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Island Activities

Let’s focus on the
varied natural history and walking
tours to choose
from. Linda Loring
Nature Foundation
and Maria Mitchell
Association both
offer natural history and birding
walks, with the
hale and hearty
Nantucket Bird
Club meeting at
8 AM every Sunday
at the Nantucket
High School. The
Trustees of Reservations oversees the Coskata-Coatue
Wildlife Refuge where you can explore a
ruggedly beautiful coastal environment
replete with deer, raptors, shorebirds,
sand dunes, salt marshes and tidal

Inset photo ©Michael Galvin

ponds; its multiple habitats are home to
an array of coastal plant and animal
species. Out on the water, Shearwater
Excursions will take you on an eco-friendly
Seal Cruise to observe these intriguing
creatures in their natural habitat.
Both the Nantucket Historical
Association (NHA)
and Nantucket
Preservation Trust
(NPT) lead informative walking
tours that explore
the timeline of
island history
from its reign as
the world’s Whaling Capital to its
current incarnation as a premier
tourist destination.
Tours showcasing
Main Street and
‘Sconset, as well
as “In the Heart
of the Sea”
(Nathaniel Philbrick’s bestseller and a
recent Warner Brothers’ film) are also
offered. Check out the NPT website
(wwwnantucketpreservation.org) for
downloadable self-guided walking tours.

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ACTIVITIES

antucket flourishes with
recreational activities of all sorts –
tailored to all ages – throughout the year.
A great many of them would certainly
be considered “eco-friendly”– boating,
sailing, bicycling, fishing, golfing and disc
golf, tennis, birding, ice skating, paddle
boarding, yoga and
Pilates…and more.