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The Gay Head Light holds the notable honor of beg the first lighthoe nstcted on Martha’s Veyard. In 1796, Senator Peleg Coff suggted the nstctn of the lighthoe.

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GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE

History, rmatn, pictur, lotn, and GPS ordat of the Gay Head Lighthoe Massachetts. * gay head light photos *

History of the Gay Head LighthoePosted/Updated by Bryan Penberthy on the English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold first laid ey on the picturque multi-lored 130-foot cliffs that graced the headland on the wtern end of Martha's Veyard 1602, he lled Dover Cliff, likeng to the Cliffs of Dover along the English Channel. Instead, the area beme known as Gay Head after the brightly lored hu that the cliffs seemed to take on the ever changg light.

In 1796, Massachetts Senator Peleg Coff of Nantucket wrote to his Congrsman Washgton requtg a lighthoe be nstcted at Gay Head for "the nvenience and tert of Nantucket. The first keeper to serve at the Gay Head Lighthoe was Ebenezer Skiff appoted on November 7.

GAY HEAD LIGHT

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Keeper Skiff was the first whe man to live the town of Gay Head, which was populated by the Wampanoag Indians. The Gay Head Lighthoe was one off the first to be changed over, which occurred October of 1812.

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THE EAST CHOP, EDGARTOWN, AND GAY HEAD LIGHTHO ARE NOT ONLY HISTORIC REMRS OF A BYGONE AGE, BUT ARE WORKG BEANS THAT STILL SEND A LIGHT OUT TO THE NIGHT. BEYOND THEIR IMPORTANT FUNCTNAL ROLE, THE STCTUR ALSO OFFER VISORS SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE BREATHTAKG BETY OF VEYARD SOUND, THE SIMPLE ELEGANCE OF EDGARTOWN HARBOR & CHAPPAQUIDDICK, AND THE MAJTIC CLIFFS OF AQUNAH. THE GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE IS OPEN SEASONALLY. A LIGHTHOE KEEPER WILL BE AVAILABLE AND THE DOORS WILL BE OPEN DURG SIGNATED HOURS. PARKG IS AVAILABLE, BUT LIMED, ON AQUNAH CIRCLE. THE VEYARD TRANS AUTHORY (VTA) BS DO HAVE ROUT TO THE LIGHTHOE.READ MORESUGGTED DURATN< 1 HOURSUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGTOURS & EXPERIENCEXPLORE DIFFERENT WAYS TO EXPERIENCE THIS PLACE.SEE OPTNSFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (217)TOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE GAY HEAD LIGHT (AQUNAH LIGHT) AND NEARBY ATTRACTNSBEST SELLERMARTHA'S VEYARD DAYTRIP OM BOSTON WH ROUND-TRIP FERRY & ISLAND TOUR OPTN420FULL-DAY TOURSOM $112.00 PER ADULT3-HOUR MARTHA'S VEYARD ISLAND TOUR OM OAK BLUFFS568HISTORIL TOURSOM $60.00 PER ADULTALL ISLAND TOUR BY B OAK BLUFFS104HISTORIL TOURSOM $65.00 PER ADULTALL ISLAND B TOUR60B TOURSOM $65.00 PER ADULTMARTHA'S VEYARD PRIVATE TOURS76REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.B TOURSOM $389.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 6)3 HOUR SAILG TOUR OF VEYARD HAVEN HARBOR AND SOUND1ADVENTURE TOURSOM $785.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 6)2 HOUR SAILG TOUR OF VEYARD HAVEN HARBOR AND SOUND2ADVENTURE TOURSOM $595.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 6)OAK BLUFFS, MARTHA'S VEYARD AUD TOUR2AUD GUISOM $12.50 PER ADULT6 HOUR SAILG TOUR OF VEYARD HAVEN HARBOR AND SOUND2ADVENTURE TOURSOM $1,375.00 PER ADULTMARTHA'S VEYARD SELF-DRIVG AUD TOUR14HISTORIL TOURSOM $14.99 PER GROUP (UP TO 4)MARTHA’S VEYARD VENTURE SVENGER HUNT4FUN & GAMOM $27.00 PER ADULTPRIVATE TOUR OF MARTHA'S VEYARD WH LUNCH CLUD1B TOURSOM $700.00 PER ADULT4 HOUR SAILG TOUR OF VEYARD HAVEN HARBOR AND SOUND1ADVENTURE TOURSOM $945.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 6)MARTHA’S VEYARD SELF-GUID (APP/GPS) AUD WALKG TOURHISTORIL TOURSOM $6.75 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRS15 AQUNAH CIR, AQUNAH, MARTHA&#39;S VEYARD, MA 02535FULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS2 WH 3 OUTERMOST INN1060.1 MI$$$$ • AMERIN • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSAQUNAH SHOP1460.1 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • SEAFOOD • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYSEE ALLATTRACTNS11 WH 6 GAY HEAD14893 FTPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSCORNA KFMAN SEAWEED ART GALLERY110.5 MIART GALLERIAQUNAH LIGHTHOE691 MILIGHTHOAQUNAH CLIFFS541HISTORIC S • POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSMENEMSHA PUBLIC BEACH165BEACHMENEMSHA HILLS38BEACH • NATURE & WILDLIFE AREASLUCY VCENT BEACH52BEACHCHILMARK FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY3LIBRARIGREAT ROCK BIGHT PRERVE4NATURE & WILDLIFE AREASWASKOSIM'S ROCK RERVATN4NATURE & WILDLIFE AREASSEE ALLCONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.POPULAR MENTNSLIGHT HOECLIFFSMUDBEACHPIIANTUCKET4.5217 REVIEWSEXCELLENT139VERY GOOD62AVERAGE12POOR3TERRIBLE1LOU PKANSAS CY, KS320 NTRIBUTNS0LORFUL