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Crisscrossed by old stonewalls surrounding open meadows the Polly Hill Arboretum is home to a collection of more than 1600 woody plants that Polly Hill began planting from seed in 1958. At any season the Arboretum offers beauty, tranquility and abounds with horticultural and botanical rarities! $5 suggested donation - members & children under 12 free. Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Address: 809 State Road, West Tisbury, MA
Tel: 508-693-9426
Email: postmaster@pollyhillarboretum.org
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The Martha's Vineyard Sharks are a summer wood-bat collegiate baseball team. The team is a founding member of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, each year the league's top prospects are scouted and drafted into Major League Baseball. The Sharks will play 27 home games at Vineyard Baseball Park. Concessions are available at all home games.
Address: 110 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Rd, Oak Bluffs, MA
Tel: 508-687-9705
Email: jerry.murphy@mvsharks.com
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Your year-round bookstore, your vacation destination, your online resource: The Bunch of Grapes is a Main Street institution in Vineyard Haven. A full-service bookstore with notably strong selections of Vineyard, maritime and children's books, our staff of passionate readers will find you your next favorite book. 500,000 books available to order at www.bunchofgrapes.com
Address: 44 Main St., Vineyard Haven, MA
Tel: 508.693.2291
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Watch the pigs dig for treasures, explore the friendship garden and see the farmers in action at The Farm Institute on Martha's Vineyard! Spend a day, week or season in enriching hands-on farm programs for the young and young at heart. Buy a CSA share or purchase produce, meat and eggs at our FARM Stand, open June 12th with guided tours and wagon rides!
Address: Katama Farm, 14 Aero Ave, Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508-627-7007 ext. 105
Email: office@farminstitute.org
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Discover nature at Mass Audubon's Felix Neck, our 350-acre wildlife Sanctuary located on the shore of Sengekontacket Pond. Enjoy and learn about the nature of Martha’s Vineyard through our guided and self-guided programs and activities. Walking trails, kayaking, and wild wonders await.
Address: 100 Felix Neck Drive, Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508.627.4850
Email: felixneck@massaudubon.org
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The Martha's Vineyard Ice Arena is home to MV High School Hockey, Youth & Adult Hockey, the MV Figure Skating Club, Public Skating, the Cutting Edge Pro Shop, the East Coast Classic AAA Hockey Tournament, and Summer Hockey Schools. It is also available for private ice skating rental for birthday parties, family outings and other events.
Address: 91 Edgartown/Vineyard Haven Road, Oak Bluffs, MA
Tel: 508.693.5329
Email: marthasvineyardarena@gmail.com
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It's not summer on Martha's Vineyard without a visit to the Family Fun Center Game Room in Oak Bluffs! All the hottest and coolest new games with great prizes from Ryan Family Amusements. Purchase a kids meal next door at Seasons Pub and get 10 free tokens. Open daily from 10am to midnight (in season).
Address: 19 Circuit Avenue, Oak Bluffs, MA
Tel: 508-693-7129
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Family Dance-O-Rama is an all-age disco party & "must do" family activity on Martha's Vineyard. Scheduled every Wednesday 5:30-7:30pm during July & August at Flatbread (formerly Outerland/Hot Tin Roof). Shake it with DJ Shizz & your favorite dance tunes, lights & bubbles on the island's largest dancefloor. Family-friendly pizza menu available and the bar's open for grandma...See you next summer!
Address: 17 Airport Rd. (at the MV Airport), Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508-693-1137
Email: familydanceorama@gmail.com
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The Martha's Vineyard Museum is dedicated to furthering an interest in, experience of, and appreciation for the history and culture of the Island and its environs. This is accomplished by mounting exhibitions on a variety of topics, presenting collaborative educational programs, supporting scholarly research and preserving and adding to its museum, library and archival collections
Address: P.O. Box 1310, 59 School Street, Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508.627.4441
Email: frontdesk@mvmuseum.org
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"1,2,3...To Knowledge!" (More than just a game of Trivia). Add an element of uniqueness to your function with "1,2,3...To Knowledge!". It's both fun and "somewhat" educational. Form teams (or not) and be a part of a fun learning experience that will help break down the walls of formality and create an immediate environment of camaraderie amongst your guests.
