Driving To Menemsha From Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
Driving To Menemsha From Vineyard Haven
Chilmark Massachusetts
Chilmark is a town located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 866 at the 2010 census. The fishing village of Menemsha is located on the western side of the town along its border with the town of Aquinnah. Chilmark had the highest median home sale price of any town or city in Massachusetts in 2013.
Menemsha is a small fishing village located in the town of Chilmark on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the east coast of Menemsha Pond, adjacent to the opening into the Vineyard Sound on the pond's northern end. The village's historic harbor serves as the point of departure for local fishermen, some from multi-generational fishing families such as the Larsens, Pooles and Mayhews, as well as charter boats to the Elizabeth Islands and elsewhere. Besides charter fishing and cruises, other possibilities for recreation are the public beach adjacent to the harbor and the bicycle ferry across Menemsha Pond to Aquinnah as well as many excellent places to get freshly cooked seafood. It is also home of one of the most dramatic sunsets in New England. Menemsha is the location of a United States Coast Guard station, Coast Guard Station Menemsha, and was once known as Menemsha Creek. It is well known for being the shooting background for the fictional Amity Island of Steven Spielberg's 1975 film Jaws.
Governor Thomas Mayhew, the Elder (March 31, 1593 – March 25, 1682) established the first English settlement of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and adjacent islands in 1642. The town officially incorporated on September 14, 1694, the first town to separate from the two original towns of Tisbury and Edgartown. The new town was named for Chilmark, the ancestral home of the family of Governor Thomas Mayhew of Tisbury, in the English county of Wiltshire. In 1714, Chilmark was made a township including the island of Nomans Land.
The town was once known for its unusually high percentage of deaf citizens. In 1854, Chilmark had a deaf population of one in every 25 people, while the national average was one deaf person in 5,728. Today the town is mostly residential, with a small working harbor in Menemsha along the Vineyard Sound side of the town.
In August 2009, 2010 and 2011, President Barack Obama and his family vacationed in Chilmark, renting the Blue Heron Farm.
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Elegant Waterfront Edgartown Home
This incredibly charming and very traditional Vineyard home lies only steps from its own white sandy beach on Sengekontacket Pond and directly abuts over 150 acres of Sherriff's Meadow conservation land with hiking and biking trails.
Martha's Vineyard - Edgartown, Vineyard Haven, Oak Bluffs, Chilmark, Menemsha, Gay Head
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Chilmark, Massachusetts on Martha's Vineyard
- Beautiful homes set on rolling land. Rambling stone walls. Grazing sheep. One of the most beautiful of all Vineyard drives: Middle Road.
These are the trademarks of Chilmark along with Chilmark Chocolates, made and sold in a small building just down from Beetlebung Corner. It is not unusual to encounter lines of customers spilling out into the parking lot, while those inside press their noses against the glass counters to make selections of their personal favorites (milk or dark? Nuts, or fruit?).
But Chilmark is about the sea as well as the land, even land as compelling as this.
At Menemsha, the last remnants of a fabled fishing fleet are tied up at the dock behind two fish markets where you can find the catch of the day. Here you can catch a bike ferry across to Lobsterville, take a catamaran trip to Cuttyhunk Island about an hour away, or climb out on the jetty to watch a spectacular sunset. Families bring folding chairs, and wine and cheese, and sit on the shore to do the same. The two fish markets pack up boiled lobsters for you to take down to the beach, complete with melted butter. An ice cream from The Galley, a tiny walk-up restaurant, completes the meal, if not the day.
Chilmark's small, rural community is located toward the western end of Martha's Vineyard. Most of its 10,639 (34 square miles) are devoted to residential and agricultural use you can get fresh flowers at a Beetlebung Corner self-serve stand, Island-raised lamb at the Allen Farm and wool items knit from their own sheep, eggs from really free range chickens and bacon from local pigs.
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Martha's Vineyard 7/2006 Vineyard Haven outside the Black Dog restaurant
Barack Obama Martha's Vineyard Vacation
Barack Obama has arrived with The First Family to the Vineyard Friday night 08/07/2015 to spend his last Presidential vacation on the Island. 15 days relaxing, playing golf and basketball, biking and enjoying local seafood. Obamas are renting the same 7-Bedrooms 9-Baths vacation home in Chilmark they did last summer.
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Things to do/see in Cape Cod Massachusetts(MA) and Martha Vineyard
Things to do/see in Cape Cod Massachusetts(MA)
Cape cod - Vacation offers Breathtaking scenic beauty, finest dining, best beaches , superior accommodation and best golf courses.
