Joseph Sylvia State Beach
The most family-friendly beach you’ll find is the one known simply as "State Beach." It stretches along the Island's eastern coastline from Edgartown to Oak Bluffs and different sections go by different names. Whether...
Oak Bluffs Town Beach
The In-Town Beach
The Oak Bluffs Town Beach, which runs from Waban Park to the Island Queen ferry terminal, is similar to State Beach in that it faces Nantucket Sound, but it's just a short...
Cedar Tree Neck
A Prime Piece of the Otherwise Private North Shore
The 300 plus acres of the Cedar Tree Neck Sanctuary, a Sheriff's Meadow Foundation property, include a dramatic point of shoreline, where the tide rips and...
Chappy Point Beach
Just a step off the Chappy Ferry
Just across the channel from Edgartown on the Chappy Ferry is a small beach owned by the Martha's Vineyard Land Bank. This beach is on the Chappaquiddick side...
Gardner Beach
This little stretch of beach is on the Katama Bay side of Chappy Point, and you could be forgiven for thinking it's an extension of Chappy Point Beach on the outer harbor side.
Little Beach
My, what a Lovely Neck You Have...
Sheriff's Meadow Says:
As least as long as terns and piping plovers are nesting at Little Beach, dogs are currently prohibited from this property. The sweeping, sandy spit that makes Little Beach...
Quansoo Preserve
Little Gem on the Great Pond
A sweet little addition to the Sheriff Meadow Foundation's bigger holding in the same neck. A prime spot to launch your kayak and head for the Land Bank beach.
Tisbury Great Pond Beach
From the Land Bank's description:
The barrier beaches separating the Island’s south shore great ponds from the the sea are important habitats for wildlife ... and unique destinations for adventurous humans, who enjoy the sites’ light, wind...
East Beach
Swimming in solitude
One of the great treasures of the east coast is the six miles of beach and 1,000 acres preserved by the Trustees of Reservations at the eastern end of Chappaquiddick Island. Like...
