Public Hawknest Beach

Public Hawknest Beach is a beach in Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Public Hawknest Beach is situated nearby to Gibney’s Hawksnest Beach, as well as near Little Hawknest Beach.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trunk Cay and Ramgoat Cay.

Trunk Cay

Islet

Photo: Fred Hsu, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Trunk Cay is a small grass-covered islet in Trunk Bay in the United States Virgin Islands. It has an elevation of 48 feet and is situated only 200 feet from Trunk Bay Beach.

Ramgoat Cay is an islet in the United States Virgin Islands, located 310 yards northeast of Henley Cay and 1300 feet north of Hawksnest Point on the island of Saint John. It is 30 feet high and located within the Virgin Islands National Park.

Henley Cay

Islet

Photo: Fred Hsu, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Henley Cay, previously known as Women's Cay, is an 11-acre tropical islet in the United States Virgin Islands. The cay is 300 yards in diameter and the largest and southernmost of the Durloe Cays in the Virgin Islands National Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dennis Bay Historic District and Cruz Bay.

Dennis Bay Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Dennis Bay Historic District is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. It is located northeast of Cruz Bay off North Shore Rd, in Virgin Islands National Park.

Cruz Bay

Photo: Fred Hsu, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cruz Bay is the main town on Saint John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The harbor for this town is filled with sailboats from around the world. The small town square is the center of commerce, with many small bars, restaurants and shops.

Reef Bay

Locality

Reef Bay is a neighborhood and bay on the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. Most of this area is part of Virgin Islands National Park. Reef Bay is situated 3 miles southeast of Public Hawknest Beach.

Public Hawknest Beach

Type: Beach
Category: landform
Location: Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

18.34629° or 18° 20′ 47″ north

Longitude

-64.78012° or 64° 46′ 48″ west

Elevation

56 feet (17 metres)

Open location code

77CQ86W9+GX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356559568

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

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Satellite Map

Discover Public Hawknest Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gibney’s Hawksnest Beach and Little Hawknest Beach.

Nearby Places

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