Fort Point
Fort Point is a cape in Jackson, Mississippi. Fort Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Gulf Hills, as well as near St. Martin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum and Scarlet Pearl Casino.
Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum
Museum
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The Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum was established in 1986 to preserve and interpret the maritime history and heritage of Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum is situated 2 miles south of Fort Point.
Scarlet Pearl Casino
Casino
Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort is a casino and hotel in D'Iberville, Mississippi. The resort has 300 hotel rooms, 68,000 square feet of gaming space, including a newly built high limit area and amenities including a 36-hole miniature golf course, a buffet, and three other restaurants. Scarlet Pearl Casino is situated 2 miles west of Fort Point.
Pleasant Reed House
Museum
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The Pleasant Reed House was a sidehall shotgun house in Biloxi, Mississippi on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built by Pleasant Reed, a former slave on a Mississippi farm who moved with his family to coastal Biloxi after the American Civil War. Pleasant Reed House is situated 2½ miles southwest of Fort Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ocean Springs and D’Iberville.
Ocean Springs
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Ocean Springs is a small city of about 18,000 people in Jackson County, on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Ocean Springs is the home of nationally recognized painters and potters which has promoted the cities aura of an artistic community.
D’Iberville
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D'Iberville is a city in Harrison County in the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi. It is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area.
Biloxi
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Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. It's well known for its beaches and nine casinos. It is also home to the "Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum", which serves as a museum of the Confederacy.
Fort Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: Jackson, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Fort Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fort Point”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gulf Hills and St. Martin.
Notable Places Nearby
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