CLIFFSJUN 2023 • FRIENDSIN THE BLOWG RA, WAS A TRICK TO NOT GET KNOCKED OVER THE DAY WE WENT. THE VIEWS WERE GREAT OF THE CLIFFS AND THE LIGHTHOE. NOT A GOOD DAY FOR A PIIC UP THERE.READ MOREWRTEN JUNE 7, 2023THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.HAYLEYPLVIRGIA BEACH, VA166 NTRIBUTNS0MT DO!OCT 2022DIFFICULT TO GET TO, BUT WAS OUR FAVORE SIGHT ON MV/NANTUCKET! THE CLIFFS & LIGHTHOE BATN WAS ABSOLUTELY STUNNG- FELY WORTH GOG OUT OF THE WAY! IF YOU GET AN UBER OUT THERE, MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO GET ONE BACK- NSIR LLG A TAXI SERVICE OR TAKG THE B. THERE ARE A FEW SHOPS THERE AND A RTRANT. READ MOREWRTEN OCTOBER 12, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ADIVERDIEHLPROVINCE, RI18 NTRIBUTNS1A MAGIL SPOT ON MVJUL 2022 • FAYA GEO SPOT ON FAR WT AST, FEATURG MV’S OLST LIGHT HOE AND BETIFUL BEACH! I LOVED GETTG BACK OUT WH MY FAY, AS HADN’T BEEN THERE SCE “SENR WEEK” OF LLEGE (WHEN WE ULD STILL “MUD BATHE”READ MOREWRTEN JULY 29, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ANN WBETHLEHEM, PA476 NTRIBUTNS1BETIFUL LIGHTHOESEP 2021ADJACENT TO THE AQUNAH CLIFFS IS THE GAY HEAD LIGHT. THE LIGHTHOE AND THE CLIFFS SHARE THE SAME PARKG LOT. THERE IS A RTROOM ONSE. IT IS A VERY SHORT WALK TO THE LIGHTHOE. THE LIGHTHOE IS VERY PRETTY AND THE VIEW OM THE LIGHTHOE IS PRETTY AS WELL.THIS IS A MT DO IF YOU ARE VISG MARTHA'S VEYARD.READ MOREWRTEN OCTOBER 24, 2021THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN NNONATERSALT LAKE CY, UT1,443 NTRIBUTNS2NICE LIGHT HOE..SEP 2021IF YOU’RE MAKG YOUR LIGHT HOE JOURNEY AROUND THE ISLAND THIS ONE IS A MT SEE. IF YOU’RE DOWN AT THE CLIFFS YOU N H THEM BOTH.READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 5, 2021THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.AUTUMN MSTAMFORD, CT3,368 NTRIBUTNS2CUTE LIGHTHOEAUG 2021 • FAYTHERE'S A SMALL TRAIL TO THE LIGHTHOE WH GREAT VIEWS OF THE CLIFFS. THE LIGHTHOE IS NICE TO TAKE PICTUR OF. MAKE SURE TO TAKE THE TRAIL TO THE BEACH. IT'S BETIFUL.READ MOREWRTEN AUGT 27, 2021THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.BHATNAGARS4 NTRIBUTNS0TOUR BJUN 2021IT WAS A GREAT SPOT TO TAKE SOME MEMORY HOME. EXCELLENT SURROUNDGS, 3.60 GREE VIEW OF BEACH, AND SPECTACULAR VIEW OF TOWN.READ MOREWRTEN JUNE 4, 2021THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ALISON SSPRGFIELD, MA968 NTRIBUTNS1FE OLD LIGHTHOEMAY 2021AFTER ABSORBG THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE GAYS HEAD CLIFFS, WALKED OVER TO THE LIGHT. (CLOSED DURG COVID.) DUE TO EROSN, THE LIGHTHOE HAS BEEN MOVED LAND A FEW YARDS AND YOU N SEE WHERE ONCE STOOD. NICE VIEWS, BUT NOTHG PARED TO THE CLIFFS.READ MOREWRTEN MAY 25, 2021THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.NIS AWAYNE, NJ243 NTRIBUTNS0THE MIGHTY GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE OF AQUNAHOCT 2020 • COUPLSEEG THE LIGHTHOE THE CLIFF OVER & OVER EVERY TIME WE ARRIVED THE ISLAND AND TO SAY GOODBYE BEFORE GOG HOME TO WAYNE IS ONE OF OUR RUAL THGS WE DO FOR OVER TWENTY TWO YEARS ! THE HOME OF WAMPANOAG TRIB & WAMPUM ARTS!READ MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 13, 2020THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.L FSTATEN ISLAND, NY26 NTRIBUTNS0BETIFUL SPOTAUG 2020FOR ME, THIS TOPS ALL OTHER ATTRACTNS AT MARTHA'S VEYARD. THE OVERLOOK PROVIS BREATHTAKG VIEWS OF THE CLIFF AND THE LIGHTHOE. WE GOT SOME H SEAFOOD OM NEXT TOWN MENEMSHA AND HAD A PIIC AT THE TABL PROVID BEFORE WALKG UP TO SEE THE BETIFUL SUNSET. CHARGE YOUR PHON/MERAS FOR FANTASTIC PHOTOS!!!READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 22, 2020THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.12…SHOWG RULTS 1-10 OF 208TODD HHAVE THEY STARTED MOVG THE LIGHTHOE YET ?ADD A REPLYBEVERLY IALBANY, NY1 NTRIBUTNHOW DO YOU GET THERE BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATN OM THE WLEY HOTEL?ADD A REPLYVIEW ALLALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALL2023MARTHA'S VEYARD CAMP MEETG ASSOCIATN (MVCMA)663NEIGHBORHOODSAQUNAH CLIFFS541HISTORIC S • POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSEDGARTOWN LIGHTHOE609LIGHTHOFLYG HORS CAROEL406POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSCIRCU AVENUE328POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSMORNG GLORY FARM194FARMSGAY HEAD148POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSTRY PARK TABERNACLE147HISTORIC S • ARCHECTURAL BUILDGSEAST CHOP LIGHTHOE143LIGHTHOKATAMA AIRFIELD73POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSIS THIS YOUR TRIPADVISOR LISTG?OWN OR MANAGE THIS PROPERTY? CLAIM YOUR LISTG FOR EE TO RPOND TO REVIEWS, UPDATE YOUR PROFILE AND MUCH MORE.CLAIM YOUR LISTGGAY HEAD LIGHT (AQUNAH LIGHT) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Prerly perched Gay Head Lighthoe is on the move Martha’s Veyard. Fortunately, the move is not a wily feared fall off a cliff. * gay head light photos *

