Cities with RV Parks are shown in blue type.
The other listed cities on I-10, in green type
are included for orientation.

I-10 and MISSISSIPPI

   The Mississippi Gulf Coast is an economic center for Mississippi. If you've ever been to the Mississippi beach you certainly realize why this is true. And for this same reason, even most of the RV parks are located along the coast — which is US-90, not I-10. So we are going to bend the rules a little bit. We will cite the RV parks along I-90 but list them under the nearest I-10 exit. If, however, you wish to sign into one of these RV parks, our recommendation is that you take exit 2 and follow MS-607 to its junction with US-90. Then follow US-90 to your destination. So it's not freeway but it is a good highway and makes for a very enjoyable drive. After all, who wants to tear through this beautiful area at 75 miles per hour :-)
   There is a web site, Official Guide, listing most of the casinos and other entertainment centers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It is not 'official' as in from the State of Mississippi but it is an excellent guide. That lets us off the hook for that is not the function of the RV Park Guides.
   We start with Bay St. Louis. Several RV parks are available; you can chose on which is also a Marina, one that has its own casino, or one which is designed to give you quiet, relaxed shelter overnight, the weekend or a week or more. Bay St Louis, with Waveland, is a peninsula with the Gulf of Mexico on the one side and Catfish Bayou on the other.

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   Crossing the US-90 bridge puts you on one of the main beaches. Passing Diamondhead, Pass Christian and Long Beach we come to Gulfport (exits 31-38), the largest city on Mississippi's Gulf Coast (in fact, the second largest — after Jackson — in Mississippi). Like any city of 70,000+ people you can find about anything in Gulfport; but for the same reason, it is very urban. Gulfport has RV parks near I-10 as well as near the beach. You chose.
   North of I-10 exit 34-B we have a contrast to beach life; De Soto National Forest has an excellent campground on the banks of the Big Biloxi River just 8 miles north of the exit. Their fee is also much less than the parks along the beach.
   Biloxi (exit 46-A, population 50,000+) is also a large urban area. And urban development, as with Gulfport, stretches right up to the beach. Biloxi even has its own Interstate highway (I-110).
   Ocean Springs (exit 50) has a little gift from Uncle Sam: Gulf Island National Seashore complete with a RV friendly campground. Bisected by Stark Bayou, this is a quiet, pleasant oasis to relax and recuperate.
   Gautier (exit 61) also has a park of its own: Shepard State Park. Facing Twin Islands in the mouth of the Pascagoula River, this, too, is in contrast to beach life. So, folks, even on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, you have your choices.

contributed by Bob Masters

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American Interstate System Mississippi Directory of RV Parks near I-10 Exits (from West to East)

I-10 and MISSISSIPPI

American Interstate System
Mississippi Directory
of
RV Parks near I-10 Exits
(from West to East)