Landmark· Virgin Gorda· Virgin Islands (BVI, USVI and Spanish Virgins)
Copper Mine National Park
18° 26.0′ N · 64° 25.5′ W
Roofless stone engine house and chimney of a 19th-century Cornish copper mine perched on the cliffs of Virgin Gorda's southeast tip, with surf crashing below and tropicbirds nesting in the rocks.
Practical
Copper Mine Point National Park (established 1998, 31.93 acres). Spaniards may have mined copper here in the early 16th century; Cornish miners built the surviving engine house, boiler, chimney, shafts and cistern in the early 19th century, and the mine closed in 1865. Ruins were stabilised from 1998 with help from Cornish experts. White-tailed tropicbirds nest in the cliff crevices near the southeast corner of the engine house. No landing from the sea on this exposed coast: visit by taxi or rental car from Spanish Town. Stay back from the cliff edges and open shafts.
Best for
History and tropicbirds on the cliffs; a land excursion from Spanish Town
Nearby
- OneMart Supermarket (Virgin Gorda)0.8 NM away
- Iris O'Neal Medical Centre0.9 NM away
- Buck's Food Market1 NM away
- Mad Dog Cafe1 NM away
- National Parks Trust Office (The Baths)1 NM away
- Banco Popular (Spanish Town)1.1 NM away
- CocoMaya1.1 NM away
- Eureka Medical Clinic & Medicure Pharmacy (Spanish Town)1.1 NM away