Get to Know Nantucket

Nantucket is just 14 miles long but is an entire world unto itself. Step off the ferry and the smell of the ocean air mixed with the heady scent of the island’s copious rose blossoms is a perfume that immediately evokes summer for Nantucket’s devotees. Most of Nantucket’s residents are seasonal, with the town’s population swelling in the summer months, and just a small crew of year-round inhabitants remain in the winter. Unlike Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket is just one town, its island borders contiguous with the town and county. The island is divided into a smattering of smaller neighborhoods, many with casual, descriptive names like “Cliff,” “Town,” and “Surfside,” with Siasconset, universally referred to as ‘Sconset, being the most well-known of Nantucket’s villages. ‘Sconset is New England charm personified, boasting grey-shingled cottages covered in climbing roses, a stunning beach, and the ‘Sconset Bluff Walk.

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Living on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket

Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket have been synonymous with summer for generations, the epitome of a New England escape. The siren call of this region has beckoned to a wide swath of visitors, from day trippers to Presidents, with the promise of relaxed days and nights spent in a magical world of beaches, lighthouses, and shingled cottages both big and small. There’s space for everyone here: Kids ride the same valiant steeds as their grandparents did at the carousel in Oak Bluffs, while boldfaced names, wealthy financiers, and first-time visitors all pile into local clam shacks for deep-fried seafood and just caught lobster. There’s also a significantly smaller population that lives here year-round — these are the residents that pride themselves on knowing all the secret spots when the highways and beaches clear out and the Cape and the islands return to their meditative, foggy, winter selves.