Location: Martha's Vineyard < Massachusetts < USA
Nearest Airport
: MVY
at 8
Miles
Nearest Ferry
: Oak Bluffs
at 12
Miles
Nearest Beach
: South Beach
at 1.4
Miles
Nearest Barpub
: Edgartown
at 2
Miles
Nearest Golf
: Edgartown
at 3
Miles
Nearest Restaurant
: Katama
at 0.5
Miles
Car: not necessary
New England, Martha's Vineyard Island, Edgartown, Katama, small towns, beaches, swimming, fishing, boating, sailing, water sports, seafood, whale watching, golfing, shopping,
A playground for Hollywood and Washington elites, Martha's Vineyard is to the nouveau riche as neighboring Nantucket is to old-money Yankees and New Yorkers. Just seven miles off the Massachusetts mainland, this 180-square-mile, triangle-shaped island is also more accessible than its sister island—a 45-minute ferry ride from the Cape Cod village of Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven. Of the island's six towns, the centers of visitor activity are Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, and Vineyard Haven. Edgartown, a quaint jumble of bars, boutiques, restaurants, and inns in historic sea captains' homes, occupies the island's southeastern corner. Just to the north, Oak Bluffs is the center of nightlife and where you'll find the gaily painted gingerbread houses of the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association—one of the island's top photo ops. Vineyard Haven, at the northern tip of the island, is the main port of entry, and with its chichi shops and dining, is the most genteel of the towns. To the west, West Tisbury is a community of working farms and rolling hills. Chilmark, in the southwestern corner, is where the richest of the rich spend their summers (you might catch a glimpse of their sprawling summer homes—or at least the tennis courts or servants' quarters—from State Road), and includes the picturesque commercial port of Menemsha. And even farther southwest, the highlight of Aquinnah is its dramatic clay cliffs and prime sunsets; it's also the home of the native Gay Head Wampanoag tribe.
