Theodore Roosevelt Presidential LibraryPublic Lands Directory

Alerts and conditions

Park Closure Visitor Center Closed

The Salt River Bay NHP&EP Visitor Contact station remains closed due to damage caused by Hurricanes Irma/Maria. Reconstruction of the Visitor Contact Station continues.

Overview

Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve uniquely documents the human and natural Caribbean world from the earliest indigenous settlements in the central Caribbean to their clash with seven different colonial European powers to the present day.

From the National Park Service

History

The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.

What to see and do

Activities

  • Paddling
  • Kayaking
  • SCUBA Diving
  • Snorkeling
  • Swimming
  • Saltwater Swimming
  • Museum Exhibits

Browse hiking, biking and paddling routes on AllTrails

Plan your visit

Hours

Salt River Bay Visitor Contact Station: Due to damage suffered from Hurricane Maria, the Salt River Bay NHP&EP Visitor Center is closed. For information about Salt River Bay - its history and natural environment - please visit the Visitor Center at Fort Christiansvaern, Christiansted National Historic Site. For tours, please call the Interpretation Division at 340.773.1460.

Getting there

There are several air carriers to St Croix arriving at the Henry E. Rohlesen Airport. The park is five miles from Christiansted National Historic Site and can be reached by car via Rt. 75 from Christiansted, connecting to Route 80. Cars may be rented at the airport and various other island locations. Ask your lodging hosts for information about guided land tours.

Visitor centers

Weather

Welcome to the tropics!

Phone: (340) 773.1460

Whose lands these are

These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.

Photos

View from the Salt River Bay Visitor Contact Station in the Bay
View from the Salt River Bay Visitor Contact Station · NPS Photo
Kayak on the beach at Salt River
Kayak Salt River · S. Corsaut, Digital Island.
An aerial view of the Salt River Bay area.
Salt River Bay Aerial View · NPS Photo
Photograph of historic masonry well tower in the woods at Salt River.
Well Tower · NPS photo.
park ranger talking with summer campers
Schools and summer camps · NPS
SCUBA diver looking at the coral on the underwater canyon wall at Salt River
Diving the wall · NPS

Pair it with