Ocean Springs

Ocean Springs has served as a French colonial foothold on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast since 1699, when Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville established Fort Maurepas nearby. The city sits on Biloxi Bay, across the water from Biloxi and close to the Gulf of Mexico; the Davis Bayou section of Gulf Islands National Seashore begins here, with marshes and coastal woodland. Its cultural identity is closely tied to the artist Walter Inglis Anderson, commemorated at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art, and to the long-running Shearwater Pottery studio. Downtown Ocean Springs brings galleries, restaurants and independent shops into a walkable historic core. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of Mississippi’s Gulf Coast connects regionally.

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