Aquinnah, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

  • Address 65 State Road
    Aquinnah Town Hall
    Chilmark, MA 02535
    United States
  • Phone number+1 508 645 2300
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The cliffs on the westernmost end of Martha's Vineyard are an amazing sight. The Wampanoag Indians appropriately named the area Aquinnah, meaning "High Land" because of the 150-foot high, rainbow-colored cliffs. For years the town was referred to as Gay Head because of the magnificent cliffs. Then, in 1987, descendents of the native Wampanoag people were recognized as a tribe and the name officially changed back to Aquinnah. The new generation of the Wampanoag tribe owns a number of shops, restaurants and acres of surrounding land.

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Trekaroo Reviews ( 1 Review ) Top

 by  GPP_MA  on  2008-06-19

Below the colorful clay cliffs, Aquinnah/Gay Head Beach is very popular during the summer. Because parking is limited and the beach extends sou...

CitySearch Reviews ( 3 Reviews ) Top

A jagged rainbow of reds, blues and greens stretches across these cliffs.

 by  Contributor  on  2006-08-26

The SceneThe Aquinnah cliffs, which sit upon Wampanoag reservation land, present a riot of color created by the action of millions of years

beach delight

 by  rubeking  on  2003-03-29

Philbin beach has the sand, surf and sounds that make the perfect peace of nature. Lobsterville beach has less surf and is an easier place for...

Magical

 by  loving_to_live  on  2003-03-09

If you've never been in a place so peaceful that the ocean echos against beautiful colored clay cliffs, while imagining you can actually hear t...

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