Tel: 774-563-0044
Email: ray@123toknowledge.com
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Get Out There in a kayak with Martha's Vineyard Eco Adventures. Our ACA Certified guides take you through a pond or coastal area where you are taught basic kayaking skills, wildlife identification, local history, & more. Half & full day scenic & fishing tours, instruction and rental delivery available. Recommended for ages 10 & up.
Address: (Meet at tour locations), Vineyard Haven, MA
Tel: 508-696-7842
Email: info@mvecoadventures.com
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Murdick's Fudge on Martha's Vineyard, a slice of the island - making homemade fudge and brittle since 1887. Celebrating their 28th season on the Vineyard. With fudge & candy stores in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven. Fudge & Brittle can be purchased & shipped online April through December.
Address: Main Street, Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508.627.8047
Fax: 888.55.FUDGE
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Martha's Vineyard Glassworks was built to offer an understanding of glassblowing to the public. With an open studio, we invite our customers to watch glass art come to life- from the raw material and an artist's vision, to the final piece for your home.
Visit our online glass gallery.
Address: 683 State Road, West Tisbury, MA
Tel: 508.693.6026
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Island Spirit Kayak on Martha's Vineyard offers Kayak Tours, Sunset/Moonlight Paddles, Kayak Kamp, Lessons, Rentals and Delivery. Families welcome ages 5 and up. Come on down and rent a kayak from our location on Sengeckontacket Pond in Oak Bluffs or call ahead to reserve a kayak tour!
Address: State Beach, Little Bridge, Oak Bluffs, MA
Tel: 508.693.9727
Email: chick@islandspiritkayak.com
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Classic Aviators invite you to strap on your leather cap and goggles and take a flight into yesteryear in the “Red Baron". Flights leave Katama Airfield in Edgartown and offer thrilling views from an open cockpit. Soar over the Aquinnah Cliffs, historic lighthouses and Chappaquiddick Island. Rides for 2 start at $199.
Address: Katama Airfield, Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508.627.7677
Tel: 508-693-4028
Email: don@biplanemv.com
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The Vineyard Artisan Festivals is a weekly juried Art Show to support and promote fine art and crafts hand-made by Islanders. From traditional crafts handed down for many generations to newly inspired, each week the public can meet over 60 Island Artists. Rain or Shine, plenty of parking, café, artist demos and free admission.
Address: P.O.Box 774, Oak Bluffs, MA
Tel: 508-693-8989
Email: artisan02557@yahoo.com
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Capawock Movie Theatre
Newly renovated. Movies. Open year-round.
Address: Main St., Vineyard Haven, MA
Tel: 508.696.9200
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Edgartown Cinemas
Movies, Open Year round
Address: Main Street, Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508.627.8008
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Edgartown Tour Company on Martha's Vineyard offers tour options for everyone! "Amity" tour of JAWS, paddle boarding adventures, guided walking tours as well as full island tours. Learn about history, architecture, ecology, whaling, shipwrecks and haunted houses. We cater to groups of all size, book us for your wedding or special event.
Address: PO Box 2822, Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508-221-4582
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Illumination Night
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Grounds. Usually last part part of August; date not revealed until a week before the event. Remembered for a lifetime: after Sing-along concert, Japanese lantern is lit by oldest resident of the community. Then hundreds of other lanterns are lit, turning area into grand, magical illumination.
