Ship Island

Ship Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this island: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Ship Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Ship Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.64955, -90.47066. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Ship Island

• St. Francis National Forest · park · Lee · ~22 km · Must-see
• Centennial Baptist Church · church · Phillips · ~22 km · Must-see
• Moon Lake · lake · Coahoma · ~31 km · Must-see
• Chief Chisca Lake · lake · DeSoto · ~40 km · Must-see
• Arkabutla Lake · lake · DeSoto · ~48 km · Must-see
• Mud Lake · lake · DeSoto · ~56 km · Must-see
• McNulty Lake · lake · Tunica · ~57 km · Must-see
• Mud Lake · lake · West Tennessee · ~57 km · Must-see
• Delta Blues Museum · museum · Coahoma · ~64 km · Must-see
• Beaty Lake · lake · Tunica · ~65 km · Must-see
• Beaty Lake · lake · St. Francis · ~65 km · Must-see
• Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park · park · Monroe · ~67 km · Must-see
• Louisiana Purchase State Park · sanctuary · Tunica · ~67 km · Must-see
• Magnolia Grove Monastery · Buddhist site · Panola · ~68 km · Must-see
• C.H. Nash Museum · museum · West Tennessee · ~69 km · Must-see
• T.O. Fuller State Park · park · West Tennessee · ~71 km · Must-see
• C J Perry Catfish Ponds Dam · lake · Tunica · ~4 km
• C H Block Catfish Ponds Dam · lake · Tunica · ~10 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Ship Island

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• Dooleys Island · river spot · DeSoto · ~59 km
• President's Island · river spot · West Tennessee · ~74 km
• Robinson Crusoe Island · river spot · West Tennessee · ~85 km
• Redman Point Bar · river spot · Crittenden · ~90 km
• Randolph Towhead · river spot · West Tennessee · ~137 km
• Island Number Thirty-four · river spot · West Tennessee · ~141 km
• Grand Cypress Island · river spot · Arkansas · ~142 km
• Fox Island · river spot · Tunica · ~4 km

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