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If you go
Nantucket off-season: Lodging is discounted off-season. Nantucket Visitor Services keeps a list of accommodations and restaurants that are open off-season; (508) 228-0925 or www.nantucket-ma.gov/departments/visitor.html.
Getting there: Nantucket is 35 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. Hy-Line Cruises has five round-trip ferries a day from Hyannis, $65 round trip; (800) 492-8082 or www.hy-linecruises.com. The Steamship Authority has three round-trip ferries a day, $14 each way; (508) 477-8600 or www.SteamshipAuthority.com. Cape Air and Nantucket Airlines have 16 flights a day; (800) 352-0714 or www.flycapeair.com.
Nantucket Atheneum: One India St., (508) 228-1973 or www.nantucketatheneum.org.
Whaling Museum: 13 Broad St., (508) 228-1894, ext. 0 or www.nha.org. Open Jan. 6-April 16, Friday-Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge: Wauwinet Road, (508) 228-5646, www.thetrustees.org/pages/293--coskata--coatue--wildlife--refuge. cfm. Open daily.
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