Fall Festival and Batacular Bike Race

Join us at the Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s Fall Festival and Batacular Bike Race! This free, community event offers hayrides, kids’ games, a Nanpuppet show, live music, and more fun for all ages. Running alongside the festival is the Batacular Bike Race – a loop through the beautiful trails of the Middle Moors. Don’t miss out on a day of festive activities!

Bike Race Details

When: Sunday, October 25 at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Start and finish at 220 Milestone Road, the scenic Milestone cranberry bogs.

Experience the beauty of the Nantucket’s open spaces by riding through NCF’s Middle Moors trails. Choose your challenge: a single loop of 8.4 miles or a double loop of 16.8 miles.

Your participation supports NCF’s vital work protecting Nantucket’s natural resources through ecological research, public access to 9,000 acres of land, and environmental education.

Details:

Recommended bikes: mountain or fat tire bikes; experienced riders may also use gravel or cyclocross bikes.
Helmets are mandatory.
The course features sandy dirt roads, winding single-track trails, and technical sections with rocks, roots, and scrub oak obstacles.
Typical lap times range from 35 minutes for the fastest riders to about 60 minutes.
An aid station at Altar Rock (about halfway through) will offer water and Halloween candy to keep you energized.
Please bring your own water bottle.

After the race, join us for the family-friendly Fall Festival with live music, food trucks, NCF cranberries, and more!