Cape cod beaches are considered among the best of the world.Especially those on cape cod national seashore.Coast guard beach(one of america's best beaches) and race point beach are among them .
Perfect place for swimming, kayaking, sailing and snorkeling.
Discover cape cod for richness of its art, history and culture.
Places to visit in Cape cod- JFK Hyannis museum , sandwich glass museum and pilgrim monument Provincetown, well fleet drive in theatre
Various land and sea activities- Deep sea fishing,whale watching , golf(longest golf season), hiking on nature trails,cycling on 100 mile stretch of scenic paths.
Accessible from anywhere whether you are traveling by air or car. Is around 75 miles from Boston.
Stay- we stayed at a very comfortable and budget friendly hotel( Resort and conference center at Hyannis), and it was in between Provincetown and Falmouth. Hyannis - Falmouth(20 miles approx) and Hyannis - Provincetown(47 miles approx)
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Martha Vineyard - It is a beautiful island located on south of Cape cod.
Can be reached through ferry. It is preferable to take Island Queen ferry from Falmouth Cape Cod to Oak Bluffs (MY) was it is budget friendly (offers $20 return ticket). Once in Martha one can rent a bike, moped or car and enjoy the scenic beauty of the island with some trails offering ocean view on both side of rode.
Places to visit in Martha-
Oak Bluffs Town Beach
Oak Bluffs Campground
Cedar Tree Neck Sanctuary
Aquinnah Cliffs
Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard
A 360 degree view from Memorial Wharf in Edgartown, MA. The video starts with a shot of the Edgartown/Chappaquiddick ferry.
Weekend Getaway in Martha's Vineyard
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Ride around Oak Bluffs
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West Tisbury, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard
FOR MORE INFORMATION: - Time slips away easily in West Tisbury. The clock in the church tower is hand-wound, and strikes the hour by day and night. Music Street, in the heart of the village, got its name from the sound of the pianos brought back by the whaling captains and heard through open windows 150 years ago. The tiny police station by the Mill Pond is just as described in the mystery books of 13th generation town resident Cynthia Riggs. Across the street, an old country store, long since closed, collapses in on itself. In the town cemetery, visitors leave small toy birds on the grave of 19th century poet Nancy Luce, who kept chickens as household pets.
You can definitely get away from it all in West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard's traditional farming community. The porch at Alley's General Store, in the heart of the village, is the place to watch the day go by. Pick up a copy of the Broadside, for one thin dime, and find out what the locals are talking about the single sheet, front-and-back paper is a distinctive blend of news and speculation, and is put out by a West Tisbury couple who seem to know and hear everything.
Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Tour
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Video of 9 Beach Plum Meadows | Edgartown, Massachusetts (Martha's Vineyard)
- Best of Katama-gorgeous home with pool and detached garage and home office in the tranquil community of Beach Plum Meadows. Focus on the smell and distant sounds of the ocean and the grasses rustling in the wind. Or if you need to reconnect with Edgartown Village or South Beach you can follow the Yellow Brick Road to the bike path nearby. The inviting farmer's porch and entry foyer set the tone. The expansive living room with fieldstone fireplace and boxed ceiling beams are the core of the house. The design flows to the dining room and gourmet kitchen that leads to the octagonal screened porch, a Vineyard favorite. The grand master suite occupies the east wing with luxurious bath and walk in closet. The 2nd floor offers an expansive guest suite and the lower level additional bedrooms and living space. This is your Vineyard Dream Home!
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Video of 47 Schoolhouse Road | Edgartown, MA real estate & homes on Martha's Vineyard
- Easy Living In Katama - Edgartown Estates: Newly Updated And Move -In Perfect - Being Sold Furnished! Located in desirable Edgartown Estates which is 1.5 miles to Edgartown Village, 2.5 miles to South Beach, 1 mile to Morning Glory Farm and a short bike ride on the bike path to the Katama General Store, this location provides easy access to all the important Katama/Edgartown hot spots. The house has been newly updated with an expansive new kitchen with all new appliances, updated bathrooms, plus the addition of a full bath off the mudroom area, refinished floors, a finished bonus room above the garage, central AC, new Azek decking, all new furnishings and light fixtures, engineered plans for a pool and rentals already in place for 2017. What could be more perfect! The house is set back from the road and nestled in the professionally landscaped front yard. The front wrap around porch and expansive deck in the back complete the necessary Vineyard outdoor living.
