Child Farm West
No Farms, No Food...or view for that matter.
Child Farm West has some nice walking trails, but mostly the Land Bank purchased the agricultural restriction on the land to keep it open for farming and...
Gay Head Moraine
Not Your Everyday Bog
From the Land Bank's description: Quirky land is a natural conservation priority; this land is quirky. Its wetlands form a honeycomb near the center of the property, and the rise and...
Middle Ridge Preserve
Toto, I don't think we're in Aspen anymore...
One of the priorities of the Land Bank, and every other conservation organization on the Island, is to protect the highlands. This isn't only because what fresh...
Old County Arboretum
No trees in this here arboretum, but hey, every acre counts.
No offense but this preserve might qualify as a bike-by.
From the Land Bank's Description:
This triangle of meadow, with its fanciful name, is one of the...
Little Duarte Pond Preserve
Another choice parcel on the Cross Town Trail.
From the Land Bank's description: The Commonwealth offers farmers a preferential tax assessment, in order to prevent local taxes from undermining farm businesses. Several conditions apply, one of which is...
Sepiessa Point Reservation
Can you say Crown Jewels?
This 173 acre preserve on Tisbury Great Pond is magnificent. Go there to walk, watch, wander, kayak, fish, and wonder why every town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts doesn't have...
Trade Winds Preserve
Keep one eye on the sky....
This 71 acre grassy oasis is a part of the Cross Town Trail and still an active landing strip.
It's also known as the Oak Bluffs Dog Park.
Getting there: Half...
Farm Pond Preserve
A peaceful pond view all the way out into Vineyard sound, a field of wildflowers, and trail easements to Trade Winds Preserve and beyond.
From the Landbank's Page for the Preserve: When Oak Bluffs voters in 1992...
Poucha Pond Reservation
Hey is there another island over there?
On a clear day, from the top of the hill at Poucha Pond Reservation you can see the outer Nantucket Islands of Muskeeget and Tuckernuck and even, some...
Waskosim’s Rock Reservation
Mountain Bikes Welcome
The 185 acre Waskosim's Rock Reservation is one of the jewels of the Land Bank--full of great trails that wind over the hilly terrain piled up by the glaciers fifteen thousand years...
