The Settlements of Eleuthera

The villages, or towns in Eleuthera are known as settlements.  There are 18 settlements on Eleuthera in addition to the islands of Spanish Wells and Harbour Island.

  1. Current Island
  2. Current
  3. The Bluff
  4. Preacher's Cave
  5. Dunmore Town (Harbour Island)
  6. Spanish Wells
  7. Lower Bogue
  8. Upper Bogue
  9. Glass Window
  10. Gregory Town
  11. Hatchet Bay Caves
  12. Alice Town
  13. Hatchet Bay
  14. Cupid's Cay
  15. Governor's Harbour
  16. Rainbow Bay

 
  1. North Palmetto Point
  2. South Palmetto Point
  3. Savannah Sound
  4. Tarpum Bay
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  6. Rock Sound
  7. Ocean Hole
  8. Green Castle
  9. Deep Creek
  10. Waterford
  11. Wemyss Bight
  12. John Millars
  13. Bannerman Town

 

 

Current Things to see:

  • Current Cut - watch how the water rips through here - good place for drift dives or snorkeling

  • Current Island

  • Old dock out towards the cut

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 Bluff is made up of narrow, winding streets Old house with beautiful gingerbread trim
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Another old house - great colors! Fish traps Old dock - Current Club?

Bluff

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Crawfish boat at the dock

Conch shells built into the wall
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The dock at Bluff

Lower Bogue

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Upper Bogue

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Aerial shot of glass window bridge Atlantic Ocean on left, Exuma Sound on right Damage done to the bridge from Hurricane Floyd and various other rages
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Queen's Baths - located on Atlantic side just south of the Glass Window Fence going out to Gaulding Cay Rock formations known as the :"Cow and Bull" on the Atlantic side just south of the bridge.
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Gregory Town

Things to see:

  • Surfer's Beach
  • The harbour

 

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 Directional sign in Gregory Town Pathway down to Surfer's Beach

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View from one of the surf shacks Your webmaster at Surfer's Beach surf shack Nick Guilarte of Melbourne, Fl surfs the waves at Surfers' Beach
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View at the base of the harbour View overlooking Gregory Town

Alice Town  a.k.a Hatchet Bay

Things to see:

  • Silos
  • Hatchet Bay Caves - make sure to bring a flash light and solid shoes

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Hatchett Bay Caves

Formations in the caves
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Hatchett Bay Silos  The entrance to the caves The first chamber has lots of grafitti
Rainbow Bay

Rainbow Bay is not a settlement but a subdivision.  There's enough beauty here that I thought it worthy of its own section.

 

 Things to see:

  • Rainbow Bay Beach

  • Hidden Cove Beach

  • Smuggler's Beach

  • Rainbow Cliffs

  • Twin Beach

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Rainbow Bay Beach

 Rainbow Bay Beach
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Rainbow Bay Hidden Beach (Atlantic Side) Shells found at Hidden Beach
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Hidden Beach - good snorkeling Twin Beach (Atlantic side) Twin Beach's twin beach!

James Cistern   a.k.a. JC

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Every Friday and Saturday Billy Stubbs has delicious barbeque for sale by the sea.

The barbeque is right on the sea

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This is the wreck right off the beach on the Atlantic side.  Turn up the hill next to East and Final, go to the right on the dirt road that bears to the right at the top of the hill and follow it all the way to the Ocean.

 

  

Governor's Harbour

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The only stop light on the island is in Governor's Harbour - this is a picture when it was working! Ronnie's - colorful local bar View from the hilltop in Governor's
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Club Med Beach - 5 Star! Club Med a.k.a. French Leave
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More Club Med Airport Beach Ruins from Navy Base
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Old docks from Navy Base Jumble of ropes on beach

Cupid's Cay

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Palmetto Point

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Cemetery on Banks Road Ten Bay caves
Savannah Sound

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Tarpum Bay

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View of Tarpum Bay from the docks Fresh crawfish! Lord MacMillan Hugh's Castle in the center of town.
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Cleaning fish by Traveller's Rest Stop by and catch up on sip-sip Fisherman's catch
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Fresh at the docks! Or would you prefer conch?
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School children out for the day Rinsing off near Venta Club
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Local children at Venta Club beach The end of another peaceful day
Rock Sound

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 The Ocean Hole - an inland aquarium!

 Rosemary, dill and cabbage at one of the farms
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Rock Sound waterfront Golf Course at Cotton Bay Cabana Beach
Green Castle

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Back to Top Old ruins of a home The Packing house
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Club 2000 Jack's Bay Jack's Bay
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Deep Creek

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Waterford

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Wemyss Bight

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John Millers

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Bannerman Town

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Back to Top Wishing Well by Princess Cay Lighthouse at Lighthouse Beach
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See the lighthouse up on the rocks? View from within the lighthouse View of the old oven used by the keeper
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See the profile of the old man? A quite cove Church ruins

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More ruins Grave Yard Millers Beach - great shelling!