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Estate Little Princess

Parks and historic sitesSt. CroixLast verified October 31, 2026

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Rooftops of Christiansted and its harbor seen from Recovery Hill, with the reef and open sea beyond

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Christiansted, St. Croix
Arched sidewalk galleries along a street of colorful historic buildings in Christiansted

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Christiansted, St. Croix
The red walls of Fort Frederik on the Frederiksted waterfront, with green hills rising behind the town

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Frederiksted, St. Croix

Estate Little Princess is a 25-acre nature preserve near Christiansted that The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has protected for more than 30 years and lists as open to the public. It began more than 250 years ago as a Danish sugar and rum plantation. Enslaved Africans built and worked it until slavery ended on St. Croix after the revolt of July 3, 1848, and its Great House and Hospital Building, made of coral stone and limestone, are examples of Afro-Danish architecture. Walking trails wind through the ruins, native plantings and wildflowers, and a path leads down to a beach. The 2017 hurricanes badly damaged the buildings, and TNC says it is restoring them. The preserve houses TNC's Coral Innovation Hub, which grows coral for planting around St. Croix, and TNC holds community events at the Great House. There is parking on site. Neither TNC nor GoToStCroix publishes hours or fees.

Services

  • Walking trails through plantation ruins to a beach
  • Coral Innovation Hub
  • On-site parking

How we checked

Last verified on October 31, 2026. We checked it against the sources below.

Source: The Nature Conservancy, https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/us-virgin-islands-estate-little-princess/ (25 acres, protected more than 30 years, plantation history, July 3, 1848, Afro-Danish Great House and Hospital Building of stony corals and limestone, trails to a beach, re-vegetation, 2017 hurricane damage and restoration, Coral Innovation Hub, community events, 'open to the public', activities); GoToStCroix, https://www.gotostcroix.com/discover/points-interest/estate-little-princess/ (copyright 2026; Christiansted location, phone, on-site parking, coral grown and planted around St. Croix); both accessed 2026-10-31. Map point: the coordinate TNC publishes for the preserve, 17.757581, -64.725739, rounded.

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