There are multiple ways to approach this geocache depending on the type of journey you want to enjoy: a long hike, a challenging mountain bike ride, or just a half hour walk in the woods of the Sanguinetti property along part of the Stump Pond Trail. The choice is up to you.
Hikers can follow the green and white Nantucket Land Bank arrows in an hour, rambling, wooded four-mile loop that is ideal for hiking and a bona fide challenge for experienced mountain bikers. Or enjoy a larger 90-minute loop completely around Stump pond on the Stump Pond Trail passing through Almanac Pond Road and the Windswept cranberry bogs.
About the area: This sheltered woodland trail connects two ponds and their trails at either end. One is man-made coastal plain Stump pond created to mitigate wetland intrusion from the Polpis Road bicycle path constructed in the past ten years. The other is Almanac Pond, a natural kettle hole created by the glacier that formed Nantucket nearly 20,000 years ago. This Land Bank trail connects with the Conservation Foundation trails at Windswept Cranberry Bog and the sand roads of the eastern moors. Some interesting features of this hilly, protected walk include narrow foot bridges, a slow moving feeder brook, a pathway through a stand of arrow-straight tupelos growing on a gentle hill side, gnarly trees, and a gradual climb to a cleared hilltop with blue-sky views of Sankaty and the harbor.
Area Map PDF: http://www.nantucketlandbank.org/Map/Trails/12_stumppond.pdf
Middle Morrs Map: http://www.nantucketconservation.org/assets/2.3.4-Middle-Moors-Trail-Guide-for-Web1.pdf