yes, you can walk, however you will find that many of the local taxi's will give you a ride between beaches if they see you walking and you wave them down, price is usually very reasonable.

I remember our first visit to Maho back in the eighty's, my wife was stung by a scorpion, if was only afterwards we discovered they are not the poisonous type.

Thanks!

Good to know that you can 'wave' the taxi's down..wasn't sure if you had to be in a taxi stop only!
I hope to avoid stings of any kind! Fingers crossed! 🙂

If you're up for it you can do what my wife and I do and snorkel around the bends to the next beach 🙂

Absolutely!!!! Didn't know if that was a possibility either (distance??) but we're in
decent shape and that sounds like fun! We want to do quite a bit of hiking/snorkeling
And if we're not in shape, we will be after all the stairs at Maho! 🙂

Thank you!

Just an asside, you might want to purchase a book called St. John Off the Beaten Track by Gerald Singer. It's very helpful and ours even included a very detailed geologic map.

Thanks! Ordered a few books about St. John & that is one of them! I have learned there
are many trails..some of which connect to others..just didn't really recall anyone or book mentioning
traveling between the beaches except the ones from Maho Camps. However, I have read that some
make the journey from Maho area over to Coral Bay..so I suppose anything is possible..but enjoyable?
hmmm...I love to hike/walk/swim..but don't want to bite off more than I can chew, lol!

You can walk to Cinnamon, but it is a little too far and hilly to walk to the beaches beyond that. The Maho shuttle can drop you off at the rest of the beaches between Cinammon and Cruz Bay for about $5 a person -- less for the beaches nearer to Maho, and a little more for those closer to Cruz Bay.

You can walk into Coral Bay by taking the Johnny Horn trail from Waterlemon. We've hiked the trail and ended up at Skinny Legs in Coral Bay for a burger. We then catch the $1 bus and take it to the smoothie stand on Centerline Road. From there, it's all downhill back to Maho Bay beach. At the beach, you pick up the Goat Trail which goes back to the campground. You can go to Salt Pond by taking the bus in the other direction.

You can also hike to Brown Bay from Maho by taking the Brown Bay spur on the Johnny Horn trail.

With all of these options, we've never seen the need to rent a car while staying at Maho.

Thanks Marys!!!

Your input makes me feel a lot better about not having a car...but I am also looking forward to hiking!!!
It's hard to believe you can actually hike over to Coral Bay!!! When I was there last the car ride alone was
up & down many hills. As for the bus..are there many bus stops? Thanks!!!!!!

MAtoJST,

The bus stops whenever someone wants to get on or get off. As far as I know, there are no designated stops. Usually there are two buses running, but during mid-day, that may not be the case. Therefore, you may have to wait quite a while for the bus when that happens. Sometimes, it's been more than an hour before it showed up. It will come eventually, so if you want to do the Johnny Horn/Skinny Legs trip I mentioned above, plan on taking a whole day to do it. As an alternative, you can hitch a ride to the Smoothie Stand instead (or hike back the way you came).

Hamilton Eugene also runs day trips out of Maho to Salt Pond and Haulover/Vie's for about $20 per person. Since you like hiking, you may want to take the Hamilton trip to the Reef Bay trailhead. You hike down Reef Bay Trail and pick up the Lamshur Bay trail near the end of the Reef Bay trail. You can detour to see the petroglyphs and the sugar mill from the Reef Bay trail, or the great house ruins and Europa Bay from the Lamshur trail if you want. Hamilton will pick you up at the beach at Little Lamshur Bay about 4 - 5 hours later. Except for about a 1/2 mile hike uphill in the sun on the Lamshur trail, it's an easy, interesting hike with a nice swim at the end.

Recommend you pick up a copy of the Trail Bandit hiking map from the Maho store. That map has all the hiking trails on St. John. There's more information about this map at www.trailbandit.org.

Thank you for such great, helpful information marys!!! I am so excited about all these hikes!!!!!