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Visitors may access the Gulf of Mexico by using beach crossovers.
All visitor centers, pavilions, and auditoriums are wheelchair accessible.
FLORIDA DISTRICT. Fort Barrancas Visitor Center has accessible museum exhibits including a small scale replica of Fort Barrancas and the Water Battery. Exhibits and the film of Fort Barrancas are audio described.
New exhibits at the Naval Live Oaks Visitor Center in Gulf Islands National Seashore provide a wide range of accessibility features, including telephone handsets for audio description, a tactile model of an oak tree, a railing system that connects all the exhibits together, and tactile models of natural history objects including acorns, oak leaves, and a large gopher tortoise.
Fort Pickens Fishing pier is accessible. Beach wheelchairs are available at Johnson Beach at the Perdido Key Area in Florida, and Fort Pickens Area. For more information call the Ft. Barrancas Visitor Center at (850) 455-5167. The Perdido Key Discovery Trail and six beach cross-over boardwalks (two to sound; four to Gulf) are wheelchair accessible.
Access is limited to historic Fort Pickens, Fort Barrancas, and the Advanced Redoubt. New accessible museum exhibits are Fort Pickens Museum are in the planning stage with production to occur in 2011.
Mississippi District. On West Ship Island in Mississippi the lower level of Fort Massachusetts accessible. A beach wheelchair at West Ship Island is available during tour boat season from March through October. New accessible exhibits and outdoor waysides are planned for the Davis Bayou Visitor Center for 2010. Boardwalk trails, campsites and fishing pier are accessible. For information please call 228-230-4100.
