Founded in 1602 by Bartholomew Gosnold, the name Martha's Vineyard came in honor of his infant daughter and the amount of wild grapes on the island. Along with Nantucket and the Elizabeth Islands, the Vineyard was bought for forty pounds by Thomas Mayhew. Mayhew's son founded Edgartown in 1642, where English settlers lived cooperatively with the Wampanoags for many years.

Beach								Location
Aquinnah								Aquinnah
Gay Head								Gay Head
Katama								Edgartown
Lucy Vincen								Chilmark
Squibnocket								Chilmark
East								Chappaquiddick
Joseph Sylvia State								Oak Bluffs
Lake Tashmoo								Vineyard Haven
Lighthouse								Edgartown
Menemsha Public								Chilmark
Oak Bluffs								Oak Bluffs
Owen Park								Tisbury
Tisbury Town								Tisbury
Legend              R = Residents only Beach = Lifeguard      = Food      = Shower      = Restrooms = Camping      = Swimming Lessons      = Public Parking (Cost varies) Parking Information For beach permit information contact the local town hall: Chilmark 508-645-2107 Oak Bluffs 508-693-5511 Tisbury 508-696-4200 Vineyard Haven 508-696-4200 West Tisbury 508-696-0100

Places of Interest

• Cedar Tree Neck 
• Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary 
• Flying Horses Carousel 
• Katharine Cornell Theater 
• Liberty Pole Museum 
• Manter Memorial Youth Hostel 
• Menemsha Village 
• Ocean Park 
• Owen Park 
• Squibnocket Herring Run 
• Tea Lane 
• Thomas Cooke House Museum 
• Tisbury Museum 
• West Chop Woods 

Town of Edgartown
Town of Chilmark
Town of Oak Bluffs
Town of Tisbury
Town of West Tisbury

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