Gay Head Light, Aquinnah

Name: Gay Head Light
Address: 9 Aquinnah Circle, Aquinnah, 02535, United States
Telephone: +1 508-627-4441

#1 among attractions in Aquinnah

Top attraction, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture

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Gay Head Light is a historic lighthouse located on Martha's Vineyard westernmost point off of Lighthouse Road in Aquinnah, Massachusetts. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 41°20'55"N, 70°50'6"W

Address

9 Aquinnah CircleAquinnahAquinnah 02535 United States

Contact

+1 508-627-4441

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Gay Head Light – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Menemsha Pond, Edwin DeVries Vanderhoop Homestead, Squibnocket Ridge, Gay Head–Aquinnah Town Center Historic District.

3.2 miE
Lake
Menemsha Pond, Menemsha
83 min walk • Menemsha Pond is a salt pond split between the towns of Aquinnah & Chilmark, Massachusetts. At the mouth of the pond, the Menemsha Creek leads into the Menemsha Bight and the Vineyard Sound. Along Menemsha Creek sits the historic sea-side fishing village of Menemsha.
~1190 ftS
Museum
Edwin DeVries Vanderhoop Homestead, Martha's Vineyard
6 min walk • The Edwin DeVries Vanderhoop Homestead, is an historic house at 35 South Road, Aquinnah, Massachusetts, United States. The c. 1890s house is the first built by a member of the Vanderhoop family, which is prominent in the town politics of Aquinnah and in the tribal organization of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head.
4.2 miSE
Mountain
Squibnocket Ridge, Menemsha
107 min walk • Squibnocket Ridge is a mountain in Dukes County, Massachusetts. It is located on Martha's Vineyard 2.8 miles southwest of Chilmark in the Town of Chilmark. Peaked Hill is located northeast of Squibnocket Ridge.
1.2 miE
Neighbourhood
Gay Head–Aquinnah Town Center Historic District, Aquinnah
31 min walk • The Gay Head–Aquinnah Town Center Historic District is a historic district encompassing the center of the American town of Aquinnah, Massachusetts.
5.3 miE
Neighbourhood
Barn House, Chilmark
136 min walk • Barn House is the site of a summer artists' colony in Chilmark, Massachusetts, on the island of Martha's Vineyard. The property includes one of the oldest houses in Chilmark, a barn dating from the 1780s, and facilities constructed primarily during the 1920s by the Chilmark Associates to facilitate its use as a summer retreat.
3.3 miW
National park
Fort Phoenix State Reservation
85 min walk • Fort Phoenix State Reservation is a public recreation area on Buzzards Bay in the town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The reservation encompasses 28 acres adjacent to the remains of Fort Phoenix, an American Revolutionary War fort and national landmark from which the reservation takes its name.
4.6 miE
Neighbourhood
Menemsha Hills and The Brickyard, Chilmark
118 min walk • Menemsha Hills is a protected nature reserve located on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts in the town of Chilmark. The property is owned by The Trustees of Reservations through three grants of land, the first in 1966.