Alter Rock Conservation Area

Alter Rock Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Alter Rock Conservation Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Quaise, as well as near Polpis.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nantucket Life-Saving Museum and Abnecotants Island.

Nantucket Life-Saving Museum

Museum

The Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum of Nantucket, Massachusetts is a small, seasonal, non-profit museum dedicated to the history of shipwrecks off the Nantucket coast and in Nantucket Sound.

Abnecotants Island

Island

Abnecotants Island is a very small island in the middle of Squam Swamp in northeastern portion of the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts.

Nantucket Memorial Airport is a public airport on the south side of the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. It is owned by the Town of Nantucket and is located three miles southeast of the town center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nantucket and Polpis.

Nantucket

Town

Photo: Ktr101, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nantucket is an island in Massachusetts, United States, about 30 miles south of the Cape Cod peninsula. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government.

Polpis

Hamlet

Polpis is a village in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 7 feet. The different spellings of its name led the Board on Geographic Names to designate its official spelling in 1900. The community lies 3.5 miles northwest of Siasconset.

Shawkemo

Hamlet

Shawkemo is a village in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 16 feet. The name Shawkemo is an Indian word meaning "middle field of land". Shawkemo lies 4 miles west-northwest of Siasconset.

Alter Rock Conservation Area

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.2888° or 41° 17′ 20″ north

Longitude

-70.0329° or 70° 1′ 59″ west

Open location code

87HF7XQ8+GR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29800828

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Quaise and Pocomo.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dyleave Swamp and Quaise.

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