EDGARTOWN LIGHT
The quintessential coastal MA photo op, the Edgartown Harbor Light is a short walk from any of our hotels and one of five remaining lighthouses on Martha's Vineyard.
The ferry horn sounds and the mainland shrinks behind you. Forty-five minutes later, you step onto the Oak Bluffs dock and the pace of your week has already changed. Martha's Vineyard sits seven miles off the Cape Cod coast, close enough to see from shore but far enough to feel like an escape. The air smells of beach roses and salt. Screen doors swing shut on summer porches. By the time you find your room, the rhythm of the mainland has already started to fade.
Lark has one property here: the 95-room Summercamp, directly across from the ferry landing. From Oak Bluffs, the rest of the island unfolds by bike, bus, or occasional day trip.
Martha's Vineyard rewards visitors who slow down. The island has no bridges and no fast food chains. Cars cost a premium to ferry over, so many visitors leave them on the mainland and get around by bike, bus, or on foot. From Oak Bluffs, the flat terrain makes cycling easy to nearby beaches and neighboring towns.
Oak Bluffs has the island's most walkable downtown, with the nation's oldest carousel, Victorian cottages unlike anywhere else, and shops and restaurants all within a few blocks of the ferry. The beaches are just as close—you can be swimming ten minutes after you leave your room.
For day trips, Edgartown is 15 minutes by bike or bus, with white clapboard mansions and a quieter harbor. Menemsha, on the western shore, draws sunset crowds to its seafood shacks. But Oak Bluffs has enough to fill several days without venturing far.
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