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The 1 mile (1.6 km) long Lind Point Trail begins in Cruz Bay, behind the Virgin Islands National Park Visitor Center. The trail leads up to Lind Point, overlooking Cruz Bay harbor, before continuing on to Honeymoon Beach. Starting in Cruz Bay, just north of Mongoose Junction, the Caneel Hill Trail leads up a steep incline to the top of Caneel Hill.
The Virgin Islands National Park Visitor Center, the Elaine Sprauve Library, and a United States Post Office are also located in Cruz Bay. Cruz Bay beach is lined with beach bars and shops. There is also a casino. The beach has soft white sand, a designated swimming area, and space for day boaters to anchor.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in the United States Virgin Islands on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve is a unit of the National Park Service on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It preserves upland watersheds, mangrove forests, and estuarine and marine environments that support threatened and endangered species.
The boundaries of the Virgin Islands National Park include 75% of the island, but various in-holdings within the park boundary (e.g., Peter Bay) reduce the park lands to 60% of the island acreage. Much of the island's waters, coral reefs , and shoreline have been protected by being included in the national park.
Coral Bay is a town and a sub-district on the island of St. John in the United States Virgin Islands.It is located on the southeastern side of the island. It was the commercial center of the island in the 19th century as the site of the largest plantation, but from the 1950s onward the population dwindled as the Cruz Bay side of the island with its airport and ferry service to St. Thomas ...
The land is the site of a sugar factory. The property was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1981. [1] The historic district is part of Virgin Islands National Park. The park maintains an exhibit of a well-preserved sugar factory. [2]
Trunk Bay. Trunk Bay is a body of water and a beach on St. John in the United States Virgin Islands.Trunk Bay is part of the Virgin Islands National Park. [1] Trunk Bay is named for the Leatherback turtle, which is endemic to the USVI and are locally known as trunks. [2]