be the judge

7 minutes available to show respect to the lives Katrina took in this area? Come here. The…read morereality is this is also a spot to pay respect to all of those who's lives changed from this event. There are still many bare spots in this city where businesses and residences once stood 14 years years ago. My visit to the area was to help put dollars back into this region as well as see friends. Lots to do here. Lots to see. Great place to relax!

Was not sure where to park, so we parked off the street a block back. It was a nice walk to stretch…read moreour legs and enjoy some outside time.

Had been a few years since we last visited the memorial. Noticed several of the trees were gone now…read more, and the display with all the washed up items from katrina was gona as well. Seems to be more missing, but cant recall. So sad , and cant believe its been 20 years. If your traveling through biloxi , i highly recommend stopping by the monument and paying respects the souls loat and said their are still 3 ppl listed as missing even after 20 years.RIP.....

I think most people have no idea how destructive this storm really was. Causing over 1800 deaths…read moreand $125 billion in damage, it was at the time the costliest tropical cyclone on record. The storm was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record to make landfall in the contiguous United States. Battered by wind, rain and storm surge, some beachfront neighborhoods were completely leveled. Preliminary estimates by Mississippi officials calculated that 90% of the structures within half a mile of the coastline were completely destroyed. The pictures of the coastal casinos - block long buildings! - were picked up and basically launched at the coastline, destroying many 18th century homes and ancient trees. The Bay St. Louis-Pass Christian and the Biloxi-Ocean Springs bridge were entirely destroyed. Katrina's surge was the most extensive, as well as the highest, in the documented history of the United States. That is documented here with a post showing the maximum height of the surge. The Memorial stands 12 feet tall, about the height of the water during Hurricane Katrina's storm surge at the Town Green. It lists the names of the 170 victims that perished during the storm. [Review 14185 overall, 1507 of 2020, number 75 in Mississippi.]

This marker stands on Beach Blvd in front of a grassy empty lot that used to hold a historical…read morehome. It reads, "Tullis-Toledano House. One of the most substantial of the early vacation houses on the Gulf Coast, the Tullis-Toledano House was built in 1856 for New Orleans native Christoval Sebastian Toledano (1789-1869) and his wife, Matilda Pradat Toledano. The estate, composed of a Creole-influenced Greek Revival house, detached kitchen, servants' quarters, and carriage house, was purchased by the Tullis family in 1939. Damaged during Hurricane Camille and later restored, the house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005." Online, there is more information. Christoval Sebastian Toledano was a sugar and cotton broker of Spanish descent from New Orleans. The home was a two and one-half story, five-bay structure built of red-clay bricks that were manufactured in a Biloxi brickyard. The upper floors were accessed by a semi-spiraled, wooden staircase. In 1969, the home sustained considerable damage from Hurricane Camille, and was sealed and vacated. In 1975, the Tullis family sold the house and property to the city of Biloxi. The city restored the house and used it for the next 30 years as a museum and community center. After weathering 150 years of storms from the Gulf, Tullis-Toledano Manor was completely destroyed during Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. A barge from Grand Casino Biloxi washed ashore during the hurricane and crushed the house. Nothing was left of Tullis-Toledano Manor except rubble. There are some insane pictures of the barge on http://www.playmiss.com/2006/index.html The house had been added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [Review 14146 overall, 1468 of 2020, number 41 in Mississippi.]

Biloxi has a SECOND lighthouse, about four miles west. Standing on a spit of land that forms a…read moremarina, it makes for some lovely photos. Especially around sunset. The lowest ten feet of it are well tagged. There is some good fishing here, apparently. This used to be attached to the Hilton/Broadwater Tower, an elegant Art Deco resort on the beach. The Broadwater closed in June 2005. Note that the "roads" here are not paved. Prepare for that. I did okay moving slow and dodging around the worst of the chuck holes. [Review 14148 overall, 1470 of 2020, number 43 in Mississippi.]