Ncf Batacular Bike Race
About this race
NCF's 4th Annual Batacular Mountain Bike Race!
When: Sunday, October 25 at 9:00 a.m.
Where: Start and finish at 220 Milestone Road, the scenic Milestone cranberry bogs.
Experience the beauty of the Nantucket's open spaces by riding through NCF's Middle Moors trails. Choose your challenge: a single loop of 8.4 miles or a double loop of 16.8 miles.
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.
Details:
- Recommended bikes: mountain or fat tire bikes; experienced riders may also use gravel or cyclocross bikes.
- Helmets are mandatory.
- The course features sandy dirt roads, winding single-track trails, and technical sections with rocks, roots, and scrub oak obstacles.
- Typical lap times range from 35 minutes for the fastest riders to about 60 minutes.
- An aid station at Altar Rock (about halfway through) will offer water and Halloween candy to keep you energized.
- Please bring your own water bottle.
After the race, join us for the family-friendly Fall Festival with live music, food trucks, NCF cranberries, and more!
If you would like the .gpx file for your bike computer, please click here for the Strava file or email dodell@nantucketconservation.org.
Pick your distance
Cycling
NCF Batacular Bike Race 2026
NCF Batacular Bike Race Single Lap (8.4 miles)
8.4 miles
NCF Batacular Bike Race Double Lap (16.8 miles)
16.6 miles
Typical race-day weather
Based on 3 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Nantucket, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:03 AM and sets at 5:45 PM local time (EDT) in Nantucket on October 25, 2026 — 10h 41m of daylight.
Course
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 8 Nantucket events
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