West St Croix - Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge

This wildlife refuge covers 400ac/162ha of land at the extreme end of St Croix and features 3mi/5km of vacant beaches. In the 1980s the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service purchased the beaches and peninsula at Sandy Point in order to preserve the nesting grounds of the mammoth leatherback sea turtle, as well as green and hawksbill turtles.

Night tours are offered to watch the turtles come ashore, and by day several bird species can be seen, including terns and the endangered brown pelican.