Nantucket Events Calendar

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Shawkemo Hills with Nantucket Walkabout

2:45 PM

Shawkemo Hills offers a hiking experience through a portion of the island dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of North America. From a high spot on this… Read more

Polpis Harbor Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

5:30 PM

With the backdrop of the sun setting over Nantucket Harbor and Coatue, learn from Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace how geological forces formed Nantucket and Polpis Harbors, discover the salt… Read more

Gardner Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran… Read more

Polpis Harbor with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its… Read more

Smith’s Point Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

5:00 PM

Catch an amazing sunset at the westernmost extremity of Nantucket in sight of Tuckernuck Island with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace. Walk back on the beach under the rising moon… Read more

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native… Read more

Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice… Read more

Head of The Plains Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

5:15 PM

Come for a walk at dusk with us out on one of Nantucket’s most extraordinary conservation properties to experience a unique island ecosystem painted with vibrant, waning sunlight, maybe catch… Read more

Smooth Hummocks with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Graded relatively flat by glacial meltwater running out over the coastal plain to the ocean 75 miles away when the landmass that would become Nantucket was nothing more than a… Read more

Lost Farm Sanctuary with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM

Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the… Read more

Smith’s Point with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Smith’s Point is a treat whenever you can get out there. Jutting out into the channel between Madaket Harbor and Tuckernuck Island, Smith’s Point alternates between including Esther’s Island, so… Read more

Head of The Plains with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM

Ocean blue and endless in the distance. A heady, briny aroma. A roar of crashing waves. A vast open coastal plain bathed in fading sunlight with a moon starting to… Read more

Shawkemo Hills Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

5:00 PM

After hiking through kettle and kame terrain in the moors learning about frost bottoms and when to pick beach plums with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace, soak up the best… Read more

Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice… Read more

Linda Loring Nature Foundation with Nantucket Walkabout

12:45 PM - 2:45 PM

This is about a two-hour hike experience from pick up to drop off. Check the hike calendar to see when we are heading out to the Linda Loring Nature Foundation,… Read more

Sankaty Bluff with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Sand, gravel and boulders laid down by the last glacier during the Wisconsinan Glacial Stage was not the first layer of foundation for Nantucket; an ocean bottom created during the… Read more

NCF – Weekly Walk – Head of the Plains

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

A bountiful and bustling walk through the blooming sandplain grasslands in our Head of the Plains property. Experience calm forested paths and wide open views as you learn of the… Read more

Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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… Read more

Smith’s Point Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

4:00 PM

Catch an amazing sunset at the westernmost extremity of Nantucket in sight of Tuckernuck Island with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace. Walk back on the beach under the rising moon… Read more

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Polpis Harbor with Nantucket Walkabout

2:45 PM

Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its… Read more

Shawkemo Hills Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

5:15 PM

After hiking through kettle and kame terrain in the moors learning about frost bottoms and when to pick beach plums with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace, soak up the best… Read more

Smooth Hummocks with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Graded relatively flat by glacial meltwater running out over the coastal plain to the ocean 75 miles away when the landmass that would become Nantucket was nothing more than a… Read more

Gardner Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran… Read more

Smith’s Point Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

4:45 PM

Catch an amazing sunset at the westernmost extremity of Nantucket in sight of Tuckernuck Island with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace. Walk back on the beach under the rising moon… Read more

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native… Read more

Shawkemo Hills with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Shawkemo Hills offers a hiking experience through a portion of the island dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of North America. From a high spot on this… Read more

Head of The Plains Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

5:15 PM

Come for a walk at dusk with us out on one of Nantucket’s most extraordinary conservation properties to experience a unique island ecosystem painted with vibrant, waning sunlight, maybe catch… Read more

Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

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… Read more

Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice… Read more

Smith’s Point with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Smith’s Point is a treat whenever you can get out there. Jutting out into the channel between Madaket Harbor and Tuckernuck Island, Smith’s Point alternates between including Esther’s Island, so… Read more

Lost Farm Sanctuary with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM

Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the… Read more

Polpis Harbor Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

5:00 PM

With the backdrop of the sun setting over Nantucket Harbor and Coatue, learn from Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace how geological forces formed Nantucket and Polpis Harbors, discover the salt… Read more

