Catherineberg Ruins

Parks and historic sites St. JohnLast verified October 31, 2026

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The Catherineberg ruins are the remains of a sugar plantation and factory in Virgin Islands National Park, on Centerline Road overlooking Cinnamon Bay. The park describes the site as less developed than Annaberg, but much of the windmill and the boiling house still stand. The Department of Tourism dates the factory buildings and windmill tower to the 18th century, says the estate worked through much of the 19th, and notes that the ruins take a short hike or a rocky drive to reach. Local historians describe the sugar mill as a staging point for the 1733 revolt of enslaved Africans, and in 2025 Ken Wild, a park archaeologist for 43 years, presented new findings from the site, including a graveyard. No restrooms or parking are listed for the site. Entry is free. The park asks visitors not to climb on historic structures, and drones need its written permission.

Services

Windmill and boiling house ruins
No restrooms listed
No fee

How we checked

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

Source: National Park Service pages https://www.nps.gov/viis/planyourvisit/placestogo.htm (updated June 6, 2022; Catherineberg sugar plantation and factory on Centerline Road overlooking Cinnamon Bay, part of the park, less developed than Annaberg, much of the windmill and boiling house remain), https://www.nps.gov/viis/planyourvisit/hiking-in-viis.htm (do not climb on fragile historic structures), https://www.nps.gov/viis/learn/management/compendium.htm (updated October 6, 2026; drones prohibited unless approved in writing by the superintendent), https://www.nps.gov/viis/planyourvisit/fees.htm (no entrance fee) and the park alerts feed https://www.nps.gov/viis/park-alerts-viis.json (no closure posted); USVI Department of Tourism, https://www.visitusvi.com/st-john/hikers-guide-to-virgin-islands-national-park/ (18th-century factory buildings and windmill tower, operated from the 18th through much of the 19th century) and https://www.visitusvi.com/st-john/explore-virgin-islands-national-park/ (reached by a short hike or a rocky drive), both read with WebFetch; St. John Source, November 30, 2024, https://stjohnsource.com/2024/11/30/fortsberg-tour-marks-40th-anniversary-with-new-historic-insights/ (Fortsberg tour stop at Catherineberg; historian Sele Adeyemi on the sugar mill as a staging point in 1733) and February 10, 2025, https://stjohnsource.com/2025/02/10/st-john-historical-society-opens-office-displays-v-i-treasures-and-presents-talk-on-tuesday/ (Ken Wild, park archaeologist for 43 years, on new findings including a graveyard at the Catherineberg Estate ruins); Friends of Virgin Islands National Park FY26 Terrestrial Programs Report, https://friendsvinp.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/FY_26-Trails-Terrestrial-Report.pdf (Catherineberg ruins cleared; community garden on 1.75 acres in Estate Catherineberg in development, not yet open); all accessed 2026-10-31. No source gives parking details, facilities or hours for the site. Map point: NPS Public POIs dataset, historic ruins 'Catherineberg Sugar Mill' (OBJECTID 23680), https://mapservices.nps.gov/arcgis/rest/services/NationalDatasets/NPS_Public_POIs_Geographic/FeatureServer/0, accessed 2026-10-31.

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