Nearest airport:
Martha's Vineyard Airport at 8 Miles
Nearest beach:
beach at 0.1 Miles
Car:
not necessary
Oak Bluffs has grown to become the island’s liveliest center for after-hours entertainment, with a downtown district, called Circuit Avenue, bustling well into the wee hours on summer weekends. Oak Bluffs is also home to such landmarks as the Flying Horses (the nation’s oldest operating carousel), Union Chapel, and 'gingerbread' cottages surrounding the Tabernacle, which hosts events throughout the summer. The Oak Bluffs harbor is known as the island’s favorite center for power boaters, with its long concrete dock and electrical hookup services. Oak Bluffs is also home to the island’s most impressive collection of public parks. The jewel of them all is Ocean Park, with a bandstand at the center from which concerts are given on alternating Sunday nights throughout the summer. Ocean Park is also the center for the August fireworks display which traditionally draws the biggest crowds of any single island event, and which marks the conclusion of the high summer season.