St John US Virgin Islands Beaches: Cinnamon Bay. Excerpted from St. John Beach Guide ©2006 Gerald Singer Why Cinnamon? Cinnamon is the place to go on St. John for beach activities and water sports. Besides the regular swimming, sunning, snorkeling and picnicking, Cinnamon offers windsurfing, kayaking, volleyball, and camping. Getting There Cinnamon Bay is 3.9 miles east of Mongoose Junction on Route 20. History of Cinnamon Bay Facilities Cinnamon Bay is operated as a campground and offers facilities designed to support the campers staying there.
Entrances to the Cinnamon Bay Loop Trail and the Cinnamon Bay Trail are located across the road from the main parking lot. At the end of the road to the beach on your left (west), you will find Cinnamon Bay Watersports where you can rent sea and surfing kayaks, beach floats, windsurfers and sailboats. The temporary museum features Taino and plantation day artifacts found at the Cinnamon Bay Archeological Dig. Windsurfing Cinnamon Bay offers the best windsurfing on St. Home. St. John Island Guide: Virgin Islands National Park. National Park Activities Hiking (Northside) Hiking (Southside) Annaberg Plantation In 1956 Lawrence Rockefeller, through the non-profit organization Jackson Hole Inc., donated 5000 acres of land on St. John to the National Park Service. On August 2nd of the same year United States Congress passed legislation to establish the Virgin Islands National Park. In 2001 the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument was established from 12,708 acres of federally owned submerged lands off the island of St.
The Virgin Islands National Park encompasses underwater areas that teem with marine life, gorgeous white sand beaches and acres of lush green forests. St. The Virgin Islands National Park on St. Hassel Island Hassel Island, located within St. Get: National Park Map, Trail Bandit Map, Island Peaks To Coral Reefs. Virgin Islands National Park. Virgin Islands National Park on St. John Hiking, Beaches, Trails, Snorkeling, History. As early as 1832, a well known American artist and author, George Gatlin, called for the creation of national parks in order to preserve the natural beauty of the American wilderness as well as the culture and way of life of the native people.
In 1870 the United States government sent a survey team, led by Nathaniel P. Langford into the remote and almost inaccessible area now known as Yellowstone. The adventurers on that team were overwhelmed by the awesome beauty of the region. Sitting around the campfire one night they discussed the possible future of the territory. What would be the result of opening up this previously hidden land to the excesses of American expansion? One of the team members, Cornelius Hedges, who later became the governor of the Montana Territory, suggested the possibility of having the federal government protect the area by making it a National Park.
Langford loved the idea. Hayden was just the person for the job. On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Virgin Islands National Park.