Bordeaux Mountain Trail

Hiking trails St. JohnLast verified October 31, 2026

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The Bordeaux Mountain Trail runs from Bordeaux Mountain, St. John's highest peak, down to Lameshur Bay in Virgin Islands National Park. The Department of Tourism rates it challenging and gives 1.2 miles, from a trailhead about 1,300 feet above sea level through tropical forest to the bay, with the ruins of an 18th-century rum distillery. The park publishes no length, time or trailhead directions, so call its visitor center (340-776-6201, weekdays) before going. Carry plenty of water; cell service is limited or absent. At the bottom, the Lameshur Bay Trail continues west toward Reef Bay; land south of that trail, between Reef Bay and Europa Bay, is closed to protect a rare plant. The bay end depends on the Lameshur Road, which the park planned to close for rebuilding from September 2026 to February 2027; no closure alert was posted as of October 31, 2026.

Services

1.2 miles, rated challenging (Department of Tourism)
Connects with the Lameshur Bay Trail and the Europa Bay spur
No fee

How we checked

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

Source: USVI Department of Tourism, https://www.visitusvi.com/st-john/hikers-guide-to-virgin-islands-national-park/ (Bordeaux Mountain Trail: challenging, 1.2 miles, trailhead about 1,300 feet above sea level on the island's highest peak, tropical forest, ends at a bay with the ruins of an 18th-century rum distillery; read with WebFetch because the site refuses plain curl); National Park Service compendium https://www.nps.gov/viis/learn/management/compendium.htm (updated October 6, 2026; White Cliffs temporary closure south of the Lameshur Bay Trail, west of the Europa Bay Trail and east of the Reef Bay Trail), https://www.nps.gov/viis/planyourvisit/hiking-in-viis.htm (water, limited or no cell service), https://www.nps.gov/viis/planyourvisit/hours.htm (visitor center Monday to Thursday 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday 8:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 340-776-6201), https://www.nps.gov/viis/planyourvisit/conditions.htm and the park alerts feed https://www.nps.gov/viis/park-alerts-viis.json (no closure posted; a standing caution that rain can leave trails slick and overgrown); NPS Public Trails dataset, https://mapservices.nps.gov/arcgis/rest/services/NationalDatasets/NPS_Public_Trails_Geographic/FeatureServer/0 (route of the Bordeaux Mountain Trail, OBJECTID 23938, down to Lameshur; Lameshur Bay Trail, OBJECTID 23915, west toward Reef Bay; Europa Bay Trail, OBJECTID 26458); St. John Source, December 15, 2025, https://stjohnsource.com/2025/12/15/plans-underway-to-repair-the-lameshur-road-in-the-virgin-islands-national-park/ (Lameshur Road closure planned from September 2026 to February 2027; a St. John Source site search on 2026-10-31 found no later report); Friends of Virgin Islands National Park FY26 Terrestrial Programs Report, https://friendsvinp.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/FY_26-Trails-Terrestrial-Report.pdf (Bordeaux Mountain Trail, Lameshur Bay Trail and Europa Bay Spur maintained; Lameshur Bay factory ruins cleared); all accessed 2026-10-31. GNIS feature 1613741 (Summit, 'Bordeaux Mountain'). Map point: the upper end of the Bordeaux Mountain Trail line (OBJECTID 23938, 18.33289, -64.7241) in the NPS Public Trails dataset, accessed 2026-10-31.

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