Ocean Springs & Gautier

The arts and nature corridor east of Biloxi Bay. Ocean Springs (pop. 18,429) is a celebrated arts community with a walkable downtown, galleries, and the Walter Anderson Museum of Art -- voted a top coastal small town by USA Today. Gautier (pop. 19,024) stretches along the Pascagoula River marshes and the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge. Vancleave (pop. 5,592) offers rural acreage north along Highway 57. The region bridges the Harrison-Jackson county line.