(Keywords: Hiking, Skin and Scuba Diving -ST John, US Virgin Islands )
Virgin Islands National Park
Featuring St. John USVI
Located on St John, the Virgin Islands National Park covers more than half of the island. The park preserves the history and natural beauty of the islands. Trails from pristine beaches lead to ruins of past civilizations. The most difficult time you will have is deciding how much time to spend exploring and how much time to relaxing at the beach.
Beyond the beach, the park includes submerged coral gardens and seascapes. White sand, clear blue water and abundant sealife make for fantastic snorkeling.
St John takes a long time to get to, so don't waste precious vacation time - use this GPS map to get to the places you want to see.
This GPS map of pinpoints some of the best places for skin diving in the Caribbean. I've also included points of interest to good eats, like Skinny Legs in Coral Bay; scenic areas, like overlooks and sugar mill ruins.
Click on the binoculars to see a screen shot of Google Earth displaying the view of Trunk Bay.
GoogleEarth_Image.jpg (Approx. 64 KB) opens in a new window.
GPS MAP
- Download the free GPS Map in GPS eXchange (.gpx) file format, which can be read and transferred to your GPS using free GPS software. (The .gpx file will appear in a new window where you can File > Save as... on your computer)
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GPS Map Details
File: st_john2.gpx
Revised: 28 July 2006
Class A1 Data
Waypoints: 31 Trailheads, dive sites, scenic vistas, and other points
of interest.
More Info
For more tourist information about St. Thomas and St. John, visit the National Park Service web pages on Virgin Islands National Park.
More resources for GPS maps and data of the caribbean is located here at TravelByGPS.com/z_links/caribbean.php.
References
Special
thanks Richard Smith (at left) for creating Garmin compatible GPS base maps
of the caribbean. His maps at rwsmaps.griffel.se
helped me navigate the rented dingy around to the beaches you can't drive
to.
Thanks
also go to to Bob Garrison, the Trail
Bandit (at right) for his great paper maps of St John, which were a
great trip planning resource.
