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Map of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The following is a list of beaches in the United States Virgin Islands by district/island of the United States Virgin Islands, a territory of the United States. Beaches are on the Caribbean Sea to the south or Atlantic Ocean to the north. [1]
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]
The resort, near picturesque beaches, is a vacation destination in the Caribbean. It is located on the northwest side of St. John, US Virgin Islands. The resort is within Virgin Islands National Park, on property once owned by Laurance Rockefeller, and operates under a unique agreement with the US National Park Service. The RUE (retained use ...
St John Subdistricts and Cencus-Designated Places. Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands is the main census-designated place (CDP) on the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. [2] It is the fourth largest town or census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. Virgin Islands (after Charlotte Amalie, Anna's Retreat, and Charlotte Amalie ...
Saint John (50 km 2 (19 sq mi)) is the smallest of the three main US Virgin Islands. [4] It is located about four miles east of Saint Thomas, the location of the territory's capital, Charlotte Amalie. It is also four miles southwest of Tortola, part of the British Virgin Islands. Its largest settlement is Cruz Bay with a population of 2,652. [5]
Gibney Beach in 1998. Gibney Beach, or Oppenheimer Beach, is a beach on Hawksnest Bay on northern Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands.The beach's names originate from Nancy Flagg Gibney and J. Robert Oppenheimer and their families, the owners of the beach in the mid-20th century.
The Virgin Islands National Park is a national park of the United States preserving about 60% of the land area of Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as more than 5,500 acres (2,226 ha; 9 sq mi) of adjacent ocean, and nearly all of Hassel Island, just off the Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas harbor.
Lindquist and Sapphire Beaches are two famous beaches in the subdistrict; others include Pineapple Beach (Renaissance Beach) and Vessup Beach. The 20-minute ferry ride to Cruz Bay on the island of St. John, which is a part of the Virgin Islands National Park, leaves the town of Red Hook. [6]