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Video of 7 Gilman Lane | Orleans, Massachusetts (Cape Cod) real state & homes
- Most of us long for a sense of permanence that is best typified by a deep connection to the natural world. That spirit of place and permanence may still be found on historic Barley Neck in East Orleans at 7 Gilman Lane, where the essence of Cape Cod as it used to be has been preserved in perpetuity for one very fortunate new homeowner to savor at leisure, choosing to act as steward of a property that retains all the treasured elements of a pristine marine environment.
The waterfront home resonates throughout with the vision of its famed Bauhaus-influenced Boston architect, Nathaniel Saltonstall, a Modernist who dared to create dwellings that followed function and form with this priority: that they be perfectly integrated with their surrounding environment.
Upon entering the home and spacious living room, one is immediately rewarded with a panoramic vista of world-famous Nauset Beach and the Atlantic, the vast Pochet Island Conservancy, and the tranquil waters of Pleasant Bay's estuary, Pochet Inlet. The extremely varied one-of a kind vista is a very rare one indeed... completely free of signs of human impact! Only the myriad shore bird species that fill the lenses of one's binoculars change with the tides!
The genius of the home's spare design lies in vaulted, airy spaces radiating from a central peak. Smoothly hewn California Redwood beams support cathedral ceilings throughout the home, and the virtual wall of glass in the living room captures every nuance of native vegetation and the salt-water world beyond.
The large, thoughtfully appointed kitchen's color palette perfectly reflects the subtlety of the ocean, and also adds another dimension…a breakfast bay with a view of lush gardens and the colorful songbirds that frequent them.
The home's design, everywhere sensitive to the marine environment, brings the broad water view inside the master bedroom, with its fine wood built-ins, sauna, and large master-bath with Jacuzzi tub… and its connected 3 season sun-porch…again, boasting marvelous water views.
The home enjoys central air conditioning and heat by natural gas throughout, and a whole house generator is powered by always-available natural gas.
Moving to the southern wing of the home, a large office with custom-built cabinetry by one of Cape Cod's finest master craftsmen offers the homeowner a wealth of choices…. family room, office, media room retreat…the choice will be yours! Access to this large and valuable space is through a brick-paved greenhouse atrium that captures just the right amount of solar gain for plants to thrive through the usually mild Cape Cod winters.
Guests or family will appreciate the privacy two additional bedrooms provide shared en suite with their own full bath. Again, vaulted ceilings in the bedrooms provide soft natural light and a sense of tranquility that imbues the home.
Kayakers and fishermen will be thrilled to find a quiet landing abutting the property that provides immediate access to the extensive salt-water Pleasant Bay basin, including its vast enclosed network of fabled islands, ponds, and marshlands.
7 Gilman Lane is a classic retreat and a sanctuary. a home to gently mend the soul, but the world beyond beckons! Nauset Beach and its miles of surf, sand, and recreational pursuits; Rock Harbor and its daily parade of charter fishing boats bringing catches of striped bass and succulent bluefish to the docks; and the fine restaurants and shopping pleasures of the quaint villages of East Orleans and Orleans are just a bike-ride away. And the treasure that is the Cape Cod National Seashore, the Cape Cod Bike Trail, and the highly individual villages that dot the Cape are also all around you.
Savor it all!
You'll always have 7 Gilman Lane to come home to.
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Vineyard Haven, Driving In BMW M3, Matha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard (Wampanoag: Noepe, /mɑːr.ðəz.viːnjʊd/, often called just the Vineyard) is an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts that is known for being an affluent summer colony. It includes the smaller Chappaquiddick Island which is usually connected to the Vineyard, though storms and hurricanes have been known to separate the two. The last such separation of the islands was in 2007 and the two islands are again connected as of April 2, 2015.
It is the 58th largest island in the United States, with a land area of 100 square miles (260 km2), and the third largest on the East Coast of the United States, after Long Island and Mount Desert Island. The island constitutes the bulk of Dukes County, Massachusetts, which also includes the Elizabeth Islands and the island of Nomans Land.
The Vineyard was home to one of the earliest known deaf communities in the United States; consequently, a special sign language developed on the island called Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL).
The 2010 census reported a year-round population of 16,535 residents, although the summer population can swell to more than 100,000 people. About 56% of the Vineyard's 14,621 homes are seasonally occupied.
