Ocean Springs
Gulf Coast Xanadu

There is no better way to examine the intersection of art and nature than to put Horn Island and Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on your cruising to-do list.

Follow the gator tracks….but watch your step. In early spring, the alligators swim along the saltwater beach of Horn Island before they cross the sand to sun in their favorite lagoon.

Horn Island is one of United States’ most unusual barrier islands, still untouched and natural. It seems more like Galapagos than part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. Fourteen miles long, flanked by the Mississippi Sound and the Gulf of Mexico, it provides an isolated habitat for possums, rabbits, raccoons, red foxes, egrets, and a variety of migratory birds and plant life. The water is clear and the sand is white. Its fishing is rich with speckled trout, redfish, pompano, flounder, and cobia. ...

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