Beaches · West End

Sprat Hall Beach

Sprat Hall Beach has picked up the local nickname "Cowboy Beach," and the reason is visible most days: Cruzan Cowgirls, a family-run outfitter based nearby, regularly brings its rescue horses down to this stretch of St. Croix's West End for beach time, including rides that end with horse and rider splashing into the Caribbean. The beach itself runs about a mile long, a little rocky underfoot but calm enough for easy swimming, with the rocky patches actually helping snorkeling conditions along parts of the shore. It sits across the road from the historic Sprat Hall Plantation, whose stables have run horseback tours through the surrounding rainforest and onto this beach for more than three decades. A beachfront restaurant and bar that once anchored Sprat Hall — known at various points as Bernie's and later Sunset Grill — burned down years ago and was never rebuilt; visitors researching the area sometimes still find outdated mentions of it. There are no facilities here now, so a Sprat Hall visit means bringing your own everything, ideally timed for the mile-long sunset walk the beach is also known for.