Landmark· Eleuthera· Bahamas — Eleuthera, Andros & the Out Islands
Preacher's Cave
25° 33.5′ N · 76° 41.8′ W
The large sea-carved cave near Eleuthera's north tip where Captain William Sayle's Eleutheran Adventurers from Bermuda sheltered after wrecking on the Devil's Backbone in the 1640s, holding services at a rock altar still inside — the founding site of the Bahamas' first English settlement.
Practical
Ashore only: about 10 miles by taxi from North Eleuthera Airport; follow Queen's Highway to its end and turn east at the sign (west goes to Spanish Wells' ferry), then a narrow path from the north-shore road. Roof chimneys light the interior; a plaque marks the entrance. It adjoins long Tay Bay Beach. Archaeologists have excavated Lucayan burials here (a tooth dated about 776-992 AD). Easy half-day by water taxi from Spanish Wells to Gene's Bay plus a taxi.
Best for
History stop on a north Eleuthera land tour
Nearby
- Tay Bay snorkel (Preacher's Cave)0.1 NM away
- Tay Bay Beach0.2 NM away
- Devil's Backbone reef and wrecks0.4 NM away
- Current Bay Beach (North Eleuthera)0.5 NM away
- Sapphire Blue Hole (North Eleuthera)0.6 NM away
- Ben Bay Beach (North Eleuthera)1.5 NM away
- Pierre Island Anchorage2 NM away
- Gene's Bay Dock (Spanish Wells ferry landing)2.1 NM away