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St. George Botanical Garden This is a Carambola Estate The "carambola" or
1700's sugar plantation which has been
renovated and surrounded by a collection
of tropical flora, including medicinal
herbs. There are also scant remnants of the
pre-Columbian Arawaks from well over
1,000 years ago.
The Estate Whim Plantation This is a
restored 1700's sugar estate, complete
with fancy furnishings of the era's wealthy
plantation owners. The green grounds,
including a beautifully restored windmill,
are toured with guides. The St. Croix
Landmarks Society is located here, and
many of its special events are held on the
grounds. Novelty items are available at
the museum gift shop.
Sandy Point Wildlife Preserve The
Westend Saltpond is a fantastic bird-
watching spot, especially for flocks of
great pink flamingos. This is one of the
best places in the world to watch the
sunset.
Lawaetz Museum Mid-1700's sugar
plantation has an 1838 house that is now a
museum showing early 1900's St. Croix
farm life.
Sprat Hall Plantation French Great House
from the 1600's has a huge antiques
collection, guest cottages, and equestrian
tours.
Caldonia Valley Tropical sub-rain forest
has teak, kapok, and mahogany trees in St.
Croix's most lush forest.
"star fruit" grows throughout this estate.
St. Croix Heritage Trail Circumnavigate
via rental car to St. Croix's historic sites,
ruins, attractions, beautiful natural areas,
and vistas
along 72 miles (117 km) of roadway.
Sites range from the Easternmost extreme
at Point Udall, to the remotest spot, Hams
Bay on the Northwest
corner of St. Croix. Also visit the island’s
most populous towns of Christiansted,
with its National Historic Park, and
Frederiksted, with its beaches and shops.
On the north end this trail takes you to the
only place in U.S. Territory where
Columbus made landfall, at Salt River
Bay, in 1493. Historic Sites are marked
by Heritage Trail signs all around the
island. The trail includes coastline, farm
country, tropical forests, and more. Check
out the St. Croix Landmarks Society's
website at www.stcroixheritagetrail.com
for more information.
Of course you can’t have a Franko Map of
St. Croix and not have an inset map of
Christiansted and another for Fredriksted.
These are the major cities of St. Croix and
are the places where most visitors go.
Franko’s Map of the U.S. Virgin Islands
details and describes these towns.
Chistiansted is described on the map in a
caption as follows:
Christiansted One of the Caribbean's
most beautifully situated towns has
pastel buildings and arcade-style shops.
The town was founded by the Danes in