Devil's Bridge, Antigua

Name: Devil's Bridge
Address: Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda

#10 among attractions in Antigua

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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. This particular location is exposed to waves that are pushed by the Trade Winds with no land between here and Europe. Nearby popular local swimming spots such as Long Cove are sheltered by an offshore reef acts as a natural breakwater. In 2008 it was declared National Park. ()

Established: 2008 (16 years ago)Coordinates: 17°6'0"N, 61°40'60"W

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Devil's Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

4 miSW
Museum
Betty's Hope, Antigua
103 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.
1.5 miW
Island
Pelican Island, Freetown
38 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.
3.5 miNW
Island
Guiana Island, Freetown
89 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.
2.3 miSE
Island
Green Island, Freetown
59 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.
2.5 miW
Island
Crump Island, Freetown
63 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.
3.4 miS
Island
York Island, Freetown
86 min walk • 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.
3.8 miNW
Island
Hell's Gate Island, Freetown
98 min walk • Hell's Gate Island is an island in Antigua and Barbuda situated to the northeast of Antigua. It is the location of the natural landmark, Hell's Gate.
5 miSW
Dam
Potworks Dam, Antigua
127 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.