NCF Batacular Bike Race 2025

NCF Batacular Bike Race 2025 Race Information

<p><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">NCF&#39;s 4th Annual Batacular Mountain Bike Race!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><strong>When:</strong> Sunday, October 26 at 10:00 a.m.</span><br /><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><strong>Where: </strong>Start and finish at 220 Milestone Road, the scenic Milestone cranberry bogs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Experience the beauty of the Nantucket&#39;s open spaces by riding through NCF&#39;s Middle Moors trails. Choose your challenge: a single loop of 8.4 miles or a double loop of 16.8 miles.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Your participation supports NCF’s vital work protecting Nantucket’s natural resources through ecological research, public access to 9,000 acres of land, and environmental education.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><strong>Details:</strong></span></p> <ul><li style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Recommended bikes: mountain or fat tire bikes; experienced riders may also use gravel or cyclocross bikes.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Helmets are mandatory.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">The course features sandy dirt roads, winding single-track trails, and technical sections with rocks, roots, and scrub oak obstacles.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Typical lap times range from 35 minutes for the fastest riders to about 60 minutes.</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">An aid station at Altar Rock (about halfway through) will offer water and Halloween candy to keep you energized. </span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Please bring your own water bottle.</span></li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">After the race, join us for the family-friendly Fall Festival with live music, food trucks, NCF cranberries, and more!  </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">If you would like the .gpx file for your bike computer, please <a href="https://www.strava.com/routes/3141429392702984410" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">click here for the Strava file</a> or email dodell&#64;nantucketconservation.org.</span></p> <p> </p>