St John Island Route: Coral Bay to Red Hook Eastern Shore
This route covers the eastern shore of St John, US Virgin Islands, connecting Coral Bay's residential area to Red Hook departure point for St Thomas. The route showcases the island's scenic coastline and local neighborhoods along the eastern side.
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- Start
- Queen Mary Highway / Centerline Road, Body Slob South
- End
- Queen Mary Highway / Centerline Road, Body Slob South
- Stops
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Stops on this route
- Queen Mary Highway / Centerline Road, Body Slob South
Useful for your trip
- Transport
- Arrive at the ferry terminal at Cruise Bay, which is the arrival point when getting dropped off on St John.
- Food
- High Tide Bar and Seafood Grill is located next to the ferry terminal at Cruise Bay.
- Tip
- St John is a small island with a small town feel that can keep your attention for a couple of days.
- Tip
- Visit Hawksnest Bay in the Virgin Islands National Park for pristine beaches with translucent blue water.
- Tip
- Peace Hill offers a short hike with mill ruins and great views in all directions of the island.
- Tip
- Oppenheimer Beach is a hidden beach accessible from Peace Hill via an unmarked trail taking 10-15 minutes.
- Tip
- Cinnamon Bay is noted as a good place to spot turtles.
- Tip
- Maho Bay has catamarans and boats anchored in the bay with calm gentle waves and soft white sand.
- Tip
- Salt Pond on the southeast side involves a 10-minute hike down the hill to reach the salt ponds beach.
- Tip
- Little Lamb Cay and Great Lamb Cay have wildlife and nesting sea turtles; accessible via off-road driving.
- Transport
- Red Hook on St Thomas is the departure point to leave St John; you can island hop to St Thomas.
- Tip
- You can see the island of Tortola from St John, and island hopping between US and British Virgin Islands is typical.
Video on this route
St John US Virgin Islands Tour - Travel Video