Sweetened Water Preserve
From the Land Bank's description: Edgartown takes justifiable pride in its scenic West Tisbury Road, which is the occidental entrance into town center. Formerly overgrown and hosting a prominent house, this property was restored to open...
Middle Line Woods Preserve
Even Our Dumps are Worth a Visit
From the Land Bank's description: This property’s location, next to the Chilmark landfill, makes it an inauspicious location for a memorable natural experience, right? Wrong. The ridgelines are high —...
Pennywise Preserve
Attention Frost Bottom Lovers!
Walk, bike, horseback ride, or wheelchair.
From the Land Bank's description: 175 acres located between the neighborhoods along the Vineyard Haven and West Tisbury Roads were purchased cooperatively by the Land Bank and the...
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...
Pecoy Point Preserve
For paddlers exploring Sengekontacket Pond or birdwatchers on the dawn patrol, this seventeen acre oasis is a perfect waypoint.
From the Land Bank's description: Some 1100 feet of pondshore are conserved here, as well as...
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...
Peaked Hill Reservation
Top of the Island to Ya!
At 311 feet above sea level, the top of Peaked Hill is the highest point on the Island. That makes it the highest place on Cape Cod and the...
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...
