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Cluster · Charlotte Amalie

Frenchtown waterfront

Evening cluster: a small fishing village west of the harbour with bars and seafood restaurants; a taxi from downtown, and a short walk once there.

Key facts

28″ bags
painful
Time budget
90m
Rescue coverage
97% ≤7′
max p90 7′
Places
1
2 sleep areas in reach
Rules in force · 8Several islands (Turks and Caicos above all, also the Bah…
  • Caribbean ↗Several islands (Turks and Caicos above all, also the Bahamas and Jamaica) jail visitors for a single stray bullet or cartridge in their luggage; empty every bag and pocket before you pack.
  • Caribbean ↗From August to October keep a free last day before your flight home and check the national hurricane centre daily; airports close when a named storm approaches.
  • Caribbean ↗Wearing camouflage clothing is illegal for civilians in several islands, including Barbados, Antigua, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenada, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica; leave it at home, children's clothes included.
  • US Virgin Islands ↗Entry follows US rules: international visitors need a US visa or ESTA as for the mainland. US citizens need no passport from the mainland, but must clear customs when leaving for the mainland.
  • US Virgin Islands ↗The British Virgin Islands are a separate British territory: a ferry trip there is an international crossing and needs a passport.
  • US Virgin Islands ↗Protect the reefs: do not stand on coral, and follow national park rules on St John.
  • Charlotte Amalie ↗Cruise-ship days change everything: check the port schedule for the days you plan to be downtown and go before 09:00 or after 16:00.
  • Charlotte Amalie ↗After dark, take taxis between clusters and back to your bed rather than walking.
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Walking weather, next 5 days

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Plan

How the ground walks, and what is here

Bound and physics

Frenchtown's Thomas Street, the small marina and the waterfront restaurants.

Slope
flat
Stairs
Few
Shade
low
Surface
paved streets
Sleep here or visit
visit

Eat and drink here

Hook, Line & Sinker

A Frenchtown seafood restaurant on the water; book a sunset table on busy weeks, and get a taxi back rather than walking.

Petite Pump Room

A long-running harbour-view restaurant on the Frenchtown side of the waterfront, good for a Caribbean-and-American lunch or dinner while watching the seaplanes and the harbour; confirm current hours, since small local restaurants here shift them after storms.

On the ground

Where to rest, how to leave, where to sleep nearby

Rescue anchors

4 places to rest · checked on a 40 m (130 ft) grid

A rescue anchor is a spot where you can stop and recover if the walk goes wrong: a bench, a café, a toilet. Every letter on the map is one anchor, and each has a card below. We check that any point in the cluster is within about 7 minutes’ walk of one, so you are never far from somewhere to sit down.

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Map © OpenStreetMap contributors. Lettered circles: rescue anchors (green works in any conditions, amber only on hot days). Dashed outline: the cluster. Red dots: spots more than 7 min from any anchor (none if you see no red). North is up; not for navigation.

Frenchtown waterfront restaurant row

Food & drink · Place to sit · Toilet · works in any conditions

Frenchtown marina dock

Place to sit · works in any conditions

Thomas Street shop

Food & drink · works in any conditions

Corner shop or café

Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions

97% of the cluster is within 7 min of an anchor in any conditions (slowest walker, worst cell 9.1 min) · 97% on hot days

Nodes in this cluster

  1. Frenchtown waterfront

    The fishing village's waterfront at sunset: short, easy, and a good place to eat fish; take a taxi both ways after dark.

Edges out

directed
ToHowp50Climb
Main Street & the waterfrontTaxi east along the coast road~10 minflat

Sleep within reach

Red lines here

  • After dark, use a taxi both ways rather than walking the coast road.

Deep dive

Around this cluster

Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.