I have participated in the Cross-Island Hike at least 15 times, but at 77 years old, at the end of each year’s hike I mutter: “This will be my last one.”
I have participated in the Cross-Island Hike at least 15 times, but at 77 years old, at the end of each year’s hike I mutter: “This will be my last one.”
This year’s Cross-Island hike takes place Saturday, June 1, beginning at 8 a.m. at Hillman’s Point at Lake Tashmoo. The full trek is just over 19 miles long, ending at the Chilmark Pond Preserve.
On Saturday morning, 67 hikers began the 27th annual cross-Island hike hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank, rekindling a tradition on hold due to the pandemic since 2020.
On a trail that cut through the heart of the Vineyard, 120 hikers and six dogs set out Saturday for the 26th annual cross-Island hike. The event is hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank.
Summer is coming and perhaps you feel you don't really know and understand the Island.
On Saturday nearly 120 people gathered for the cross-Island hike, a journey of 17 miles that began at Menemsha and ended at Blackwater Pond.