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Vineyard Beaches ~ Lighthouse Beach and Fuller Street Beach

 

Lighthouse Beach: This is one of the island’s more scenic beaches.  While laying on your fluffy beach towel on the smooth white sand, with the iconic Edgartown lighthouse watching guard you’ll enjoy stunning views of outer Chappaquiddick and Cape Pogue off in the distance. Lighthouse Beach wraps around the point, giving you plenty of space to choose where you want to sit, and which picturesque view captures your attention. The farther around the point you walk, the less people you’ll find, giving you that moment of zen opportunity. To get here I suggest you take bus 13 to Edgartown (arriving on Church Street) as parking is very limited, then, just an 11 minute walk to this great Martha’s Vineyard beach.

 Edgartown Lighthouse Beach

Fuller Street Beach: Fuller Street beach actually connects to Lighthouse Beach. There is limited on street parking here so, again,  I suggest you take the bus.  These two beaches make for the perfect opportunity to day trip to Edgartown from other towns and enjoy the beach, pop into town for a leisurely lunch, window shop and get some more beach time before heading out of town.

 

 

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Fuller Street Beach
Lighthouse Beach

 

 

 

 

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Vineyard Beaches ~ South Beach

Island Map - south beachLocated on the south side of the island, South beach is one of the more popular and largest beaches on Martha’s Vineyard. With three miles of pristine shoreline you’ll find people of all ages here. There’s families spending the day together, teenagers escaping their parents, twenty somethings on break from college, and adults of all ages hanging out with friends they haven’t seen in ages.

 South Beach on a sunny day

Here’s a local’s tip: if you’re here for a week or more, make sure you come on a week day. This way the beach won’t be as crowded as they are on the weekends.

 South Beach Waves

Recently beach volleyball nets have been erected so if you have a ball you can challenge your family and/or friends to a friendly game. The losing team has to cook dinner though 😉 But as much asI love beating my friends, my favorite South Beach activity has to be body surfing. The waves here are perfect for it.

Norton Point

Here’s another local’s tip: if you go to the “left fork” of south beach and you have a truck or SUV you can actually drive out on to Norton Point if you purchase an over the sand permit for the day.  Perfect if you love shore casting for fish or if you want to get away from the crowds.

 

 

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Beaches on Martha’s Vineyard

Norton Point

I don’t know about you, but by this time of year I can not wait for summer. I want to be lying on the beach soaking up the summer sun, and fishing. One of my favorite memories is when my whole family would drive out on Norton Point and spend the day fishing, playing, having lunch, and just being together. I miss that, but I’ll forever cherish the memories.

The beaches on Martha’s Vineyard are incomparable; with each one having their own unique attribute. Each beach may be the perfect representation of the New England seaboard, but there is just something about them that are incomparable with the rest of New England. They are pristine, untouched, meticulously cared for to keep them as protected as possible, yet they are open for everyone to enjoy and create wonderful memories.

There is a beach here for everyone. On the north east side (or the lee side for those nautically inclined) the beaches tend to be naturally protected, allowing for clear, calm, and shallow waters. On the other side of the island, the south west side, you’ll find long stretches of beaches that tend towards strong riptides, larger surf, and even clay cliffs.

 

There’s no way to describe why they are so different and magical, my only advice is to get out and experience the magic of our beaches. Stay tuned for posts highlighting individual beaches.

 

 

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