BIKING
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Routes
ne of the best ways to tour Nantucket is by bicycle. The island is only 14 miles
long by 3.5 miles wide with over 32 miles of bike paths. A dedicated cyclist can
bike around the entire island in a day. Visit www.wheelsheelsandpedals.com for
more information on biking and walking Nantucket.
1 Surfside Bike Path: Approximately
ACTIVITIES
2.2 miles along flat terrain. This path begins
at Atlantic Avenue and Vesper Lane and
ends at Surfside Beach.
2 Milestone Bike Path: Approximately
6 miles with gentle hills. This path begins at
Milestone Rotary and leads to ’Sconset.
3 Cliff Road Bike Path: Approximately
1.2 miles with rolling terrain. This path
begins at Crooked Lane and continues along
Cliff Road to the Madaket Bike Path.
4 Eel Point/Dionis Beach Bike Path:
Approximately 0.9 miles with gentle hills.
This path connects the Cliff Road/Madaket
bike paths to Dionis Beach.
5 Old South Road Bike Path: Approximately 1.5 miles through some open space
and residential areas. This path begins at the
Milestone Rotary and ends at Airport Road.
Approximately 0.2 miles from the Nantucket
Memorial Airport.
6 Madaket Bike Path: Approximately
5.5 miles with gentle hills and winding
terrain. This path begins at the intersection
of Quaker and Madaket roads.
7 Polpis Bike Path: Approximately 8
miles with various size hills and winding
terrain. This path, accessible from the
Milestone Bike Path near the intersection of
Milestone and Polpis roads, continues along
Polpis Road to just outside ’Sconset.
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8 Fairgrounds Road Bike Path:
Approximately 0.9 miles along residential
areas. This path connects the Old South
Road and Surfside Road Bike Paths.
9 Milestone Connector Bike Path:
Approximately 0.3 miles through open
space. This path connects Old South Road
and Milestone Road Bike Paths.
10 Nobadeer Farm Road Bike Path:
Approximately 0.7 miles through open space
and flat terrain. Path ends across from the
Strong Wings driveway, near the next
Connector, approximately 0.50 miles from
Old South Road.
11 Hummock Pond Road Bike Path:
Approximately 2.5 miles of mostly flat terrain
winding through some open space and
some residential areas from Hummock
Pond Road and Milk Street intersection to
the parking lot entrance at Cisco Beach.
12 Bartlett Road Bike Path:
Approximately 1.1 miles of mostly flat terrain
from the intersection of Surfside Road past
residential areas and ending at Raceway
Drive, approximately 0.6 miles southeast
of Hummock Pond Road Bike Path at
Somerset Lane.