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Pre-Columbian Taino petroglyphs carved into the rock face at Reef Bay, St. John.Culture & History · St. John

Reef Bay Trail & Petroglyphs

A strenuous three-mile trail dropping through the forest of Virgin Islands National Park past Danish sugar mill ruins to ancient Taino petroglyphs carved beside a waterfall pool. Budget a half day and sturdy shoes for the 900-foot climb back out - it is St. John's classic history-meets-jungle hike.

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Representative imagery for Annaberg Sugar Plantation Ruins: the Annaberg sugar-plantation windmill on St. John. Not a photograph of this listing.Culture & History

Annaberg Sugar Plantation Ruins

St. John

The best-preserved and most accessible sugar plantation ruins in Virgin Islands National Park, where a stone windmill, sugar factory, and the quarters of enslaved workers overlook Leinster Bay. An easy self-guided stop on a north shore beach day that grounds St. John's scenery in its Danish colonial and Afro-Caribbean history.

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Representative imagery for Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins: the Catherineberg sugar-mill ruins on St. John. Not a photograph of this listing.Culture & History

Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins

St. John

Quiet, well-preserved 18th-century sugar estate ruins just off Centerline Road, centered on one of St. John's most striking stone windmill towers and linked to the island's 1733 slave rebellion. A quick, usually uncrowded stop that pairs easily with a drive to the north shore beaches or Coral Bay.

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