Alt Text Map of Gulf Islands National Seashore, which includes southern coastlines in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. The land is shown in shades of brown, park areas as green, and the water as blue. Extended Description This description will move from west to east, starting with the sites along the coast and islands south of Mississippi in the Gulf of Mexico, repeating for Alabama, and then for Florida. This description will end with a full transcription of the legend. Mississippi Moving generally north to south and west to east, Interstate 10 and US Route 90 run parallel to the coastline of all three states, with Interstate 10 is slightly north of 90. US Route 49, Interstate 110, and State Route 57 run north-south to connect routes 10 and 90 in Mississippi. Sites named along the shoreline from west to east are Gulfport, Biloxi and nearby Deer Island, Ocean Springs, Moss Point, and Pascagoula. A box outlining a section in Ocean Springs is labeled “See Davis Bayou detail below.” Four of a string of five narrow and mostly long islands south of the Mississippi Sound are outlined as the Gulf Islands National Seashore. A seasonal passenger ferry line from mainland Gulfport connects to Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island, to the west. Fort Massachusetts has swimming, a boat launch, wheelchair access, and a ranger station. A note off this island reads, “A restoration project has reconnected West and East Ship Islands.” Dog Keys Pass separates Ship Island from Horn Island to the east. The next island, West Petit Bois Island, is by far the smallest of the group, and it is separated from Petit Bois Island by the Horn Island Pass. The fifth island in this area is outside the green line across Ship Island Pass. There, Cat Island is half green and half tan. Alabama Mobile Bay cuts deeply into the southern coast of Alabama. Both Interstate 10 and US Route 90 pass Grand Bay and through Mobile as they curve up and over Mobile Bay. Bayou La Bare and Alabama Port near the southwest coast of Alabama are connected by State Route 188. Interstates 65 and 165 and US Routes 45 and 98 reach like spokes of a wheel out from the center of Mobile. Daphne and Fairhope line the east side of Mobile Bay and are connected by US Route 98, which turns east near the base of Mobile Bay and passes through Foley before continuing onto Florida. South of Foley, a long, thin peninsula stretches past Bon Secour Bay and across most of Mobile Bay’s opening. State Route 180 connects Gulf Shores, south of Foley, with Fort Morgan on Mobile Point on the far western tip of the peninsula. A toll ferry connects this with the neighboring Dauphin Island and Fort Gaines there. Florida Perdido Bay separates Alabama from Florida. The Perdido Key Area and Rosamond Johnson Beach, which has swimming, a pavilion, wheelchair access, a ranger station, and backcountry camping are near the bay to the east. Interstate 10 and US Route 90 continue into Pensacola and US Route 87 continues east into Warrington just over the state line in Florida. From here the coastline of Florida separates like overly dry pie crust into Pensacola Bay, which gives way to Escambia Bay and East Bay, which cut north into the state. A box around this area that also encompasses Fort Barrancas, Fort Pickens, Naval Live Oaks Area, and Pensacola Beach, has a note reading “See Pensacola Bay detail below.” The Santa Rosa Sound runs along the southern coast of Florida, separating it from Pensacola Beach, the Santa Rosa Area, which has swimming, a pavilion, wheelchair access, and a ranger station, and Navarre Beach. Sites along the southern coast include Navarre, Mary Esther, Fort Walton Beach, and the Okaloosa Area, which has swimming, picnic areas, and a boat launch. Green lines enclose Perdido Key Area and the strip of land made by Pensacola Beach, Santa Rosa Area, Navarre Beach, and Okaloosa Area. All capital green letters across the bottom of this region read “Gulf Islands National Seashore.” Farther north into the state, Interstate 10 and US Route 90 continue east past Crestview. Legend A scale in the lower left corner of the map measures 10 and 20 kilometers and 10 and 20 miles. The legend reads as follows: Green dashed line for Trail/boardwalk, Red dotted line for Multi-use trail, Dashed dark red line for Florida National Scenic Trail, Green for Gulf Islands National Seashore, Brown for Urban area, and Red box for Fortification. Two columns of symbols represent Wheelchair-access, Ranger station, Boat launch, Swimming area, Picnic area, Pavilion, Campground, and Backcountry camping.