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Close to Cruz Bay. 30 minute hike from Cruz Bay National Park HQ, 10 minute walk from parking. Leave a Comment Directions: 30 min hike on Lind Point trail or 10 min walk from Caneel Bay Resort parking. By car, drive north from Cruz Bay on North Shore Drive. Turn left into Caneel Bay Resort. Use parking lot on left. Walk down steps and left through the Caneel Resort facility.
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So I started my venture at the cruise ship port in St. Thomas. A taxi was needed to get to Red Hook (town). This cost 6 dollars but included a guided speech with a speaker that cut in and out. I was able to almost make out some of the tour. Next it was time to board the ferry. This cost 4 dollars and was somewhat enjoyable. Next another taxi was needed to get to trunk bay. This ride was a 10-dollar ride and once again included the broken speech tour. Finally a 4-dollar entrance fee was required to get into the park. The beach was nice and the sand was warm. The sight had a gift shop that honestly just sold junk and candy bars. There was also a fast food joint that sold tasty hotdogs and French fries. Well good luck and enjoy!!!!
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Park entrance is free. A same-day use fee is collected at Annaberg and Trunk Bay. Children age 16 and under are admitted free; adults, $4; individual annual pass, $10; family annual pass, $15; Golden Age and Golden Access annual cardholders are admitted half price.
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$4 - 365 Days
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$15 - Annual
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Trunk Bay & Annaberg fee stations $4 Adults, 16 and under, no charge. Annual fees: $10 individual, $15 Family.
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$15 - Day
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Boaters using a mooring between the hours of 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. are required to deposit a $15.00 fee into an onshore pay station. Pay stations are located at Caneel Bay Watersports Shop, Hawksnest Beach, Cinnamon Bay Beach, Lillie Maho Beach, Leinster Bay, Saltpond Bay, and Great Lameshur Bay. Brochures providing
Virgin Islands National Park Visitor Center is open daily, 8:00am to 4:30pm. The Station is closed Christmas Day. Park areas are open 24 hours a day year-round.
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The accolades for Trunk Bay are never-ending. The National Geographic Society has labeled it the world’s most beautiful beach. Conde Nast Traveler and several other publications have consistently voted it as one of the best beaches in the world. Unfortunately, a strong north swell made for poor swimming and snorkeling conditions on the day I visited, but, even had conditions been perfect, I’d be hard pressed to put it in my top handful of favorite beaches. But it’s not a bad place to dip your toes in the water.
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Great sunsets. Parking and restrooms available. Nearby Eco-tent camping and cottages. Leave a Comment Directions: Drive north from Cruz Bay on North Shore drive past Caneel, Hawksnest, Gibney, Easter Rock, Peace Hill, Trunk & Cinnamon Bays. Parking on right.
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Hiking snorkeling and ruins at these bays. Rocky beach. Great snorkeling and sealife. At Little Lameshur snorkel along left side of bay and rocky outcroppings in middle of bay near mooring. Porta-potti are the only facilites. Leave a Comment Directions: From Cruz Bay head east on Centerline (hwy 10) Cross Bordeaux Mtn Turn right at hwy 107(about 7 mi from Cruz Bay) Go about 5 mi When you leave the shore on left past Salt Pond parking 1 mile to Lameshur Bays
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My St. John Things to Do Tips are all about Beaches. I have arranged them in order of their distance from Cruz Bay. First are the North Shore Beaches. These beaches are for the most part in the National Park. The North Shore Beaches are Saloman, Honeymoon, Hawksnest, Gibney, Denis, Jumbie, Trunk, Cinnamon, Maho and Leinster. Saloman and Honeymoon beaches can be accessed by trail from the NPS facility in Cruz Bay. All of these beaches can be accessed via a rented dingy available in Cruz Bay by either of two dinghy rental opertors. Noah's Dingies You could also rent a kayak at Cinnamon Bay Watersports Rentals Cinnamon Campground and explore the beaches adjacent to Cinnamon in a kayak. With the kayak or dinghy rental you have the possibility of visiting some of the remote beaches and adjacent cays within or close to these North shore bays. Leave a Comment Address: St. John North ShoreDirections: Ferry from Charlotte Amalie or Red Hook on St Thomas to Cruz Bay. Taxi or drive left on North Shore Rd.
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One of the more popular trails on St. John, the Reef Bay Trail begins 4.9 miles east of Cruz Bay on Centerline Road. The trail descends through a shady, moist forest and a dry forest. Along the way, you pass the ruins of four sugar estates and abandoned farming communities. The trail is 2.2 miles one-way and takes approximately two hours to hike. The trail also connects with the quarter-mile Petroglyph Trail ends at a rock pool featuring rock carvings attributed to early Arawak Indians.
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Reef bay is a two mile stretch of sand that is visited by few. I access Reef Bay from the Parrot Beach trail from Reef Bay road. Parrot trail is a short trail down the hillside from the road to Parrot Beach. Mark the beach end of Parrot Beach trail with a stick or something to help you find it on your return. Bring a flashlight as the trail takes you through underbrush that gets dark quickly before sunset. Access to the water is limited by the reef and sea urchins. If you take the hike from Parrot Beach to the Reef Bay rum mill, you can access the bottom of Reef Bay trail. From there it is a 1/4 mi. hike up a reasonable grade to the Petroglyphs and the waterfall (during wet weather) Check the tide tables before you attempt this hike. During high tide you cannot negotiate the rock outcroppings which will be underwater. Bring drinking water & insect repellent as you will find mosquitos and no-seeums at the petroglyph pool and near fresh water. As a reward you will have a seemingly endless stretch of sand to yourself. I have met the occasional surfer and hiker on the beach but that is it. No facilities at this beach unless you consider the pit toilet at the rum mill ruins installed at the insistance of Lady Bird Johnson Leave a Comment Directions: South from Cruz Bay on South Shore rd. Continue on Fish Bay rd. Turn left on Reef Bay Road. Park on the right near the cedar shingle sided house. Enter Parrot beach trail at the utility pole. Trail is marked with a NPS sign just downhill from the road.
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 Bordeaux overlook of Coral Bay
and BVI by vanderlust, 4 more photosLeave a Comment Directions: From Cruz Bay head east on Centerline (hwy 10) to Bordeaux Mtn overlook.
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St. John is probably the best of the U.S. Virgin Islands for birding. Among other things, it is perhaps the best place in the Caribbean (and the world) to find Bridled Quail-Dove. The Reef Bay Trail is generally considered to be the best place to find these remarkably tame birds. I saw a half dozen of the birds, always singly or in pairs, on both the Reef Bay Trail and the Cinnamon Bay Trail. The birds were always on shady, rock-strewn hillsides. Other common birds as typical of the Caribbean and include Brown Pelican, Magnificent Frigatebird, Bananaquit, Pearly-eyed Thrasher, and wintering warblers.
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