Head of The Plains with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Ocean blue and endless in the distance. A heady, briny aroma. A roar of crashing waves. A vast open coastal plain bathed in fading sunlight with a moon starting to… Read more

Linda Loring Nature Foundation with Nantucket Walkabout

12:45 PM - 2:45 PM

This is about a two-hour hike experience from pick up to drop off. Check the hike calendar to see when we are heading out to the Linda Loring Nature Foundation,… Read more

Gardner Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran… Read more

Shawkemo Hills with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Shawkemo Hills offers a hiking experience through a portion of the island dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of North America. From a high spot on this… Read more

Four Centuries Walking Tour

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Oldest House 16 Sunset Hill

Join the NHA, Maria Mitchell Association, and Nantucket Preservation Trust for a walking tour examining four centuries of architectural history and how land use shaped the island’s homes, buildings, and… Read more

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

2:45 PM

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… Read more

Shawkemo Hills Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

5:00 PM

After hiking through kettle and kame terrain in the moors learning about frost bottoms and when to pick beach plums with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace, soak up the best… Read more

Gardner Farm–Lost Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

Gardner Farm and Lost Farm sit stacked one former farming property on top of the other along the eastern shore of Hummock Pond walking distance from Hummock Pond Road. The… Read more

Shawkemo Hills with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Shawkemo Hills offers a hiking experience through a portion of the island dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of North America. From a high spot on this… Read more

Smith’s Point Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

4:30 PM

Catch an amazing sunset at the westernmost extremity of Nantucket in sight of Tuckernuck Island with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace. Walk back on the beach under the rising moon… Read more

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native… Read more

Polpis Harbor with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its… Read more

Head of The Plains Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

5:00 PM

Come for a walk at dusk with us out on one of Nantucket’s most extraordinary conservation properties to experience a unique island ecosystem painted with vibrant, waning sunlight, maybe catch… Read more

Sankaty Bluff with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Sand, gravel and boulders laid down by the last glacier during the Wisconsinan Glacial Stage was not the first layer of foundation for Nantucket; an ocean bottom created during the… Read more

Lost Farm Sanctuary with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM

Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the… Read more

Smith’s Point with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Smith’s Point is a treat whenever you can get out there. Jutting out into the channel between Madaket Harbor and Tuckernuck Island, Smith’s Point alternates between including Esther’s Island, so… Read more

NCF – Weekly Walk – Easterly Edge Scoot

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

The return of our Rantum Scoots, a wandering walk through a longer trail for the more adventurous ramblers. This walk puts the Easterly Edge Trail around Stump Pond in focus;… Read more

Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice… Read more

Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

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… Read more

Linda Loring Nature Foundation with Nantucket Walkabout

12:45 PM - 2:45 PM

This is about a two-hour hike experience from pick up to drop off. Check the hike calendar to see when we are heading out to the Linda Loring Nature Foundation,… Read more

Head of The Plains with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Ocean blue and endless in the distance. A heady, briny aroma. A roar of crashing waves. A vast open coastal plain bathed in fading sunlight with a moon starting to… Read more

Gardner Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran… Read more

NCF – Wellness Series – Nature Photography Expedition

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

A new offering for the Wellness Series focused on curating an artistic way to see our properties. Join local photographer Riley Wynn on golden hour expeditions through our trails to… Read more

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Gardner Farm–Lost Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

2:45 PM

Gardner Farm and Lost Farm sit stacked one former farming property on top of the other along the eastern shore of Hummock Pond walking distance from Hummock Pond Road. The… Read more

Polpis Harbor Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

4:45 PM

With the backdrop of the sun setting over Nantucket Harbor and Coatue, learn from Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace how geological forces formed Nantucket and Polpis Harbors, discover the salt… Read more

Smooth Hummocks with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Graded relatively flat by glacial meltwater running out over the coastal plain to the ocean 75 miles away when the landmass that would become Nantucket was nothing more than a… Read more

Gardner Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran… Read more

Smith’s Point Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

4:20 PM

Catch an amazing sunset at the westernmost extremity of Nantucket in sight of Tuckernuck Island with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace. Walk back on the beach under the rising moon… Read more

