Length:
1.6 miles. Time: about 2 hours each way. Difficulty:
2-3. Trailhead: This spur turns off to the east 0.7
miles from the beginning of the Johnny Horn Trail. Seeing even less
traffic than Johnny Horn, this pathway is not maintained.
The trail descends through a hot, dry valley, borders Brown Bay for
a time and then ascends to overlook Hurricane Hole.
It comes out on East End Road 1.2 miles east of the Emmanus Moravian
Church at Coral Bay on the south shore.
Brown Bay contains
the ruins of an estate house dating from 1872. Look
for the concrete plaque with the date. Also present are extensive ruins
of a sugar mill from an earlier period.
These include 2 horsemills, an old well, copper boiling
pot and cisterns for distilling rum. You're almost guaranteed to see
wild donkeys somewhere along this trail.
From East
End to Brown Bay: If your main interest is to see only the
ruins, it's just a 0.8-mile walk to them from the Brown Bay trailhead
at East End. To find the trailhead, drive 1.2 miles
east of Emmaus Moravian Church.
First you'll pass Estate Zootenvaal and then cross
a concrete bridge. Take an immediate left after the bridge and park.
The dirt road soon forks; the trail on the right will take you to Brown
Bay.