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    Cinnamon Bay Beach

    4.9 (60 reviews)

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    We love this beach. Love that the shop has organic options! Love the bathrooms and changing stalls. The sand is nice and soft. The water sports and available chair rental is awesome. Food is okay, more junky options like whiz nachos. But at least there is guac! And the guy taking orders is super nice! They have reef safe block and bug spray. The little shop is awesome! Has cute clothing, stuffies and GREAT selection of healthier snacks and drinks. They even have grass fed beef! We love cinnamon bay beach. Good parking there too, though crowded and popular, sometimes you need to sit and wait for a spot to open up, but that seems to be most of the beaches in St John The water is deeper sooner here... making the water much more turquoise and gorgeous. The waves are always "bigger" than a Maho Beach but thats relative, it would be considered the calmest day ever at the jersey shore. Ha. There is always a spot on the beach at Cinnamon because it's deep beach, there can be layers to the family's beach spots like 3 families can fit in a line from water to trees in most areas.

    Danielle V.

    What can say another amazing beach on St. John. The water, the snorkeling you can't beat it. They also have a snack shake with food and drinks. They have very clean bathrooms and overall very clean facilities. They even have a little shop.

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    Catherine B.

    Paradise -- although I should keep it a secret! Beautiful beach and perfect water. First and last beach visited in St. John's. Food and drinks available before entering beach, rentals of kayaks available as you enter the beach, and bathrooms are clean with flushing toilets. Perfect!

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    Xenia M.

    Absolutely breathtaking beach! We came here after we couldn't find parking at Trunk Bay and so glad we did. Cinnamon Bay has free entry and is a lot less populated than Trunk Bay. I do recommend arriving early in the morning because parking fills up quick! The water here is stunning! They also have lots of recreational activities such as kayaking which starts at $20 bucks which isn't bad at all. Beach chair rentals are $10 which is also a good price.

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    Raema M.

    Cinnamon Bay Beach is gorgeous! The water is beautifully and the snorkeling is great.

    This beach was very beautiful, calm, and secluded. This is a great beach if you don't like crowds but still want to enjoy the lovely beaches. We rented a kayak and then frolicked and had the most amazing time. Snacks and beverages are also available. We love it

    Alisa B.

    Such a cute secluded beach that we found in between Trunk Bay and Maho Bay. The sand was incredibly soft and fine. Maybe the beach was named after the cinnamon-like sand? LOL The water is very calm and clear. It was crystal clear while swimming, but overall had a nice turquoise finish. Lots of birds feeding on fish in the water, which can be pretty entertaining. You have a nice view of a couple islands nearby and of the British Virgin Islands too. There are ruins at the entrance of the beach that are pretty nice photo ops. Not sure if there are bathrooms or food in the area, but we did see port-a-potties by the entrance.

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    Sally S.

    I'm giving an extra star because of the frozen painkiller. It was amazing. The beach itself is of course beautiful but this is one of the most crowded beaches on St John and as with all the other popular beaches, parking sucks. I feel like if someone started a business just looping around the north shore beaches dropping and picking people up it would be insanely successful.

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    J H.

    This was my favorite beach at the USVI. It's was beautiful. The water was incredible. It was clear. There was snorkeling with a plethora of coral and sea life. The swimming was perfect. I swam across this bay more than a dozen times during my stay. I even out swam my husband, that never happens. The view is gorgeous. It was a little ruin and an island. We swam around the island. That was a lot of fun. It's not as far out as it looks.

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    Jessy M.

    Beautiful beach and beautiful views. Parking was no issue, we got there around noon. They had a couple port a potty's but no other services so bring your own gear and food and drink. We loved this beach, it was not super crowded, very chill and beautiful views.

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    Carlisle J.

    The facilities were so clean and there were cheap options to rent snorkels and kayaks. We loved the beach itself and there are beautiful, huge black rocks on the right side of the beach. The current was pretty strong, so snorkeling wasn't the best here, but there were trees and shade towards the back of the beach and the view was wonderful. There was a really pretty mural to take pictures in front of, and there are campsites. A few of the locals have said that it can be difficult to catch a taxi back to Cruz Bay, especially the later you plan on leaving. Be sure to arrange a ride back with your driver before you leave for the beach. Food trucks and showers included. My favorite spot on St. John's.

    Peter D.

    This is a gorgeous beach. The snorkeling is not as great as some of the other beaches around St. John, but I'm going to let you in on a little secret: If you head all the way to the left of the beach, you can either hike over those rocks or swim around them and that will put you on Little Cinnamon. It's a slightly smaller beach with slightly better snorkeling that is absolutely open to the public, but it's a lot less crowded (no one was there when we were) because it's a little more difficult to get to. Best of all, we found a weird sand sculpture of a woman's sunburnt backside, replete with seaweed as her hair. I hope it's still there when you go. I'm not going to lie to you, the food at the restaurant leaves something to be desired. You're better off going with something fried and chicken like the chicken fingers (don't worry, they do have honey mustard it's just behind the counter) or the honey-dipped chicken. We got a blackened tuna caesar salad, which felt ambitious for a spare beach stand, and the blackened tuna was solid, but the salad was not even remotely caesar. I refuse to knock a beach for their food though, because really, beach shack food is never that great.

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    Gorgeous beach. Try and hit it up every time I come here. Nothing like it in the world.

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    Review Highlights - Cinnamon Bay Beach

    Gorgeous beach, combined with no entry fee and smaller crowds than Trunk Bay, make this a must-visit stop for the kids.

