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Wauwinet

Find your starting point. Choose a few places worth your time.

The far-northeast village — the Wauwinet inn, Great Point Light, and the head of the Coskata-Coatue refuge.

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Wauwinet is a village within Nantucket. Locations do not imply walking access between stops.

Village markers are approximate centers. No routes or travel times are shown.

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    • Confirm opening hours, admission and individual access needs with each venue.
    • Plan transport between separate stops; town membership alone does not establish a walking connection.

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    Wauwinet is the far-northeast end — the Wauwinet inn (the luxury island getaway), the Coskata-Coatue refuge that runs out the spit to Great Point Light, and beaches that require either a long walk or an over-sand permit and four-wheel drive.

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