Head of the Harbor Trail (Nantucket Land Bank)
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What is Head of the Harbor Trail (Nantucket Land Bank) like?
A quiet Land Bank trail looping through coastal scrub oak and pitch pine to the marshy shores at the head of Nantucket Harbor. Excellent birding year-round with herons, egrets, and migrating waterfowl. Remote and lightly visited.
Plan your walk
Head of the Harbor Trail (Nantucket Land Bank)
Directions to the trailhead (opens in a new tab)
Polpis Road, Nantucket, MA 02554
When should you go?
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What’s the trail like?
- Length
- 2.2 mi
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Surface
- Natural trail
- Dogs
- Allowed (leashed)
- Kids
- Not noted
- Accessible
- Not noted
- Views
- Water
- Good for
- Hiking, Walking, Birding
What should you know before you go?
Parking
Small trailhead lot on Polpis Road.
Dogs
Allowed (leashed)
Managed by
Nantucket Land Bank
What you'll see
Salt marsh, Bird sanctuary, Water views, Dog-friendly
Where is the trailhead?
Polpis Road, Nantucket, MA 02554.