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Gulf Islands National Seashore Visitors enjoy a sunset stroll with a ranger.
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Gulf Islands National Seashore
Accessibility
A gray wooden boardwalk crosses over the white sand dunes to the gulf beach.

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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.

Naval Live Oaks The first loop of the Brackenridge Trail is now an accessible boardwalk.

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.

 

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Murray Dorty, an African-American Union Civil War re-enactor, stands at attention inside Fort Massachusetts.

Did You Know?
The 2nd Regiment of Louisiana Native Guards trained on Ship Island and became the first black unit on April 9, 1863 on the Gulf Frontier. They met Confederate forces in battle during a raid on Pascagoula, MS.

Last Updated: July 28, 2010 at 11:37 MST