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    The Honeymoon Beach

    4.0(20 reviews)
    4.0 km

    During our honeymoon we figured it would be fitting to visit honeymoon beach! Since we visited…read moreduring off season it was basically empty, so we nearly had a whole beach to ourselves! Beautiful clear waters and we were visited by a stingray and sea turtle. We did have to take about a mile hike to the beach, but we saw a taxi drop by at some point so I guess there is an option to be driven there. The hike was no bad and fairly flat the entire time, with some rocks. I managed in flip flops. It looked like there were concessions that may be open during a busier time, but were closed when we visited.

    Free entry and parking, but $10 round trip PER PERSON for a shuttle to the beach (which is far from…read morethe entrance). Hike it or pay. This beach was not that great compared to the beautiful secluded beaches that St. John has to offer. Pretty disappointing honestly. It was SO CROWDED on a Sunday. So many people, floaties, and kayaks polluted the water. Lots of debris in the sand and in the water too. A lot of their trees have swarms of bees too! When we came around 2:00 PM, there were strong waves that would constantly slap us in the face with salt water. The water was not peaceful at all. There is also a lot of people in line at the Bikinis On The Beach Bar. It was not worth it and the food is so overpriced. They also have a gift shop where you can rent beach chairs, floaties, and kayaks... but honestly, they just leave them all over the beach anyways. Just use them for free. If you are looking for a beach to party at with a big group with lots of rentals and you don't mind the $10 shuttle fee... This might be the place for you.

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    Hawksnest Beach

    Hawksnest Beach

    4.3(14 reviews)
    2.7 km

    Beautiful beach, great for snorkeling and relaxing…read more - - - - - - - - June, 2025 Visit - - - Short Review, Hawksnest Beach... ... is an absolutely beautiful beach... so much color... ... is so relaxing ... not crowded - - - Additional information: - - - My wonderful wife planned a relaxing trip for us to St. John's, US Virgin Islands (just east of Puerto Rico), in June, 2025; we had a great time... such a beautiful island! We snorkeled two beaches on St. John, and we enjoyed them both. Hawksnest Beach stuns you with its beautiful colors... the beach has light tan sand, helping make the water is a light green-blue color... stunningly beautiful!! - - - Why Hawksnest Beach - - - Most of St. John is a National Park and most of the northern part of the island provides a nearly continuous beach... nearly continuous because peninsulas that extend into the water separate each beach from the other. We looked at the map and read the reviews and picked Hawksnest and Cinnamon Bay beaches because they looked more likely to have slightly smaller crowds, as cruise ships apparently visit other beaches (at least when we visited). When we visited we were not alone and it was also not crowded. Both are within a couple miles of each other, so while they are similar in overall look and feel - similar color of the water and sand, similar plants, etc., they are unique in what you can see underwater when you're snorkeling, and unique in the views from the beach. - - - Taxis to and from - - - To get to and from Hawksnest Beach, you can drive or take a taxi. The taxis on St. John, at least the ones we saw, are all trucks, with the driver in the cab, and the passengers sitting, open air, in the back... on benches with a roof over our heads. The taxis run all day and will stop at multiple beaches to drop off and pick up passengers along the way. - - - Cell / Mobile service - - - Cell phone service is present, but the signal is a bit weak - 1 to 2 bars of signal strength. - - - We really enjoyed the snorkeling and views on Hawksnest beach. - - - The beach - - - Even if you never get in the water, the scene is beautiful... the water color is such a beautiful shade of blue... Enya's song "Caribbean Blue" (from the 1991 album "Shepherd Moons") was playing in our heads, and was surely inspired by waters like these... The sand is light and soft There are some brain coral close to shore, at the water's edge, that you can readily see Colors... beautiful green trees and plants along the beach. - - - The water... snorkeling - - - On any given day, the water quality and aquatic life are things you cannot control. The day we visited water quality and aquatic life were both goo - the water was so clear and we saw many fish, and a ray! - - - Snorkeling - what we saw - - - While snorkeling we were blessed to see: - A sea turtle right away - Then a school of blue fish with yellow fins - so nice floating with them - as we approached the beach, a ray swam by !! - - - Back on the beach - - - We enjoy laying back and relaxing... and taking photos of our feet, pointing toward the sand + surf... and we captured another one here on Hawksnest Beach. What a great afternoon! - - - The surf, the lack of on St. John - - - We have been blessed to visit the Caribbean a couple times and have noticed that there is not much surf, not many waves. On an early trip someone explained that the Caribbean is just at a position in the ocean that the rides are not small; brief internet searches suggest the tide only varies a few inches to a foot or so... such small changes don't lead to many waves. You'll likely see and enjoy hearing waves "lapping at the shore," but you're not likely to do much body surfing... if you have a boogie board, while you could bring it on your flight, you'll likely be better off leaving it at home. - - - Thank you - - - Thank you to all the park team members who maintain Hawksnest Beach, and to the taxi drivers getting us visitors to and from the beach! ----- ----- -----

    This is another of the pretty famous USVI national park beaches. I didn't actually swim here but we…read morecame to scope it out. The parking lot is smaller compared to other beaches, and there wasn't much area available on the side of the road either - that was part of why we decided to not bother with swimming. That said, I walked onto the beach and it is as blue and stunning as the other main beaches, just gorgeous! Pretty spacious too, and I could see not too far out from shore a darker area which would be consistent with the "excellent snorkeling" I read is available at this beach per the internet. Random note, there were also quite a few chickens on this beach lol. I saw online sometimes random wild donkeys also walk by? The internet says don't pet them. I didn't see any lol.

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