West Tisbury Photographs

West Tisbury is also known as the heart of Martha's Vineyard and prides itself on its genuine rural qualities, its well-protected natural resources, its resident writers and artists, its ocean beaches, its neighborly sense of community, its wildflowers, its homespun general store, its fertile farmland (a winery, a strawberry farm, a llama farm, and hundredds of cows, sheep and onion patches), its summer farmers' market, artisan fairs and its boisterous agricultural fair each August.  The first recorded settlement was in 1669 and incorporated as a town on April 28, 1892.  West Tisbury has two beautiful coasts and contains several nature preserves.  Some points of interest on the South Shore include Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Long Point Beach, Sepiessa Land Bank Property on the Tisbury Great Pond, Cedar Tree Neck Sanctuary & Lamberts Cove Beach on Vineyard Sound.   West Tisbury continues to retain much of the rural atmosphere and neighborly sense of community that has made it notable.

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Paul's Point	Wild flowers in the State Forest	Great Pond Flight
Long Point Beach	Long Point Beach	Emma at Cedar Tree Neck
Farm		The Field Gallery
Long Point Beach	Agricultural Fair	Alley's General Store
Inside Alley's General Store	The Agricultural Hall