York Island, Freetown

#5 among attractions in Freetown

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York Island is an island in the Caribbean Sea that belongs to Antigua and Barbuda. It is located east of the main island of Antigua. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 17°3'12"N, 61°40'10"W

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Freetown Antigua and Barbuda

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York Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Devil's Bridge, Betty's Hope, Pelican Island, Guiana Island.

3.4 miN
Bridge
Devil's Bridge, Antigua
86 min walk • Devil's Bridge is a natural rock arch in eastern Antigua. It is located on the Atlantic coast at 17°6′1.7″N 61°40′42.2″W, near Indian Town Point to the east of Willikies. The area around the arch features several natural blowholes which shoot up water and spray powered by waves from the Atlantic Ocean.
4.3 miW
Museum
Betty's Hope, Antigua
110 min walk • Betty's Hope was a sugarcane plantation in Antigua. It was established in 1650, shortly after the island had become an English colony, and flourished as a successful agricultural industrial enterprise during the centuries of slavery.
4.3 miNW
Island
Pelican Island, Freetown
110 min walk • Pelican Island is a small private island located off the northeast coast of Antigua, at the eastern end of Mercers Creek Bay and immediately to the east of Crump Island.
6.3 miNW
Island
Guiana Island, Freetown
160 min walk • Guiana Island is an island off the northeast coast of Antigua, between the Parham Peninsula and Crump Island. It forms the southern coast of the North Sound, and is the fourth largest island of Antigua and Barbuda.
1.2 miN
Island
Green Island, Freetown
31 min walk • Green Island is a small island lying off the eastern coast of Antigua. It is a private island that has been owned by the Mill Reef Club since 1947. It lies close to the mouth of Nonsuch Bay. Colonel Richard Ayres was granted the lease of Green Island in 1673.
5 miNW
Island
Crump Island, Freetown
129 min walk • Crump Island is an island off the northeast coast of Antigua. It is located to the southeast of Guana Island in Belfast Bay, close to the town of Seaton's.
5.3 miW
Dam
Potworks Dam, Antigua
135 min walk • Potworks Dam is a dam that used to impound the largest reservoir on the island of Antigua, in Antigua and Barbuda of the eastern Caribbean. The dam is located in the east of the island, between Pares and Bethesda. Because of recent droughts the reservoir no longer exists, and natural vegetation has grown in the lakebed.

York Island, Freetown

Facts and practical information

York Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Devil's Bridge, Antigua

Betty's Hope, Antigua

Pelican Island, Freetown

Guiana Island, Freetown

Green Island, Freetown

Crump Island, Freetown

Potworks Dam, Antigua