Playa Crash Boat

Aguadilla


An undulating road winds down to a car park, snack stands, a pier and a swathe of ocher sand. It got its name because the air force used to keep rescue boats here to pick up crews from the Strategic Air Command’s bombers that didn’t make the runway.

It's located north up the coast from Aguadilla, on the looping Rte 458, which branches off Hwy 107.


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