Aquinnah Photographs

Located at the Western Tip of Martha's Vineyard, Aquinnah (previously knows as Gay Head) is bordered by Chilmark on the East and the Atlantic Ocean on the West, South and North.  Lined by beautiful beaches and a scenic shoreline,  Aquinnah is known for it's slow paced lifestyle, it's towering brick lighthouse, and it's most outstanding natural feature and most famous landmark; the magnificent display of varicolored clay cliffs in strange formations which spill down to the sea on the border of the town. These cliffs marked the homeward leg of Gay Head's Indian and Yankee fishermen and whalers.  The Town of Aquinnah is unique in being the only community in Massachusetts that continues to have a substantial Indian presence in the 20th century.  The Indians of Aquinnah are thought by some to be related to the mainland Wampanoag tribe, but the natives themselves have a mythic story that describes their arrival on Martha's Vineyard floating on an ice flow from the far North. 

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Gay Head Cliffs

Gay Head Beach