Virgin Islands
National Park
About Virgin Islands
Visited – October 2019 (#16 of 63)
Established (as NP) August 1956
13K acres (< 1% of Yellowstone)
Where is Virgin Islands NP? Island of St John, USVI, a 2 hour 40 minute flight from Miami, plus another hour+ on a bus and ferry from St Thomas.
Recommendations
Don’t miss: This is a National Park to savor. Spend some time relaxing on some of the best beaches in the world. Make sure you do some snorkeling to find giant sea turtles. If you can, find a sunset boat tour.
When to visit: Any time of year, but we went during hurricane season which was not crowded. We got lucky and had perfect weather.
How long to stay: Depending on how much relaxing you want to do, you could stay from 4 days to a week or more.
Definitely check out the Photo Gallery of our best pictures.
Photo Gallery
See pristine beaches, historic sugar plantations, and amazing sunsets. Too bad that Mark left the underwater camera in Miami, but the snorkling was teriffic.
Link to NPS Info
Click to visit the park’s website with maps, history, and lots of great info on things to do and places to see.
Trip Report
Read about our adventure to USVI…..
World class beaches, amazing snorkeling, and a tropical jeep expedition.
USVI Islands Blog Posts
USVI Trip Report
A big Thank You to the NPS for creating Virgin Islands National Park. In all our adventures, this was literally a vacation from our vacation. Any survey of top beaches in the world will likely include at least one from this park/island, although there’s plenty to do...