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Beach
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Location
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Water
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Description
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Accessibility
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Lucy Vincent Beach
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Chilmark section of South Shore
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Salt
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Surf, bluffs
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Chilmark residents only
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Menemsha Public Beach
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Chilmark, Next to Menemsha Harbor
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Salt
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A gentle beach with the clear,
bright water
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Open to all
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Squibnocket Beach
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Chilmark section of South Shore
|
Salt
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A surf beach
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Chilmark residents only
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East Beach (Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge and Wasque Reservation)
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On Chappaquiddick Island
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salt
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One of the best
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Open to all, subject to regulations of The
Trustees of Reservations
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Fuller Street Beach
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Edgartown, At the end of Fuller St. near Lighthouse Beach
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Salt
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NA
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Open to all
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Katama Beach (South Beach)
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Edgartown, South Shore at end of Katama Road
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Salt
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Three miles of barrier beach, fine surf on one side, protected salt-pond on the other
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Open to all
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Lighthouse Beach
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Edgartown, at Star-buck's Neck, off North Water St. near the
center of town
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Salt
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A harbor beach
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Open to all
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Gay Head Public Beach (Moshup Beach)
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Gay Head, off Moshup Trail, approximately ten-minute walk from
the parking lot on a cleared trail
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Salt
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Extends from
Philbin Beach to just before the Gay Head Cliffs, which are off limits
|
Open to public
|
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Lobsterville Beach
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Gay Head, along Lobsterville Road
|
Salt
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Two miles of beautiful Vineyard Sound beach and dune land, including a seagull nesting area, and is a favorite fishing spot
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Open to all
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Philbin Beach
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Gay Head, off Moshup Trail
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Salt
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Surf beach
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Gay Head residents only
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Eastville Beach
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At bridge between Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven
|
Salt
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NA
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Open to all
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Oak Bluffs Town Beach
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Oaks Bluff - begins near the Steamship
Authority dock
|
Salt
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NA
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Open to all
|
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Joseph Sylvia State Beach
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Oak Bluffs, along Beach Road
between Oak Bluffs and Edgartown
|
Salt
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Two miles of clear, mild beach
|
Open to all
|
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Lake Tashmoo Town Beach
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Vineyard Haven, at Herring Creek on Lake Tashmoo
|
Salt
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NA
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Open to all
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Owen Park Beach
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Vineyard Haven, off Main St., near the center of town
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Salt
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A harbor beach
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Open to all
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Tisbury Town Beach
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Vineyard Haven, end of Owen Little Way, next to the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club
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Salt
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NA
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Open to all
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Lambert's Cove Beach
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West Tisbury
|
Salt
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Considered by many to have the finest sand and clearest
water on the North Shore
|
West Tisbury residents only
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West Tisbury South Shore Town Beach
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West Tisbury
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Salt
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Surf and solitude
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Open to all year-round
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