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St. John: Virgin Islands National Park moorings

On St. John the national park bays are taken on a mooring: Caneel, Hawksnest, Trunk and Cinnamon on the north shore, Maho and Francis at the end, Leinster and Waterlemon facing the British Virgin Islands, Salt Pond and the two Lameshurs on the south side. A night costs 26 dollars from 5 pm to 7 am, paid through the recreation.gov app at the floating or shore pay stations. Boats up to 60 feet must use a ball, with a limit of 30 nights a year and 7 in a row in any one bay. No anchoring in Hurricane Hole. Coming from the BVI, clear in at Cruz Bay.

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AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Cruz Bay
2.5
Main harbour and town of St. John, on the west coast, where the ferries from Red Hook and Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas come in.
2
AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Caneel Bay
4.4
Bay on the north-west coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, off the former Caneel Bay resort, about 2 km north-east of Cruz Bay.
- Buoys
- Up to 59 ft
3
AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Hawksnest Bay
3.6
Bay on the north shore of St. John between Caneel Bay and Trunk Bay, within Virgin Islands National Park.
- Buoys
- Up to 59 ft
4
AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Trunk Bay
4.2
Bay on the north shore of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, with the park's underwater snorkelling trail around Trunk Cay.
- Buoys
5
AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Cinnamon Bay
4.0
Bay on the north shore of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, with a long sand beach and the park's Cinnamon Bay campground behind it.
- Buoys
- Up to 59 ft
6
AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Maho Bay
4.0
Bay on the north shore of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, next to Francis Bay, with its beach along the North Shore Road.
- Buoys
- Up to 59 ft
7
AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Francis Bay
4.2
Bay on the north shore of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, with 29 moorings and one of the park's two designated anchorages offshore.
- Buoys
- Up to 59 ft
8
AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Waterlemon Bay
4.4
Mooring field in Leinster Bay on the north shore of St. John, within Virgin Islands National Park, off Waterlemon Cay and below the ruins of the Annaberg sugar plantation.
- Buoys
- Up to 59 ft
9
AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Hansen Bay
3.9
Bay on the south side of the East End of St. John, at the outer edge of Coral Bay.
10
AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Salt pond beach
3.4
Bay on the south-east coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, at the start of the Ram Head trail.
- Buoys
- Up to 59 ft
11
AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Great Lameshur
4.7
Bay on the south coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, home of the Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station, VIERS.
- Buoys
- Up to 59 ft
12
AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Little Lameshur Bay
4.1
Bay with a beach on the south coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, just west of Great Lameshur Bay.
- Buoys
- Up to 59 ft
13
AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Lovango Bay
3.8
Mooring field off Lovango Cay, a small private island north-west of St. John, home of the Lovango Resort and Beach Club.
- Buoys