” Celebrate Our Waterways” Tours

What is a waterway? Simply enough, a waterway is any navigable body of water. In the southern 6 counties of Mississippi, we are in abundance of beautiful coastal and inland waterways.

Please click links and video links below for information, history, maps and accessibility on our beautiful waters.

Videos

• Beach Outfalls (Allison Anderson, Coastal Research & Extension Center)
• Blue Water Beaches (Allison Anderson, Coastal Research & Extension Center)
• Coast Commerce and Living (Captain Louis Skrmetta, COO Ship Islands Excursion)
• Coastal Boat Building (Edmond Boudreaux, Biloxi Historian)
• Early Waterways as Highways (Edmond Boudreaux, Biloxi Historian)
• Estuarine Education & The Legend of Singing River (Nate Metzler, MGCCC-Jackson County, Estuarine Education Center)
• Estuarine Education (Melissa Jarosinski, MGCCC-Jackson County, Estuarine Education Center)
• Evolution of Waterways ( Charles Sullivan, Historian, MGCCC-Perkinston Campus)
• Greenways & Blueways (Ron Magee, Designer (Retired from NASA)
• Lyman Fish Hatchery (Micheal Lee, Manager)
• Marine Education Center (Sam Clardy, Associate Director)
• Oyster Farming (Anita Arguelles, Education Marketing Specialist)
• Wa’ter You Doing Here? (Edmond Boudreaux, Biloxi Historian)
• Waterways & Blueways (Rhonda Price, MS Gulf Coast National Heritage Area Director)

Harrison County

• Bernard Bayou Blueway
• Cedar Lake Island
• Fort Massachusetts (Ship Island)
• Gulfport Lake
• Schooners (Biloxi)
• Tchoutacabouffa River
• Turkey Creek
• Wolf River Water Trails

Hancock County

• Artesian Springs
• Grassy Point Trail
• Jordan River Blueway

Jackson County

• Graveline Bayou Blueway Kayak & Canoe Trail
• Pascagoula River Blueway (Jackson County)
• Old Fort Bayou Blueway
• Davis Bayou Blueway

George County

• George County Blueway (Pascagoula River)
• Depot Creek Greenway

Pearl River County

• West Boley Creek (West Hobolochitto Creek)
• Bayou Bogue Homa Blueway

Stone

• Flint Creek
• Red Creek Blueway

Other waterways

• Gulf Islands National Seashore
• Mississippi Sound

Things to do

• Betsy Ann Riverboat Cruises
• Biloxi Schooners (No accessible restroom)
• Biloxi Shrimping Trip (Walker and manual wheelchair accessible; call for any additional accessibility needs)
• ECO Tours of South MS
• Free Flowin on the Riverfront
• Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Fully Accessible)
• Gulf Coast Gator Ranch & Swamp Tours (Accessible bathrooms & walkways; can transfer out of wheelchair onto boat)
• Marine Education Center (Fully Accessible)
• Maritime & Industry Seafood Museum (Fully Accessible)
• McCoy’s River & Marsh Tours (Pascagoula Audobon Center fully accessible; can transfer out of wheelchair onto boat)
• Pascagoula River Audubon Center (Fully Accessible)
• Ship Island Excursions (Fully Accessible Island; Ferry boat has no accessible restroom)
• Thad Cochran Marine Aquaculture Center (Accessible restrooms; tours available upon request)

Click here for an interactive map of piers, marinas, and boat ramps.

Follow all safety rules on the water and be ever watchful.

You never know what could lurking or just sunbathing!