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native… Read more

Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice… Read more

Head of The Plains Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

4:45 PM

Come for a walk at dusk with us out on one of Nantucket’s most extraordinary conservation properties to experience a unique island ecosystem painted with vibrant, waning sunlight, maybe catch… Read more

Lost Farm Sanctuary with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the… Read more

Polpis Harbor with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its… Read more

Smith’s Point with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Smith’s Point is a treat whenever you can get out there. Jutting out into the channel between Madaket Harbor and Tuckernuck Island, Smith’s Point alternates between including Esther’s Island, so… Read more

Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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… Read more

Shawkemo Hills Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

4:45 PM

After hiking through kettle and kame terrain in the moors learning about frost bottoms and when to pick beach plums with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace, soak up the best… Read more

Head of The Plains with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Ocean blue and endless in the distance. A heady, briny aroma. A roar of crashing waves. A vast open coastal plain bathed in fading sunlight with a moon starting to… Read more

Linda Loring Nature Foundation with Nantucket Walkabout

12:45 PM - 2:45 PM

This is about a two-hour hike experience from pick up to drop off. Check the hike calendar to see when we are heading out to the Linda Loring Nature Foundation,… Read more

Sankaty Bluff with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Sand, gravel and boulders laid down by the last glacier during the Wisconsinan Glacial Stage was not the first layer of foundation for Nantucket; an ocean bottom created during the… Read more

NCF – Weekly Walk – Cranberry Harvest at Milestone Bog

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

A fall favorite tour of the historic Milestone Cranberry Bog. Join Neil Foley and third-generation cranberry grower Nick Larrabee on a walk through the bogs to see the living history… Read more

Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice… Read more

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Lost Farm Sanctuary with Nantucket Walkabout

2:45 PM

Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the… Read more

Shawkemo Hills Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

5:45 PM

After hiking through kettle and kame terrain in the moors learning about frost bottoms and when to pick beach plums with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace, soak up the best… Read more

Gardner Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran… Read more

Head of The Plains with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM

Ocean blue and endless in the distance. A heady, briny aroma. A roar of crashing waves. A vast open coastal plain bathed in fading sunlight with a moon starting to… Read more

Smith’s Point Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

4:30 PM

Catch an amazing sunset at the westernmost extremity of Nantucket in sight of Tuckernuck Island with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace. Walk back on the beach under the rising moon… Read more

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native… Read more

Polpis Harbor with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its… Read more

Head of The Plains Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

4:45 PM

Come for a walk at dusk with us out on one of Nantucket’s most extraordinary conservation properties to experience a unique island ecosystem painted with vibrant, waning sunlight, maybe catch… Read more

Shawkemo Hills with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

Shawkemo Hills offers a hiking experience through a portion of the island dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of North America. From a high spot on this… Read more

Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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… Read more

Smith’s Point with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Smith’s Point is a treat whenever you can get out there. Jutting out into the channel between Madaket Harbor and Tuckernuck Island, Smith’s Point alternates between including Esther’s Island, so… Read more

Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice… Read more

Polpis Harbor Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

4:30 PM

With the backdrop of the sun setting over Nantucket Harbor and Coatue, learn from Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace how geological forces formed Nantucket and Polpis Harbors, discover the salt… Read more

Gardner Farm–Lost Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

5:00 AM

Gardner Farm and Lost Farm sit stacked one former farming property on top of the other along the eastern shore of Hummock Pond walking distance from Hummock Pond Road. The… Read more

Linda Loring Nature Foundation with Nantucket Walkabout

12:45 PM - 2:45 PM

This is about a two-hour hike experience from pick up to drop off. Check the hike calendar to see when we are heading out to the Linda Loring Nature Foundation,… Read more

Smooth Hummocks with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Graded relatively flat by glacial meltwater running out over the coastal plain to the ocean 75 miles away when the landmass that would become Nantucket was nothing more than a… Read more

Gardner Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran… Read more

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Head of The Plains with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Ocean blue and endless in the distance. A heady, briny aroma. A roar of crashing waves. A vast open coastal plain bathed in fading sunlight with a moon starting to… Read more

