Each year since 1993, the land bank has observed National Trails Day — the first Saturday of June — by conducting a day-long hike across the island to expose people to the network of trails that connect the island’s many conservation lands and public properties. Usually the hike will include sections along dirt or paved roads, but sometimes may include shorelines, steep grades and sections of overgrown vegetation (possibly including poison ivy). Hikes sometimes include stretches across private properties with the generous permission of the owners for the day of the hike only. This is a day-long, guided hike that differs each year and is ordinarily less than 20 miles in length and most participants elect to walk only a portion of the hike’s route, using the itinerary times and information provided on this website to plan their personal starting and ending points. Most participants opt to walk only a portion of the ROUTE

This year’s hike begins at the Long Point Wildlife Refuge beach and concludes 17.3 miles later at Tashmoo Beach. The hike starts at 8:15 am and finishes at 3:00 pm. The morning break is at the Old County Arboretum across from the West Tisbury School (checkpoint C). The lunch break (checkpoint E) is at Holmes Hole Road near the Tisbury Dog Park. The afternoon break is at Veteran’s Park next to the Post Office (checkpoint F). 

• 8:15 am ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​- Segment A (3.6 miles) Long Point Wildlife Refuge to Edgartown-WT Road​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​3:00 pm - Finish at Tashmoo Beach​​​​​​​