OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. - Gulf Islands National Seashore has completed storm damage assessments and all facilities (dock, pier, boardwalk, restrooms, pavilions, snack bar, and Fort Massachusetts) on Ship Island remain closed due to extensive damage. The island will reopen March 1, 2021 for private boats to anchor offshore, skiff ashore, or beach small boats, and enjoy the beaches.
The Davis Bayou Nature’s Way boardwalk trail is closed due to damage from Hurricane Zeta. The William M. Colmer Visitor Center remains closed under the park’s Phase II COVID-19 Adaptive Recovery Plan to assure public health and safety.
Most of the Seashore’s islands were reopened following Hurricane Zeta including Petit Bois, West Petit Bois, and Horn islands, and the NPS portion of Cat Island.
Oct. 26, the National Park Service (NPS) closed all Mississippi areas and islands of Gulf Islands National Seashore in advance of Hurricane Zeta impacting the Gulf Coast.
About Gulf Islands National Seashore: Created in 1971, the national seashore stretches 160 miles along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico in Florida and Mississippi, and includes barrier islands, maritime forests, historic forts, bayous, and marine habitat.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
