St. John, VI
Annaberg Sugar Plantation
The best preserved sugar mill ruins in the Virgin Islands, on a hillside with a windmill tower and a view to the British islands.
- Nature
- Ages 5+
- ~2h
- Paid
Adventures in US Virgin Islands
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St. Thomas, VI
Brewers Bay Beach
A free local beach by the university with calm shallow water, sea grape shade, food vans behind it and planes landing directly overhead.
- Swimming
- Ages 2+
- ~3h
- Free
Christiansted, VI
Buck Island Reef National Monument
A marked underwater trail through an elkhorn coral barrier reef, on an uninhabited island reached only by licensed boat.
- Snorkeling
- Ages 6+
- ~6h
- Paid
Christiansted, VI
Cane Bay Beach
Swim a couple of hundred feet from the sand and the reef simply ends at a wall dropping thousands of feet into open blue. Easy entry, big drop-off.
- Snorkeling
- Ages 6+
- ~3h
- Free
Christiansted, VI
Christiansted National Historic Site
A yellow Danish fort on the harbour front, with dungeons, ramparts and cannon, in a walkable eighteenth-century colonial town.
- Nature
- Ages 5+
- ~2h
- Paid
St. John, VI
Cinnamon Bay Beach
The longest beach on St. John, with a small offshore cay within snorkelling range and a Danish sugar plantation ruin trail just behind the sand.
- Swimming
- Ages 2+
- ~4h
- Free
St. Thomas, VI
Coki Beach
The best shore snorkelling on St. Thomas - dense reef fish right off the sand, in shallow, protected, usually calm water.
- Snorkeling
- Ages 4+
- ~3h
- Free
St. Thomas, VI
Coral World Ocean Park
An undersea observatory tower sunk into a living reef so you look out at wild fish, plus turtle and shark pools and sea lion encounters.
- Aquarium
- Ages 2+
- ~4h
- Paid
Frederiksted, VI
Frederiksted Pier
Pier pilings encrusted with orange and purple sponge hold seahorses, frogfish and octopus in shallow, sheltered, unusually clear water.
- Snorkeling
- Ages 7+
- ~3h
- Free
St. John, VI
Hawksnest Bay
The closest good reef to Cruz Bay: elkhorn coral heads sit a short swim from the sand, with parking directly beside the beach.
- Snorkeling
- Ages 4+
- ~3h
- Free
St. John, VI
Honeymoon Beach
A calm crescent reached by a half-hour walk from Cruz Bay, with kayak and paddleboard rental, snorkelling gear and a beach bar on the sand.
- Swimming
- Ages 2+
- ~4h
- Free
St. Thomas, VI
Lindquist Beach (Smith Bay Park)
A quiet territorial park beach with soft sand, calm shallow water and a view across to St. John. The small entry fee keeps the crowds away.
- Swimming
- Ages 2+
- ~3h
- Paid
St. Thomas, VI
Magens Bay
A mile-long horseshoe bay so sheltered that the water barely moves, which makes it the safest and calmest swimming on St. Thomas for small kids.
- Swimming
- Ages 1+
- ~4h
- Paid
St. John, VI
Maho Bay Beach
Green sea turtles graze the seagrass a few yards off the sand, in water so shallow and calm you can watch them standing up.
- Snorkeling
- Ages 3+
- ~3h
- Free
Christiansted, VI
Salt River Bay Bioluminescent Bay
Night kayaking in a glowing bay at the only documented place where a Columbus landing party came ashore on what is now United States soil.
- Kayaking
- Ages 6+
- ~3h
- Paid
St. Thomas, VI
Sapphire Beach
Reef within easy swimming range at both ends, a long shallow sandy middle for small children, and a straight view across to St. John from the sand.
- Snorkeling
- Ages 4+
- ~3h
- Free
St. John, VI
Trunk Bay
An underwater snorkel trail with signs mounted on the seabed, in shallow calm water inside Virgin Islands National Park.
- Snorkeling
- Ages 4+
- ~4h
- Paid