Honeymoon Beach
Photo: Fred Hsu, CC BY-SA 3.0
Honeymoon Beach is a white-sand beach west of Caneel Bay in Virgin Islands National Park, shaded by palms and sea grape trees. There is no parking at the beach: hike the Lind Point Trail, about 1.5 miles of narrow, rocky path from the park visitor center in Cruz Bay, or come by boat. A 2024 park map marks shuttle parking and a shuttle stop for Honeymoon at the Caneel Bay entrance, with no pedestrian access from there. Concessions sell food and drinks and rent chairs, kayaks and snorkel gear, and the Department of Tourism lists bathrooms and showers. Snorkelers follow a narrow reef toward Caneel Bay or the corals off the point toward Salomon Beach. Pets and glass are not allowed, and no lifeguard is listed. Cleanup of an old landfill beside the beach is on hold; the park has said normal beach use poses no imminent health risk.
Services
- No fee
- Lind Point Trail from the Cruz Bay visitor center, about 1.5 miles
- Food and drink concessions; chair, kayak and snorkel gear rentals
- Bathrooms and showers, as listed by the Department of Tourism
- Boat access through a marked channel; dinghy tether for boats 16 feet or shorter
- Snorkeling along the reef toward Caneel Bay and off the point toward Salomon Beach
How we checked
Last verified on October 30, 2026. The business has not reviewed this listing.
Source: National Park Service pages https://www.nps.gov/places/honeymoon-beach.htm (updated October 10, 2024), https://home.nps.gov/viis/planyourvisit/frequently-asked-questions.htm (updated December 5, 2024), https://www.nps.gov/viis/planyourvisit/snorkeling.htm, https://www.nps.gov/viis/learn/management/compendium.htm (updated October 6, 2026), https://www.nps.gov/viis/caneelbay.htm (updated July 14, 2026; landfill cleanup on hold), the Caneel Beach parking and access map https://www.nps.gov/viis/learn/news/upload/CaneelBeachOpeningParkMap_v10.pdf (August 2024; 'Parking for Honeymoon Beach Shuttle', 'No Pedestrian Access to Honeymoon Beach') and the park alerts feed https://www.nps.gov/viis/park-alerts-viis.json (no closures posted); USVI Department of Tourism https://www.visitusvi.com/experience/honeymoon-beach-on-st-john/ (no parking at the beach, narrow and rocky trail, bathrooms and showers, rentals, a beach club shuttle) and https://www.visitusvi.com/experience/top-st-john-beaches/; V.I. Consortium, September 16, 2026, https://viconsortium.com/vi-federal/virgin-islands-cleanup-of-contaminated-caneel-bay-landfill-near-honeymoon-beach-put-on-hold-as-federal-funding-is-reassessed (the park's statement that beach use poses no imminent health risk); all accessed 2026-10-30. The beach club that runs the shuttle has no official site, so its name, schedule and prices are left out.
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