Address: Campground Cottages, Oak Bluffs, MA
Tel: none
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The Aquinnah Wampanoag's 485-acre reservation is located within the town of Aquinnah at the southwestern tip of Martha's Vineyard. The Tribe was added to the the Federally Recognized Tribes list in 1987. Its Cultural Center provides services to the Tribal community and sponsors events, programs and exhibits relating to tribal culture which are open to the Tribe and to the public. One of its most popular annual events is the Legend of Moshup pageant during which its founding legend is re-enacted under the stars by tribal members. Details about this and other public activities are available on its website.
Address: 35 Aquinnah Circle, Aquinnah, MA
Tel: 508.645.9265
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Address: 1 Head Of The Pond Road, Oak Bluffs, MA
Tel: 508-693-5554
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Menemsha Harbor
Stroll dockside for an up close look at the working fishing boats tied up along the pier. If you ever wondered what the life of a commercial fisherman is like the worn lines and heavy rigging will answer the question. Just across the road, the Home Port offers fresh seafood to go out its back door, on its porch and in its full service restaurant. Take your pick and if you opt for takeout, head for the nearby Menemsha beach and watch the sunset over the water to the west, a rare sight on the eastern seaboard. You'll find Larson's Seafood nearby offering lobster in the rough just across from the fishing docks.
Address: 24 Basin Road, Chilmark, MA
Tel: 508.645.2100
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Memorial Wharf - Edgartown
As Main Street swerves into Water Street and heads in the direction of the Chappy ferry, Memorial Wharf overlooks the goings on in the harbor. Sail boats, fishing craft and the Chappy ferry animate the waters.
A favorite spot from which to watch the July 4th Fireworks, enjoy lunch from the nearby Quarterdeck, or jig for squid at sundown. (aka Commercial Wharf)
Address: Dock Street, Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508-627-6110
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Cape Poge is home of 14 miles of moderate hiking trails. With its remote setting it can serve as your peaceful getaway from Martha's Vineyard busy summer atmosphere. Trails lead to the Cape Poge Lighthouse, the Cape Poge Bay, as well as beach front locations and many other Chappaquiddick destinations. Chappaquiddick is easily accessible by the "on-time ferry" (Chappaquiddick Ferry) that leaves out of Edgartown. Seasonal restrooms; picnic tables; parking available at Wasque and Mytoi Garden.
Address: Dike Road, Chappaquiddick Island, Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508-627-7689
Email: capepoge@ttor.org
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Experience an intimate Japanese style garden characterized by natural serenity. Footpaths leading past a birch walk, camellia dell, stone garden, and hillside garden as wells a .5 mile trail through a pitch pine forest leading to the salt marshes of Poucha Pond. The entrance to the Salt Marsh Trail is located across the street from the Mytoi Garden. These trails offer easy walking and beautiful scenery.
Just under a 3 mile bike ride from the "on-time ferry" (Chappaquiddick Ferry) leaving from Edgartown. Limited parking; free to all; public restrooms.
Address: Dike Road, Chappaquiddick Island (Latitude:41.3755, Longitude:-70.4580), Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508-627-7689
Email: capepoge@ttor.org
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Grab the brass rings from 22 wooden horses with real horse hair manes; oldest working carousel in the country. Also has game room. A must-do summer activity on Martha's Vineyard! Located at the foot of Circuit Ave, 1 block from the ferry terminal.
Address: Oak Bluffs Avenue, Oak Bluffs, MA
Tel: 508.693.9481
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Tel: 413-333-5770
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Enjoy 1.5 miles of walking trails through rare sand barrens. The perfect destination for bird watching as well as fishing. Trustees members and children are free; nonmembers must pay small admission fee. Public Restrooms.
Address: Wasque Road, Chappaquiddick Island (Latitude:41.3552, Longitude:-70.4597), Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508-627-7689
Email: capepoge@ttor.org
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Address: 111R Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Rd., Oak Bluffs, MA
Tel: 508-696-7171
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Address: 386 State Rd., Vineyard Haven, MA
Tel: 508.693.2611
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Long Point offers easy hiking with a two mile trail that borders Middle Point, Long Cove, and Tisbury Great Ponds. With sheltered salt and fresh water ponds as well as an ocean border Long Point is perfect for a all day excursion. Because of its beach front location Long Point is an extremely popular summer destination although it is also popular among bird watchers and nature lovers alike off season. Public restrooms; free admission to trustees members and children; parking admission free for the public.
