PETROGLYPH TRAIL The short Petroglyph Trail is a spur that intersects the Reef Bay Trail. Pictures and symbols are carved into rocks beside a freshwater pool. They are believed to be the work of the Taino Indians.

RAM HEAD TRAIL The Ram Head Trail, beginning at the south end of Salt Pond Bay Beach, runs nearly a mile to a windswept promontory 150 feet above the sea on the island’s southern point.

LIND POINT TRAIL This trail runs from the visitor center to the secluded Salomon Beach, about a mile and a half away.

FRANCIS BAY TRAIL The Francis Bay Trail runs about one-third of a mile past a salt pond and a mangrove forest on the way to the beach. It begins at the west end of the Mary Creek paved road, and it’s excellent for spotting the West Indian whistling duck and yellow-billed cuckoo.

CINNAMON BAY SELF-GUIDING TRAIL About a mile long, this trail, which starts along the North Shore Road across from the entrance to Cinnamon Bay Campground, makes a loop past an old sugar mill and a bay-rum production site into the forest. Plants sport identification signs. Stop at the graves of a Danish family who once lived at the Cinnamon Bay Estate.

CINNAMON BAY TRAIL The 1.2-mile trail begins just a few yards east of the Cinnamon Bay ruins. It connects the North Shore Road and Centerline Road. Along the way are places to stop and admirearomatic bay-rum trees, anthuriums and ferns, as well as mangos, genips and guavas. The top of the hill has scenic ocean views.

Historical Sites

The past is alive in the park, where visitors will find historical sites worth visiting.

ANNABERG PLANTATION RUINS Built from 1797 to 1803, the Annaberg Sugar Plantation is St. John’s best-preserved example of colonial industry. Annaberg (which means “Anna’s Hill” in Danish) was one of about 100 sugar and cotton plantations located on St. John. It produced sugar, molasses and rum. Today you’ll see remnants of a windmill, a horse mill, a boiling house, a rum still, a dungeon and slave quarters. Several times a week, the staff offers demonstrations such as basket weaving, charcoal making, baking and cooking on coal pots. Explore the ruins on your own or take a guided tour when available. Off North Shore Road (Route 20) above Leinster Bay. 340-776-6201

CATHERINEBERG SUGAR MILL RUINS The Catherineberg sugar plantation served as headquarters for Amina warriors, Africans captured into slavery, during the 1733 slave rebellion. An 18th-century windmill with a storage vault remains on the grounds. A nearby round mill was at times used to store water. Off Centerline Road (Route 10). 340-776-6201

CINNAMON BAY RUINS These colonial ruins boast a horse mill that was used to extract juice from cut cane stalks and a boiling house where rows of copper kettles condensed syrup to crystal form. Across the road near the beach, archaeologists have dug up evidence of Taino Indians that dates from about A.D. 1000 to A.D. 1490. Experts have identified one site as a caney, an Indian temple or church. At Cinnamon Bay along North Shore Road (Route 20)

ELAINE IONE SPRAUVE LIBRARY In a restored 18th-century plantation house, the tiny museum displays photos documents and relics illustrating St. John’s history. Just outside downtown Cruz Bay. Make the first right after St. Ursula’s Episcopal Church. 340-776-6359