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Nantucket  MA

Nantucket, Massachusetts

Est 1659

For more information on Nantucket MA try the town web site.

Nantucket  Massachusetts

Location

Eastern Massachusetts, located on the "bicep" of the Cape Cod arm. Bordered by Cape Cod Nantucket is situated about 16 miles south of the Cape Cod shore line in the    

Atlantic Ocean. It is the largest island in the group that forms the county, at

its greatest extremes running about 15 miles from east to west and 10 miles from

north to south.

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 Transportation

Cape Cod Area Transit Information Line :

An automated line for information on bus and steamship schedules, and fares. (508) 771-6191

Cape Cod Airports:

Barnstable Airport

508-775-2020

Chatham Municipal Airport

508-945-9000

Provincetown Municipal Airport

508-487-0241

 Martha's Vineyard Airport

508-693 7022

Nantucket Memorial Airport

508-325-5300

Bus and Trolley service:

Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (Seasonal trolley service in Cape towns) 1-800-352-7155

B-Bus Service (ride by appointment serving the entire Cape) 1-800-352-7155

Plymouth and Brockton Street Railway (with routes , Plymouth, Brockton, Plymouth, Hyannis, Provincetown,Boston & Logan Airport) 508-746-0378

Ferry Service:

Hy-Line (Hyannis, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard) 508-778-2600

Island Queen (Falmouth and Martha's Vineyard) 508-548-4800

Steamship Authority (Woods Hole and Martha's Vineyard; Hyannis and Nantucket, passenger and automobiles). 508--8477600

Railroad

Cape Cod Central Railroad (scenic and excursion) 508-771- 3800

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 Public Schools

Supt. of Schools: 508-228-7285

Elementary: 228-7290

High School: 228-7280

Middle-Cyrus Peirce: 228-7283

Extended Day Program: 325-7591

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 Recreational Facilities

Coskata Coatue Wildlife (963 acres) hiking, hunting, nature observing, atv motoring, four wheeling, hiking, nature observing

Nantucket Ornith Assoc (912 acres) hiking, nature observing

Cranberry Bog (738 acres) hiking, nature observing

Middle Moors Reserve (723 acres) hiking, hunting, nature observing, picnicking

Ram Pasture & Woods (625 acres) hiking, nature observing, picnicking

Larsen Acres (513 acres) hiking, hunting, nature observing, picnicking

Barnard Valley/Altar Rock (450 acres) hiking, nature observing, walking/jogging

Sanford-Fowlkes Reserve (435 acres) hiking, hunting, nature observing

Beaches for information on some great Cape Cod beaches click HERE

Golf for information on Cape Cod golf courses click HERE

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Health Facilities

Nantucket Cottage Hospital: (508) 228-1200, 57 Prospect St

 Places of Worship

First Baptist Church, (508)228-4930, 1 Summer St.

St.Mary's (OUR LADY OF THE ISLE) (508)228-0100, Federal and Cambridge Sts.

Christian Science, (508)228-0452, 2 Madaket Rd.

First Congregational Church, (508)228-0950, 62 Centre St.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, (508)228-0916, 20 Fair St.

Nantucket Worship Center ,(Interdenominational), (508)228-5616, 10 Surfside Rd.(nantucket high school)

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, (508)325-4343, 43 Milk St.

Congregation Shirat Hayam, Jewish (Pluralistic) (508)228-6588 (call for location)

Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints (508)257-6785, (call for location)

United Methodist Church, (508)228-1882, 2 Centre St.

Nantucket Interfaith Council, (508)228-2551

Quaker Society Of Friends, (508)325-4045, 7 Fair St.

Sconset Union Chapel, (508)257-6616, 18 New Street.Siasconset

Unitarian Universalist Church, (508)228-2730, 11 Orange St.

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