The followg was his entry on the Gay Head Lighthoe:. Gay Head light - This is a revolvg light, at the entrance to Veyard sound, on the wtern extremy of Martha's Veyard island, 160 feet above the level of the sea. Ellis Skiff, the keeper of the Gay Head Lighthoe had ma statements I.

In the document, scribed the Gay Head Lighthoe as "This light is not send to any on the eastern ast, and should be fted, whout lay, wh a first orr illumatg apparat. Prr to the Lighthoe Board takg ntrol, a bill submted by Stephen Pleasonton appropriatg $13, 000 for improvements at the 1799 Gay Head Lighthoe had already been approved. On July 18, 1855, Caleb Kg of Boston was award the ntract to nstct the new Gay Head Lighthoe and dwellg on Martha's Veyard.

HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON THE MOVE

The Gay Head Cliffs are a natnal landmark. The betiful, lorful layers of clay make up the cliffs. It has been said that fossil bon of whal, mels and wild hors have been found the cliff layers. The Gay Head Lighthoe is perched atop the cliffs. It is the only workg lighthoe on Martha’s Veyard. The Gay Head lighthoe was built 1856. The lighthoe is * gay head light photos *

Gay Head Lighthoe & dwellg cir 1880s/1890s. Pease was keeper a Gay Head Light on the night of January 19, 1884 when the Cy of Columb veered off urse and stck the Devil's Bridge at 3:45am on route om Boston to Savannah. Gay Head, Martha's Veyard Island, wt entrance to Veyard Sound, Massachetts - The old lg was removed om the dome of the lantern, a new roof was put on the barn, and mor repairs were ma to the illumatg apparat.

HISTORY OF THE GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE

Gay Head, Martha Veyard, Massachetts - The double dwellg occupied by the keeper and his assistant, wh their fai, is of brick. Gay Head, Martha's Veyard, Massachetts - The double dwellg and barn were rebuilt.

The Veyard Environmental Rearch Instute leased three lightho, Gay Head, Wt Chop, and Edgartown, om the Coast Guard 1985. The Gay Head Lighthoe is prently 46 feet om the edge of the cliffs.

The Save Gay Head Lighthoe Commtee (SGHLC) was formed to the save the lighthoe. The Town of Aqunah applied for and received ownership of the Gay Head Lighthoe via the Natnal Historic Lighthoe Prervatn Act of 2000.

GAY HEAD CLIFFS

M., the 400-ton Gay Head Lighthoe was phed to s new lotn, roughly 130 feet back. "Gay Head Lighthoe Mov From the Past To the Prent, and Into the Future, " Staff, Lighthoe Digt, July/Augt 2015.

The tower is open durg schled more Gay Head Lighthoe pictur.

Close up view of Gay Head Lighthoe on Martha’s Veyard on Cape Cod. History of The Gay Head Lighthoe.

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Gay Head Cliffs | Martha's Veyard .

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