Bike trails on Nantucket spread out in every direction, like spokes on a tire. Relatively flat, the island is ideally suited for getting around on two wheels, especially when there seems to be a destination for every desire. Feel like sightseeing? Head east from old Nantucket town (where the ferries arrive) on a straight ride through the moors and cranberry bogs. You’ll soon arrive in the quaint town of Siasconset, where rose-trellised cottages with names like “The Snuggery” and “Very Snug” line the small streets. If a thriving college and family scene is more your pleasure, an easy 3-mile bike trail leads to crowded Surfside Beach. For sheer romance, it’s hard to top a late-afternoon pedal to Madaket Beach. On the westernmost tip of Nantucket, the beach has a narrow, wild feel to it as the white sand quickly drops to the waters of the Atlantic. Bring a backpack full of provisions – say, fresh sushi from Yoshii (2 East Chestnut Street) and sinfully good truffles from the Nantucket Chocolatier (One Cambridge Street) – plop yourself on the beach (preferably after 6 p.m., when most families have vanished) and get ready to savor the sunset. Wine might help bring on that blissful From Here to Eternity moment of rolling in the waves, but remember that you still have a 5-mile jaunt back to town. – Stephen Jermanok

Bike rentals available just off the ferry on Steamboat Wharf at Young’s Bicycle Shop, 6 Broad Street, Nantucket; 508-228-1151; youngsbicycleshop.com