Martha's Vineyard is primarily known as a summer colony, and it is only accessible by boat and air. However, its year-round population has considerably increased since the 1960s. The island's year-round population increased about a third each decade from 1970 to 2000, for a total of 145% or about 3 to 4% per year (46%, 30%, and 29% in each respective decade). The population of the Vineyard was 14,901 in the 2000 Census and was estimated at 15,582 in 2004. (Dukes County was 14,987 in 2000 and 15,669 in 2004). Dukes County includes the six towns on Martha's Vineyard and Gosnold; it increased by more than 10 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to Census data released in 2011, gaining nearly 1,548 residents. The Island's population increased from 14,987 to 16,535.
A study by the Martha's Vineyard Commission found that the cost of living on the island is 60% higher than the national average, and housing prices are 96% higher.[7] A study of housing needs by the Commission found that the average weekly wage on Martha's Vineyard was 71% of the state average, the median home price was 54% above the state's and the median rent exceeded the state's by 17%.
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Martha's Vineyard Fast Ferry 5
Martha's Vineyard Fast Ferry 5 From Oaks Bluff To Providence R.I. (Rhode Island)
Martha's Vineyard (Wampanoag: Noepe, /mɑːr.ðəz.viːnjʊd/, often called just the Vineyard) is an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts that is known for being an affluent summer colony. It includes the smaller Chappaquiddick Island which is usually connected to the Vineyard, though storms and hurricanes have been known to separate the two. The last such separation of the islands was in 2007 and the two islands are again connected as of April 2, 2015.
It is the 58th largest island in the United States, with a land area of 100 square miles (260 km2), and the third largest on the East Coast of the United States, after Long Island and Mount Desert Island. The island constitutes the bulk of Dukes County, Massachusetts, which also includes the Elizabeth Islands and the island of Nomans Land.
The Vineyard was home to one of the earliest known deaf communities in the United States; consequently, a special sign language developed on the island called Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL).
The 2010 census reported a year-round population of 16,535 residents, although the summer population can swell to more than 100,000 people. About 56% of the Vineyard's 14,621 homes are seasonally occupied.
Martha's Vineyard is primarily known as a summer colony, and it is only accessible by boat and air. However, its year-round population has considerably increased since the 1960s. The island's year-round population increased about a third each decade from 1970 to 2000, for a total of 145% or about 3 to 4% per year (46%, 30%, and 29% in each respective decade). The population of the Vineyard was 14,901 in the 2000 Census and was estimated at 15,582 in 2004. (Dukes County was 14,987 in 2000 and 15,669 in 2004). Dukes County includes the six towns on Martha's Vineyard and Gosnold; it increased by more than 10 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to Census data released in 2011, gaining nearly 1,548 residents. The Island's population increased from 14,987 to 16,535.
A study by the Martha's Vineyard Commission found that the cost of living on the island is 60% higher than the national average, and housing prices are 96% higher.[7] A study of housing needs by the Commission found that the average weekly wage on Martha's Vineyard was 71% of the state average, the median home price was 54% above the state's and the median rent exceeded the state's by 17%.
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Martha's Vineyard Rental Katama Contemporary Luxury Home, Edgartown, MA, USA 02539 - Master
5BR Resort Vacation Rental located in Katama, Edgartown, Massachusetts USA on the Island of Martha's Vineyard
This well appointed 4,500 square-foot upscale contemporary luxury home is located on a private two-acre lot at the end of a cul-de-sac, between the town and South Beach. It features three bedroom suites, two large bedrooms, 4.5 baths, an Ultra Spa tub, a Grohe power shower, a living room, family room, dining room, and a large gourmet kitchen with full amenities. An open cathedral ceiling and double sided fireplace highlight the living room. Other amenities include color TVs, cable, wireless broadband Internet access (Wi-Fi), VCR, stereo, a Mitsubishi theater system with DVD, a deck with deck furniture, a patio with a charcoal grill, an outdoor shower, laundry room, vacuum, iron/ironing board, and much more. The gourmet kitchen, equipped with granite counter tops, breakfast bar and wet bar, is open to the family room which boasts a complete theater system on a 60' screen and is accompanied by a large DVD movie library.
This beautiful well-appointed home has hardwood and tile floors throughout, high ceilings, and many windows. It is newly furnished and landscaped and is the perfect choice for those who seek a luxurious vacation property.
Located within biking distance of both South Beach and Edgartown, this home is conveniently located to both shopping and beaches!
71 South Water Edgartown MA 02539 Martha's Vineyard Real Estate
Vintage Chic Captain's Home + Guest Cottage With Sweeping Harbor Views. Join us as we walk you thru this stunning, renovated compound with a Main House, Guest Cottage, and Boat House. The property sits right on the shores of Edgartown Harbor on Martha's Vineyard.
Your tour guide is Guinevere Cramer from Point B Realty.
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