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Map of Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve on St Croix Island. The park is outlined in green, and surrounding terrain is beige. Coral reefs are shown in pink and seagrass in green among the blue Caribbean Sea.

Extended Description

The park reaches from the coastline out to the sea and then down either side of Salt River Bay. Park boundaries continue around Sugar Bay and Triton Bay, which stretch like roots down to either side of the wider Salt River Bay. Most of the space of Salt River Bay is filled with seagrass, and coral reefs stretch along the northern coastlines, including White Horse Reef and Long Reef to the northeast. Blue shading along the western coastline of Salt River Bay and both sides of Sugar and Triton bays represent mangroves. A navigation light is off the northern coast of the island but still within the park boundaries.

From here, this description will move in a U shape along the edges of the park, which reach down into the island. A Future NPS Visitor Contact Station is close to where Salt River Bay meets the sea. Moving south from here along the coastline of Salt River Bay are the historic site of Igneri/Taino/Carib villages; Taino ball court; 1493 landing; historic site of Grieg’s Fort (1788-1801); current site of Fort Flamand/Fort Salé (1642-1665); and historic site of English/French village (1645-1665). Farther inland to the west in this area are Grieg Hill and Danish customs post (1788). Now along Sugar Bay are two French plantation sites (ca. 1667); historic site of English church (1647)-French monastery (1668); and Kirkegaard Hill. The historic site of the English governor’s house (1647) and the current site of Danish well tower (ca. 1760s) are farther south.

Now traveling up the east side of Triton Bay are five English plantation sites (ca. 1647), a French plantation site (ca. 1667), and a blue dashed line representing the Historic shoreline. The northern tip of land here is Cabo de Las Flechas, and nearby is the Estimated site of Spanish and Carib skirmish (1493) over the reefs.

Route 80, also labeled Sidney Lee Road, borders most of the western edge of the park. A Scenic Road winds near the southeast coast and ends near the Danish well tower. Route 75, also labeled Northside Road, brushes up against the southern tip of the park before continuing east.

Legend

A legend in the upper left corner of the map reads as follows:

Pink for coral reef,

Green patterned with darker green diamonds for Seagrass,

Blue squiggles for Mangrove,

Black outline of a square for Historic site,

Red dot for English plantation (ca. 1647), and

Blue square for French plantation (ca. 1667).

A scale below measures distances of 0.1 and 0.5 kilometers and 0.1 and 0.5 miles.