Nantucket Memorial Airport 12 min
Sankaty Head Light (22 min) Red-striped lighthouse on a bluff dating back to 1850 featuring scenic ocean & golf-course views. Cisco Beach (11 min) Low-key, rustic sand beach on the Atlantic side with waves attracting surfers & bodyboarders. Whaling Museum (6 min) Island-history museum, in an 1846 candle factory, with a whale skeleton, artifacts & a roof deck. Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum (12 min) Small museum dedicated to baskets crafted by local men stationed on offshore lightships. Great Point Lighthouse (34 min) Historic lighthouse, rebuilt in 1986, sited on the dunes of the Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge. Old Mill (16 min) Restored 1746 windmill, open in summer, where visitors can watch gears grind corn into meal. Jetties Beach (18 min) Popular spot with a spacious sand beach, restrooms & a lively eatery serving local seafood & drinks. Jethro Coffin House - Oldest House (5 min) Tours are offered of this saltbox home built in 1686, well-known as the oldest house on Nantucket. Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge Gatehouse (20 min) Maria Mitchell Aquarium (12 min) Madaket Beach (14 min) Long, sandy, windswept beach dotted with cottages, a popular spot for watching the sunset. Bartlett's Farm (9 min) Egan Maritime's Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum (12 min) Tracing the history of local shipwrecks & rescues with historic documents & artifacts, plus demos. Brant Point Lighthouse (13 min) This scenic 1901 tower is the 9th light station built at this historic site since colonial times. Maria Mitchell Association (11 min) Observatory, science museum, and museum |