Guide to plan trips & vacations to Nantucket Island with events, island maps, beaches, accommodations, dining, arts, activities, and more...
Nantucket Race Week This 9-day experience is a week of regattas, awards ceremonies, and parties. Races provide sport for the young dinghy sailors and families in household One Designs to Grand Prix racers at the top of their profession. Race Week culminates in the Opera House Cup, an all-wooden, single-hulled classic boat regatta.
Nantucket is a town, a county, and an island just 14 miles long and 3-1/2 miles wide. Because we are approximately 30 miles from mainland America, Nantucket Island community has its own hospital, school system, churches, safety systems, and social care organizations.
Nantucket Island has lodging options by the beach and in town that include resorts, inns, hotels, vacation rental homes and cottages.
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Nantucket Walkabout – Beechwood Farm Loop A microcosm of the adjacent 6,700-acre Middle Moors, the Nantucket Islands Land Bank’s Beechwood Farm property in Polpis shares almost all of the elements of the maritime or, coastal heathlands habitat surrounding it.
Many Nantucket inns and Nantucket bed & breakfasts offer in-town locations and appealing amenities. Some are converted whaling-era mansions with modern conveniences and others are brand new. Nantucket innkeepers are often able to help make their guests stay extra special. Browse through this list of Nantucket Inns and Nantucket B&Bs to find one perfect for your island visit.
Spring on Nantucket (April, May, and June), when our island wakes from its winter slumber is a beautiful time to visit the island. There are no crowds at any of the beaches, and though the water is still too cold for all but the most daring swimmers – and the surfers – beach walks are peaceful, and you can find many treasures from the sea. Weather tends to start cool and windy in April ...