Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
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Written and photographed on Martha's Vineyard, MV Vacation is an independent island guide: beaches, towns, live webcams, ferry and bus tips, restaurants, bike routes, and events, all researched on the ground and updated for the season. Start exploring below.
Every dot on the chart is a real place with its own guide. Pick a town from the map, or take one of the routes in.
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The first-timer's handbook: ferries, seasons, where to begin.
Surf or calm, free or permit, decided on one page.
Hotels, inns and rentals, 38 properties fact-checked for 2026.
Lobster rolls to farm dinners, checked this season.
Sailing, trails, tours and the rainy-day saves.
Ferry, bed and dinner math done before you commit to dates.
See the harbors as they are this minute, before you sail.
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Free buses through June 30, 2027
How to get anywhere on the island by bus
The exact route, minute and transfer for every big trip, from any town, verified against the 2026 timetables.
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Radio Science runs silent DJ after-parties on Martha's Vineyard: headsets kept on the island, three channels, headset wrangling for rentals, tents and lights. The island's answer to the 10 PM outdoor music curfew at weddings.
Read More: Radio Science: Silent DJ After-Parties on Martha's VineyardThe practical guide for J-1 students, H-2B workers and summer staff on Martha's Vineyard: Social Security sessions at the Oak Bluffs Library, the free bus and its live map, the two laundromats (yes, one is by the airport), cheap bikes, groceries, Wi-Fi, pay rules, health, food help if money runs short, and free days off. Checked September 2026.
Read More: Working a Summer on Martha's Vineyard: The Practical Guide for J-1 Students and Seasonal Staff (2026)Joshua Slocum, first to sail alone around the world, spent his last years farming in West Tisbury and vanished from Vineyard Haven harbor in November 1909. The voyage, the farm called Fag End, the last departure, and what a visitor can actually see: the harbor, a marker stone by a country road, the museum's Slocum papers, and the book itself.
Read More: Joshua Slocum on Martha's Vineyard: The Sailor Who Farmed West Tisbury and Vanished from Vineyard HavenFresh from the island
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The Wampanoag (meaning "People of the First Light") have inhabited the island they call Noepe ("land amid the waters") for at least 10,000 years. Over 300 tribal members still reside here today.
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The island right now
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