Address: Edgartown West Tisbury Road (Latitude:41.3545, Longitude:-70.6379), West Tisbury, MA
Tel: 508-693-3678
Email: longpoint@ttor.org
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Just on the other side of Circuit Ave., The Martha's Vineyard Campmeeting Association Campground offers an oasis of calm. The colorful carpenter gothic 'gingerbread' cottages hark back to the 19th century when they were built to replace the revival meeting tents for some of the Island's first wave of summer visitors. At the center of the 'circle' is the Tabernacle which hosts many summer events including Wednesday evening Community Sings, films, concerts and most notably, the yearly Illumination Night during which hundreds of lanterns are lit to illuminate surrounding the cottages. Lovely cottage gardens add to the charm of this historic portion of Oak Bluffs.
Address: 1 Trinity Park, Oak Bluffs, MA
Tel: 508.693.0525
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Riverhead Field Frisbee Golf Course
Located approximately 1.1 miles from the intersection of the Edgartown Vineyard Haven Road and Barnes Road. Approaching from Vineyard Haven, make a right onto Barnes Road at the 4-way stop. Enter a dirt parking lot w/ split rail fence on the right at gate 15. The dirt course is mostly flat and somewhat wooded. Free and open to the public, sunrise to sunset daily.
Address: Lat/Long 41.404215, -70.604378, Oak Bluffs, MA
Tel: .
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Norton Point, once the vital link connecting Martha's Vineyard and Chappaquiddick, is home to 4.5 miles of walking trails along the Atlantic Ocean. The perfect spot for bird watching, Norton Point is an important habitat for nesting shore birds. Open 24 hours, year round. Free for pedestrians.
Address: South on Katama Road (Latitude:41.35014, Longitude:-70.48691), Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508-627-7689
Email: capepoge@ttor.org
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Gay Head Cliffs at Aquinnah
At Martha's Vineyard's westernmost tip in Aquinnah, the Gay Head Cliffs thrust into the sea. The Cliffs themselves are striated with bright red, yellow and orange bands of color each delineating an era of their long history. From the top of Cliffs, the horizon offers a view of the Elizabeth Islands, spectacular sunsets and the South Shore beaches. Nearby the Gay Head light, which is open to visitors June-Sept, orients sailors to their location as they approach land. The Cliffs also offer a variety of shops and restaurants where you can enjoy a local treats including chowder, lobster and great home-made pies.
(http://www.marthasvineyardhistory.org/gayhead.php for Lighthouse details)
Address: 1 Aquinnah Circle, Aquinnah, MA
Tel: 508.645.2300
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Visit the Menemsha Hills walking trails and experience the second highest point on Martha's Vineyard as well as beautiful panoramic views of the Vineyard Sound and Elizabeth Islands. Three miles of trails through wetlands, woodland groves, costal plains, and the rocky ocean edge will give hikers the opportunity to experience many different Island environments. Moderate hiking; parking available; seasonal portable bathroom facilities. Free to all, open year round sunrise to sunset.
Address: North Road, Chilmark, MA
Tel: 508-693-3678
Email: longpoint@ttor.org
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Address: 265 The Boulevard, Edgartown, MA
Tel: 508-627-3537
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Native Earth Teaching Farm
Address: 94 North Road, Chilmark, MA
Tel: 508-645-3304
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Just around the corner from the Martha's Vineyard Gourmet & Bakery's front door, just-made doughnuts go on sale nighty at about 9 pm. Just follow the unmistakable aroma of cinnamon and sugar and join the line of fans who queue up nightly for the fresh-from- the-fryer treats.
Address: 5 Post Office Square, Oak Bluffs, MA
Tel: 508-693-3688
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