59 School Street, Box 1310, Edgartown MA 02539 - 508.627.4441
Martha's Vineyard Museum MV Museum

East Chop Lighthouse

MVM Campus

Telegraph Hill
Address: 229 East Chop Avenue, Oak Bluffs

The East Chop Lighthouse is open seasonally on Sunday evenings around sunset. A lighthouse keeper will be available and the doors will be open during designated hours. Parking is available, but limited, on East Chop Drive. The Vineyard Transit Authority (VTA) busses will stop at the intersection of East Chop Drive and New York Avenue, but you must walk up the hill to the lighthouse.

Read the Martha's Vineyard Magazine's "Illuminating Lighthouses" for more on the historical and cultural significance of the light.


2013 Schedule

Open for sunsets
Open Sunday evenings June 16-Sept 15
          June-July, 7pm-9pm
          Aug-Sept, 6pm-8pm

All hours are weather permitting.

Admission is $5.00 for adults. Museum members and children under 12 are free.

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Group Visits and Private Rentals

To schedule group visits, please contact Betsey Mayhew at 508-627-4441 x112. For more information about weddings or private parties, visit our Lighthouse Rentals page.