Friendship Oak — Attraction in Long Beach

I was a sapling when Columbus sailed into the Caribbean and I was fully grown by Napoleon’s reign. I am now over five centuries old. I have sheltered, Indians, pirates, and college students. I am called Friendship Oak. Those who enter my shadow are supposed to remain friends through all their lifetime no matter where fate may take them in after years. There is not an alumna of Gulf Park College who does not possess, tucked away somewhere among her keepsakes and treasures, a twig, at leaf or an acorn that came out of my heart. The stairs and platform allow me to invite visitors into my branches without disturbing my leafage....

Friendship Oak is a 500-year-old southern live oak located on the Gulf Park campus of the University of Southern Mississippi in Long Beach, Mississippi. The campus was formerly Gulf Park College for Women from 1921 until 1971. Wikipedia People from all over the world come to view its majestic limbs that ascend into the ground to support its massive trunk. It is a favorite place of locals and tourist alike to pose for a one-of-a-kind photo and has withstood many life altering hurricanes, though left bare of its foliage it still stands. If you are heading to Long Beach Mississippi, I suggest you take the time to...

We get quite a few visitors, being 1 1/2 miles from the Gulf Coast. We always try to take our visitors by this amazing sight. This tree is one hundred yards from the gulf, off of hwy 90 on the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park campus (turn off of hwy 90 at the traffic light and take 1st left to the roundabout- parking just beyond). This amazing tree is over 500 years old and has survived so many hurricanes. I just love how big and strong these "live oak" trees are. There is an informative historical marker by the tree. I do recommend later day or weekends as this is an active...