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st. croix event calendar

There's always something happening on St. Croix! Below you'll find special events, holiday festivities, sporting events, exhibits, shows, annual offerings, and more.

Listings for venues offering live music, trivia nights, karaoke, dance lessons, and more recurring weekly all across the island please visit our Weekly Entertainment & Classes page.

Day Trip to St. John

Someone finally heard our pleas to run a ferry directly from St. Croix to St. John! Many of us who live on St. Croix love to visit St. John for a quick getaway on what is known here in the US Virgin Islands as the ‘Nature Island’.  It makes for a great day — here’s…

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Day Trip to the East End

The East End of St. Croix features beautiful ocean views in stark contrast to the high-desert like landscape, complete with cactus. A drive along the East End takes you over rolling hills, along side farms and nature preserves, and the north side offers a view of Buck Island. You can also see the V.L Baseline…

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Day Trip to the North Shore

The North Shore of St. Croix is a diverse landscape offering stunning ocean vistas, sandy beaches, mangrove forests, and subtropical rainforest. Diverse sea-life abounds off the North Shore due to the abundance of coral reefs, warm waters and the close proximity of the Puerto Rico Trench, which creates our world famous dive site known as…

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Weekend Getaway to St. Croix

St. Croix is a hidden gem amongst the US Virgin Islands, especially since we are across the Caribbean Sea about 40 miles away from the other islands. With health and safety concerns due to the global pandemic, and travel restrictions in place, now is a great time for our fellow Virgin Islanders to check out…

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Day Trip to Frederiksted

Coming to St. Croix for the day? With multiple daily flights bringing visitors to the Henry E. Rohlson Airport, St. Croix makes for a great day trip and there are plenty of taxis on standby at the airport to bring travelers to Frederiksted.  If you’ve never been to St. Croix, it has a different vibe than…

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Day Trip to Christiansted

Coming to St. Croix for the day? With ferries and the seaplane bringing passengers from St. Thomas directly to Christiansted, St. Croix makes for a great day trip. Both the ferry and seaplane terminals are walking distance from town, so no rental car is needed.  If you’ve never been to St. Croix, it has a different…

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Native Son Ferry to St. Croix

Big news! Island hopping between the US Virgin Islands just got easier.  Native Son Ferry now offers high-speed ferry service between St. Thomas and St. Croix 3 days per week, with plans for scheduled service to St. John, too! Book Online Now! Do you recognize the Native Son company name?  Regarded by many as the pioneer…

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100 Things To Do on St. Croix

100 Things To Do on St. Croix We here at GoToStCroix.com have compiled a list of ‘100 Things To Do on St. Croix’ featuring popular activities, attractions, and must-do experiences unique to St. Croix. St. Croix offers lots of things to do, thanks to our perfect weather and beautiful beaches. Our rum drinks are also…

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The Four Spirits of St. Croix

While there are many different kinds of spirits to be found here on St. Croix, including jumbies, rum is the most well known. The island is home to a diverse range of unique fruits, herbs, and spices – some of which probably flavor your favorite rum. The food that can be grown or foraged for…

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St. Croix’s Island Hopping Options

East End Guide

Looking to do some island hopping? Let us share how you can GoTo (and from) St. Croix! By air or by sea, the options for inter-island travel to and from St. Croix are growing. In addition to options that allow for quick trips to the other U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the British Virgin…

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Alexander Hamilton’s History on St. Croix

Alexander Hamilton's History on St. Croix

With the award-winning musical Hamilton selling out on Broadway, there has been a resurgence in interest about the life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. It is commonly known that Hamilton was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, a major author of the Federalist papers, and the United States’ first Secretary of the Treasury. What many…

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Savoring St. Croix Like a Local

You simply cannot visit St. Croix without tasting the local food. The island is a melting pot of cultures and ingredients, which has given rise to dishes that are truly unique to St. Croix. Crucian cuisine has been influenced by the seven countries whose flags have flown over the island, as well as Africa, Puerto Rico, the…

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Find Your Park on St. Croix

Find Your Park on St. Croix

The United States’ National Park Service (NPS) celebrated the centennial of their creation in 2016 with the ‘Find Your Park’ program. Many Americans think of the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone or Yosemite when they think of national parks, but you can ‘Find Your Park’ right here on St. Croix, USVI! While the island is only 82 square miles…

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Tour Two Historic Forts

Tour Two Historic Forts

Two of the most iconic and imposing historical buildings here on St. Croix are Fort Christiansvaern and Fort Frederik. These forts were constructed between the mid-1700’s and mid-1800’s to protect Christiansted and Frederiksted from smugglers, pirates, European invaders, as well as to enforce the payment of taxes on imports and exports, and to deter slave rebellions. Both of…

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Kayak Among the Mangroves of Salt River

Kayak Among the Mangroves of Salt River

‘What an incredible experience’, ‘That was cool’, ‘We got to see so much’, and ‘Our guide was so funny!’ – these were just a few of the comments heard during my latest adventure, a kayak tour of Salt River National Park and Ecological Preserve. There are currently two kayak companies which launch in Salt River and…

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Get Mud on the Tires with an ATV Tour!

The last time I vacationed in Mexico, the one excursion I wanted to try was ATVing along the beach. I thought it would be so cool to ride past the ocean, wind blowing in my hair and explore all that Mexico had to offer. Well – it never happened and I’ve been itching to get…

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