Mississippi Visitor Information Center

Nice, clean and safe rest area. Some here for a move from GA to NV and needed a place to take a few hours nap. Arrived at 3am. Place is well kit and the security guard drive by a few times I was awake. Just be careful when walking through the Truck parking lot, some stalls smelled like pee so you don’t know what ‘puddles’ you were walking through in the night. Otherwise no complaints.

This rest area features southern hospitality at its finest.
In a time where rest areas are going the way of the dinosaur, this location proves that there are still places where state workers are kind and caring.
The first part of my review will highlight the reason most people come to this, or any, rest area. The bathrooms are clean, but very busy. The main building is decorated in a way to highlight the surrounding area that would be of interest to tourists. there was a waving hand display advertising a upcoming festival, a gold display highlighting the local courses, and all sorts of brochures and magazines focusing on tourist attractions.
Sure you could pull up the internet on your phone and look these attractions up, but there’s something satisfying about talking to a local and asking for their input or reading a tourist magazine. An additional benefit of going inside is that they offer you coffee free of charge. Who doesn’t like coffee when they are on a road trip? People who hate America, that’s who. Now for the part of my review that focuses on the rest area employees.
When you’re a dad travelling somewhere with your daughter, finding an acceptable bathroom is a big deal. You can’t take a little girl into a men’s room because men are disgustingly filthy. You also can’t take her into a women’s room because most women assume a dud in their bathroom is one of the aforementioned disgusting dudes so you’re left with a dilemma. I recently had such a dilemma when I was taking my daughter to the beach and we needed a restroom ASAP. I figured a rest area would be the bets place to stop so that’s what I did. When I asked if they had a family restroom we could use, I was surprised to learn that they did not. But I was even more surprised to know that they were willing to escort me to the closed restrooms located off of the main building and stand guard to make sure no one else wandered into the bathroom. You may not think that type of service is a big deal, but I do. I have asked that same question at many different places only to be told no and looked at disapprovingly as if a guy cant take his kid somewhere.
In addition to everything else I mentioned, the exterior of this rest area is beautifully landscaped. If you are driving in to Mississippi and need to stop, I strongly recommend this rest area.

Big, shady, rest area with 24 hr restrooms and security. Area nicely maintained, but restrooms kind of worn. Vending machines

I stopped at the Mississippi Visitor Information Center on the I-​10 in Pearlington, MS on 2÷10÷2014. It was my third time there (1988 and Jan. 2013). It is a wonderful respite when traveling along the I-​10. A friendly staff and plenty of free maps and brochures on Mississippi. Also a beautiful building with clean restrooms. This time they also arranged a nights stay for me in Ocean Springs, MS. It’s also close by to Buccaneer State Park (where I stayed in 1988). Plus, I took photos.

This is a great place to stop in order to break up a long drive. They have 24 hour security, clean restrooms, and a ton of picnic tables and grills if you are inclined for a picnic.
My favorite part about this stop is there is tons of green space. I was traveling with two big dogs, and the had plenty of room to run around and stretch their legs, There was not anything fenced in, but they had a designated dog walking trail.
This is basically a big awesome park that most people would only call a rest stop. It is more then that, it is a welcome repite from the monotany that is Interstate 10.

nice, well cared for.