Choose from the following series of detailed walking tours of Martha's Vineyard.
A Walking Tour of Vineyard Haven
Vineyard Haven, the main port of entry to Martha's Vineyard,
grew into a bustling seaport during the age of whaling. Nestled
between two protruding points of land, East Chop and West Chop,
it was a natural refuge used by coastal schooners waiting for
fair winds and tides.
» Go to Vineyard Haven Tour
A Walking Tour of Edgartown
The age of whaling shaped the Federal and Greek Revival homes of
Edgartown. Born in 1642, as the Island's first settlement, the
town grew steadily during the 17th and 18th centuries. By 1825,
it was a major whaling port.
» Go to Edgartown Tour
A Walking Tour of Oak Bluffs
The seeds of Oak Bluffs sprouted in August 1835 from a handful
of tents pitched amid a grove of oak trees for a week of
spiritual rejuvenation. By 1880, this Methodist revival meeting
in the Camp Ground had grown into a summer city of a thousand
wood frame tents and cottages.
» Go to Oak Bluffs Tour
A Drive Up-Island
The western end of the Island consists of three rural towns:
West Tisbury, Chilmark and Aquinnah. This part of the Vineyard is
called "Up-Island" because as you travel west you move up the
scale of longitude; the expression is a holdover from the days of
seafarers.'
» Go to Up-Island Tour