Lost Farm Sanctuary with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM

Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the… Read more

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native… Read more

Gardner Farm–Lost Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Gardner Farm and Lost Farm sit stacked one former farming property on top of the other along the eastern shore of Hummock Pond walking distance from Hummock Pond Road. The… Read more

Head of The Plains Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

4:30 PM

Come for a walk at dusk with us out on one of Nantucket’s most extraordinary conservation properties to experience a unique island ecosystem painted with vibrant, waning sunlight, maybe catch… Read more

Sankaty Bluff with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Sand, gravel and boulders laid down by the last glacier during the Wisconsinan Glacial Stage was not the first layer of foundation for Nantucket; an ocean bottom created during the… Read more

Gardner Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran… Read more

Smith’s Point with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Smith’s Point is a treat whenever you can get out there. Jutting out into the channel between Madaket Harbor and Tuckernuck Island, Smith’s Point alternates between including Esther’s Island, so… Read more

Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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… Read more

Shawkemo Hills Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

4:30 PM

After hiking through kettle and kame terrain in the moors learning about frost bottoms and when to pick beach plums with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace, soak up the best… Read more

Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice… Read more

Linda Loring Nature Foundation with Nantucket Walkabout

12:45 PM - 2:45 PM

This is about a two-hour hike experience from pick up to drop off. Check the hike calendar to see when we are heading out to the Linda Loring Nature Foundation,… Read more

Smooth Hummocks with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Graded relatively flat by glacial meltwater running out over the coastal plain to the ocean 75 miles away when the landmass that would become Nantucket was nothing more than a… Read more

Polpis Harbor with Nantucket Walkabout

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its… Read more

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Family Connections Tour

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street

Bring the whole family to experience our featured exhibit, The Wider World and Scrimshaw. Our museum guides will bring gallery topics to life with visual and tactile elements, connecting Nantucket and… Read more

Head of The Plains with Nantucket Walkabout

2:45 PM

Ocean blue and endless in the distance. A heady, briny aroma. A roar of crashing waves. A vast open coastal plain bathed in fading sunlight with a moon starting to… Read more

Shawkemo Hills Sunset with Nantucket Walkabout

4:15 PM

After hiking through kettle and kame terrain in the moors learning about frost bottoms and when to pick beach plums with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace, soak up the best… Read more

Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice… Read more

Lost Farm Sanctuary with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the… Read more

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native… Read more

Polpis Harbor with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its… Read more

Head of The Plains with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Ocean blue and endless in the distance. A heady, briny aroma. A roar of crashing waves. A vast open coastal plain bathed in fading sunlight with a moon starting to… Read more

Shawkemo Hills with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Shawkemo Hills offers a hiking experience through a portion of the island dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of North America. From a high spot on this… Read more

Smith’s Point with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Smith’s Point is a treat whenever you can get out there. Jutting out into the channel between Madaket Harbor and Tuckernuck Island, Smith’s Point alternates between including Esther’s Island, so… Read more

Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

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… Read more

Gardner Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran… Read more

Smooth Hummocks with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Graded relatively flat by glacial meltwater running out over the coastal plain to the ocean 75 miles away when the landmass that would become Nantucket was nothing more than a… Read more

Head of The Plains with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Ocean blue and endless in the distance. A heady, briny aroma. A roar of crashing waves. A vast open coastal plain bathed in fading sunlight with a moon starting to… Read more

Sankaty Bluff with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Sand, gravel and boulders laid down by the last glacier during the Wisconsinan Glacial Stage was not the first layer of foundation for Nantucket; an ocean bottom created during the… Read more

Gardner Farm–Lost Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Gardner Farm and Lost Farm sit stacked one former farming property on top of the other along the eastern shore of Hummock Pond walking distance from Hummock Pond Road. The… Read more

Gardner Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran… Read more

Smooth Hummocks with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Graded relatively flat by glacial meltwater running out over the coastal plain to the ocean 75 miles away when the landmass that would become Nantucket was nothing more than a… Read more

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native… Read more

Polpis Harbor with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its… Read more

Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

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… Read more

Lost Farm Sanctuary with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the… Read more

Smith’s Point with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Smith’s Point is a treat whenever you can get out there. Jutting out into the channel between Madaket Harbor and Tuckernuck Island, Smith’s Point alternates between including Esther’s Island, so… Read more

Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice… Read more

Sankaty Bluff with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Sand, gravel and boulders laid down by the last glacier during the Wisconsinan Glacial Stage was not the first layer of foundation for Nantucket; an ocean bottom created during the… Read more

Head of The Plains with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Ocean blue and endless in the distance. A heady, briny aroma. A roar of crashing waves. A vast open coastal plain bathed in fading sunlight with a moon starting to… Read more

Lost Farm Sanctuary with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the… Read more

Shawkemo Hills with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Shawkemo Hills offers a hiking experience through a portion of the island dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of North America. From a high spot on this… Read more

Smooth Hummocks with Nantucket Walkabout

1:30 PM

Graded relatively flat by glacial meltwater running out over the coastal plain to the ocean 75 miles away when the landmass that would become Nantucket was nothing more than a… Read more

Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

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… Read more

Head of The Plains with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Ocean blue and endless in the distance. A heady, briny aroma. A roar of crashing waves. A vast open coastal plain bathed in fading sunlight with a moon starting to… Read more

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native… Read more

Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

1:30 PM

Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice… Read more

Polpis Harbor with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its… Read more

Gardner Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran… Read more

Smith’s Point with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Smith’s Point is a treat whenever you can get out there. Jutting out into the channel between Madaket Harbor and Tuckernuck Island, Smith’s Point alternates between including Esther’s Island, so… Read more

Gardner Farm–Lost Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Gardner Farm and Lost Farm sit stacked one former farming property on top of the other along the eastern shore of Hummock Pond walking distance from Hummock Pond Road. The… Read more

Smooth Hummocks with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Graded relatively flat by glacial meltwater running out over the coastal plain to the ocean 75 miles away when the landmass that would become Nantucket was nothing more than a… Read more

Sankaty Bluff with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Sand, gravel and boulders laid down by the last glacier during the Wisconsinan Glacial Stage was not the first layer of foundation for Nantucket; an ocean bottom created during the… Read more

Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice… Read more

Gardner Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran… Read more

Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

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… Read more

Lost Farm Sanctuary with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the… Read more

Polpis Harbor with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its… Read more

Shawkemo Hills with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Shawkemo Hills offers a hiking experience through a portion of the island dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of North America. From a high spot on this… Read more

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native… Read more

Head of The Plains with Nantucket Walkabout

1:30 PM

Ocean blue and endless in the distance. A heady, briny aroma. A roar of crashing waves. A vast open coastal plain bathed in fading sunlight with a moon starting to… Read more

Gardner Farm–Lost Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

Gardner Farm and Lost Farm sit stacked one former farming property on top of the other along the eastern shore of Hummock Pond walking distance from Hummock Pond Road. The… Read more

Smooth Hummocks with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Graded relatively flat by glacial meltwater running out over the coastal plain to the ocean 75 miles away when the landmass that would become Nantucket was nothing more than a… Read more

Smith’s Point with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Smith’s Point is a treat whenever you can get out there. Jutting out into the channel between Madaket Harbor and Tuckernuck Island, Smith’s Point alternates between including Esther’s Island, so… Read more

Lost Farm Sanctuary with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the… Read more

Shawkemo Hills with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

Shawkemo Hills offers a hiking experience through a portion of the island dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of North America. From a high spot on this… Read more

Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice… Read more

Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

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… Read more

Head of The Plains with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Ocean blue and endless in the distance. A heady, briny aroma. A roar of crashing waves. A vast open coastal plain bathed in fading sunlight with a moon starting to… Read more

Sankaty Bluff with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Sand, gravel and boulders laid down by the last glacier during the Wisconsinan Glacial Stage was not the first layer of foundation for Nantucket; an ocean bottom created during the… Read more

Gardner Farm–Lost Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Gardner Farm and Lost Farm sit stacked one former farming property on top of the other along the eastern shore of Hummock Pond walking distance from Hummock Pond Road. The… Read more

Polpis Harbor with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM

Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its… Read more

Lost Farm Sanctuary with Nantucket Walkabout

1:00 PM

Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the… Read more

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native… Read more

Gardner Farm with Nantucket Walkabout

1:30 PM

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran… Read more