
Beaches, eats & places to stay in Nantucket
1,496 places in Nantucket: 190 places to eat and drink, 290 shops, 251 things to do and 96 places to stay. Local spots first, with directions to every one.
What kind of places does Nantucket have?
Read from every listing. The page puts what stands out first.
Where Nantucket gathers
557 of Nantucket’s 1,496 places sit within a five-minute walk of Main St.
251 things to do
120 parks & outdoors, 58 arts & culture, 37 fitness & sports. Local spots first.
Nantucket Island
Nantucket Shipwreck and Life Saving Museum
Friends Meeting House
190 places to eat & drink
115 restaurants, 37 cafés & treats, 21 bars & breweries. Local spots first.
290 shops
101 gifts & boutiques, 66 clothing, 37 home & hardware. Local spots first.
96 places to stay
69 hotels & inns, 27 camping & rentals. Local spots first.
555 errands & services
Groceries, gas, the barber, the vet, the bank.
114 schools, churches & public places
Where Nantucket learns, worships and gets things done.
Talk & tips
Favorites, openings and closings from Nantucket neighbors.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0), checked against the Census town line. Places added by neighbors go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Spot a mistake? Open the place and tap Edit mode.
How we sort and count
Each list puts neighbor favorites first (ratings and photos), then the most complete listings (a website, a phone number, a note), with local, independent spots ahead of national chains. Categories come from each place’s map category, so a café filed under “Shops” still shows up with the cafés. “A five-minute walk” is a quarter mile from the busiest spot on the map. Per-1,000 figures use the Census population.