Cinnamon Bay Nature Loop and Plantation Ruins

Hiking trails St. JohnLast verified October 31, 2026

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The Cinnamon Bay Nature Loop is an easy 0.5-mile walk through the ruins of the Cinnamon Bay sugar plantation in Virgin Islands National Park, across North Shore Road from the entrance to Cinnamon Bay Beach and Campground, about 4.3 miles from the Cruz Bay visitor center. Park in the beach lot. The first 0.09 mile is a 4-foot-wide concrete and wooden boardwalk with very little slope, suitable for wheelchairs and strollers, and park signs along it describe plantation life. The loop then climbs at a moderate slope on packed earth with roots and rocks, through shady bay rum and tyre palm, crosses the gut that once supplied the estate with water, and passes the above-ground tombs of the owner's wife, Anna Margarethe, and her children. The park estimates 30 to 60 minutes and notes good birding. There is no fee, and leashed dogs are allowed.

Services

Easy 0.5-mile loop through the plantation ruins
Accessible boardwalk for the first 0.09 mile
Parking in the Cinnamon Bay beach lot across the road
No fee
Leashed dogs allowed

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/thingstodo/cinnamon-bay-nature-loop-and-accessible-trail.htm (updated April 7, 2021; waysides on plantation life, bay rum and tyre palm, tombs of Anna Margarethe and her children, the gut, 30 to 60 minutes, birding, 4.3 miles from the visitor center, 0.09-mile boardwalk 4 feet wide, the rest moderately sloped packed earth with roots and rocks, pets with restrictions), https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/cinnamon-bay-trails.htm (updated March 30, 2021; easy 0.5-mile nature loop across the road from the campground entrance, parking in the beach lot), 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); Friends of Virgin Islands National Park FY26 Terrestrial Programs Report, https://friendsvinp.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/FY_26-Trails-Terrestrial-Report.pdf (Cinnamon Bay Loop Trail and Cinnamon Bay historic site maintained); all accessed 2026-10-31. Map point: NPS Data API things-to-do record 'Cinnamon Bay Nature Loop And Accessible Trail' (18.35187, -64.75435), https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1/thingstodo?parkCode=viis, accessed 2026-10-31; it lies about 100 meters from the NPS POI 'Cinnamon Bay Plantation Ruins' (OBJECTID 30079).

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