Excerpted from St. John Off The Beaten Track © 2006 Gerald Singer

Cruz Bay Beach, located right downtown, is a pretty sand beach fringed with coconut palms and seagrapes.

The beach is a nice place to sit and enjoy the scenery and the activity of the harbor. It is not, however, particularly good for swimming or water sports because of heavy commercial and pleasure boat traffic.

Getting There
Get off the ferry and you’re there.

Facilities
Cruz Bay is the main town in St. John. There are dumpsters and garbage cans, public bath rooms, and a dinghy dock for visiting sailors. In town are the government offices, police and fire stations, Post Office, National Park Visitor Center, library, museum, businesses, shops and restaurants.

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