Thirty minutes of open water and already the mainland felt like something I made up. Nantucket, Massachusetts sits at coordinates 41.2853, -70.0988, about 30 miles south of Cape Cod. Getting here is part of the experience, and arriving feels like crossing into another world entirely. Dense canopy and wetland flora make it feel like a world apart from the sunny beaches just a few miles away. Watching the open ocean pass by and feeling the mainland fade away is a genuine transition, not just a commute.