* Tisbury, which includes the main village of Vineyard Haven, and the West Chop peninsula.

* Vineyard Haven Harbor, including the Marine Railway

Röbller Vineyard and Winery near New Haven is also in the Hermann AVA.

The town has no direct access to the mainland via ferry or by air ; Martha's Vineyard Airport is in neighboring West Tisbury, and the Woods Hole Ferry is in Vineyard Haven, which is almost twelve miles ( 19 km ) removed from the town center.

Oak Bluffs is bordered by Nantucket Sound to the north and east, Edgartown to the south, and Vineyard Haven Harbor, Lagoon Pond and Tisbury to the west.

There are four public beaches in the town: Eastville Beach, facing Vineyard Haven Harbor and adjacent to the entrance to Lagoon Pond ; Oak Bluffs Town Beach, bordering Nantucket Sound just south of the Steamship Authority Pier ; Hart Haven Beach, further to the south ; and Joseph Sylvia State Beach, a barrier beach ( shared by Oak Bluffs and Edgartown that separates Sengekontacket Pond from Nantucket Sound.

The exposed nature of the pier means that Steamship Authority ferries are routinely diverted to Vineyard Haven during strong northeasterly winds.

* Vineyard Haven

Vineyard Haven is the main village / town center of Tisbury.

This name was later changed to Vineyard Haven, and the official post office name for the Town of Tisbury is Vineyard Haven.

To residents of Martha's Vineyard, Vineyard Haven is by far the more common usage, although residents recognize Tisbury as the town's legal name.

Tisbury, better known as Vineyard Haven, is the main port of entrance to Martha's Vineyard.

To get an idea of the embarkation in summer of passengers, tourists primarily, and goods, see the early scene in the movie " Jaws " which shows the debarkation on " Amity Island " of a typical boatload in summer at the Vineyard Haven Steamship Authority facility from the steamship Naushon.

Tisbury is bordered by Vineyard Haven Harbor, Lagoon Pond and Oak Bluffs to the east, West Tisbury to the southwest, and Vineyard Haven to the northwest.

Localities of the town include Vineyard Haven, Makonikey, Pilot Hill, West Chop, and Lambert's Cove.

A Blue Bird Corporation | Blue Bird " All American FE " school bus, owned and operated by Martha's Vineyard Public Schools.

Martha's Vineyard is served by Martha's Vineyard Public Schools:

* Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School ( Grades K-12 )

The post office is located just east of the Vineyard Camp Meeting Association lands, as is Oak Bluffs Public Library, which is a member of the Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing library network.

Tisbury is served by Martha's Vineyard Public Schools.

West Tisbury is also home to the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School, which offers K-12 education.

Vineyard Public Schools are part of the Alpine School District.

The Elk Grove Library also serves neighboring communities such as Vineyard, Wilton, Sloughhouse, and Rancho Murieta.

The town is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of the Cape and Islands District, which includes all of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket except the towns of Bourne, Falmouth, Sandwich and a portion of Barnstable.

The town is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of the Cape and Islands District, which includes all of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket except the towns of Bourne, Falmouth, Sandwich and a portion of Barnstable.

" Classic " Canadian raising, affecting both the and diphthongs, is quite common in New England ( including in the traditional accent of Martha's Vineyard ), and also occurs in parts of the upper Midwest.

Other examples are the Pikes Peak Poet Laureate which is designated by a " Presenting Partners " group from within the community ; the Poet Laureate chosen by the League of Minnesota Poets ; the Northhampton Poet Laureate chosen by the Northhampton Arts Council, and the Martha's Vineyard Poet Laureate chosen by ten judges representing the Martha's Vineyard Poetry Society.

Vineyard in the Rue Saint-Vincent ; the day of the Feast of gardens, 15 days after harvest. There is a small vineyard in the Rue Saint-Vincent, which continues the tradition of wine production in the Île de France ; it yields about 500 litres per year.

On the left bank is Denbies Vineyard, the largest vineyard in the UK On the right bank is Box Hill, owned by the National Trust and Britain's first Country Park.

Martha's Vineyard ( Wampanoag: ) is an island ( including the smaller Chappaquiddick Island ) located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for being an affluent summer colony.

Often called just " The Vineyard ," the island has a land area of and is the 58th largest island in the United States, and the third largest on the East Coast of the United States.

Martha's Vineyard is primarily known as a summer colony, and is accessible only by boat and by air.

A study by the Martha's Vineyard Commission found that the cost of living on the island is 60 percent higher than the national average and housing prices are 96 percent higher.

No one knows who the namesake of the island is, but some suppose that since Gosnold's mother-in-law and his second child, who died in infancy, were both named Martha, Gosnold perhaps named Martha's Vineyard after his daughter, who was christened in St James ' Church ( now St Edmundsbury Cathedral ), Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England.

There is still a substantial Wampanoag population on the Vineyard, mainly located in the town of Aquinnah.

Martha's Vineyard is also the setting for Robert Harris ' 2007 novel, the political thriller The Ghost.

Martha's Vineyard is made up of six towns.

Each town is also a member of the Martha's Vineyard Commission, which regulates island-wide building, environmental, and aesthetic concerns.

Martha's Vineyard is located approximately seven miles off the southern coast of Cape Cod.

Bus service is provided on the island year-round by the Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority.

Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, which is located in Oak Bluffs, serves the entire island.

Martha's Vineyard has also been or is home to a number of artists and musicians, including Evan Dando, Tim " Johnny Vegas " Burton of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Livingston Taylor, Ben Taylor, Huey Taylor ( musician / hotelier ), Kate Taylor, Alex Taylor, Tom Rush, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Willy Mason, Unbusted, Mike Nichols, Gordon Healy, Kahoots, Slim-Bob Berosh and Timo Elliott.

The Academy Award winning Patricia Neal owned a home on South Water St in Edgartown, and James Cagney, Lillian Hellman ( who is buried in Abel's Hill Cemetery near the site of Belushi's grave ), and Katherine Cornell all found the Vineyard an exciting, rewarding place to live.