Smith’s Point, Nantucket’s westernmost sand extremity is a great hike to see gray seals during the winter, see nesting piping plovers, least terns and American oystercatchers during the summer and catch a glimpse of Tuckernuck Island. This is one of the longer hikes Nantucket Walkabout does. For the full hike out and back, allow at […]
It’s never too early to begin the lifelong skill of basket weaving. This is a Nantucket tradition that continues to be passed on to new generations of weavers. This workshop is designed for youth ages 8-14 where each student will learn and execute all steps in weaving their own basket. Each student will learn all […]
Join us at Nantucket Family Resource Center for a time of playing and building with Legos! Lego building blocks are provided, but feel free to bring your own to use! Open to all ages! For information and registration, call 508-815-5115 or e-mail [email protected].
Join Barbara as she assists beginners and continuing students with yoga instruction. Please wear comfortable clothing. Available to seniors 60 +.
Join us weekly online via Zoom to play some fun games! Past games have included Among Us, Geoguessr, Trivia, and Current Events Quiz. No stress, no grades, just an hour of fun! FREE for teens in grades 6-12 email [email protected] for log-in information
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 roughly 75 miles south out to the edge of the continental shelf. Now closed off to the ocean and filled with slightly brackish water — […]
Coloring books for children and adults by Candace Lovely and C. Robert Perrin make great stocking stuffers for the holidays. Candace will be in the gallery on Stroll Saturday from noon to 4pm and Sunday 11-2pm. C. Robert perrin's vintage Whopper & Found Coloring story books are only available on these two days of the […]
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 bearing down on it 21,000 years ago. A trail meanders along the edge of the Stump Swamp offering views of water and the birds that […]
It’s never too early to begin the lifelong skill of basket weaving. This is a Nantucket tradition that continues to be passed on to new generations of weavers. This workshop is designed for youth ages 8-14 where each student will learn and execute all steps in weaving their own basket. Each student will learn all […]
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 own small harbor with a mooring field in its east lobe and a few boats in its west cove. Native Americans living around it spelled […]