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Print Friendly MapMartha's Vineyard, an island located only 7 miles of the coast of Massachusetts, is a paradise of beaches, "gingerbread" house architecture, and abundant natural beauty. Six small towns make up this island, which include, Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven, Aquinnah, Chilmark and West Tisbury. the island boasts 12 public beaches and 5 iconic lighthouses.
Traveling by bike is ideal for visitors to Martha's Vineyard, because although cars are allowed on the island, it can be expensive to bring them on island via. ferry. There are over 32 miles of designated off road bike paths that help connect the island.
The off-road bike paths across Martha's Vineyards connect the towns of Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven, Joseph Silva State, Edgartown and South beaches, and even pass by other popular island spots like the infamous Jaws Bridge. Additionally, the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest offers two loops around the park, perfect for those looking for a longer, scenic route. This path also passes by the Martha's Vineyard Airport.
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The island of Martha's Vineyard is only accesible by bus, plane or ferry. Ferries leave from Woods Hole, New Bedford, North Kingston, Falmouth and Hyannis and arrive on-island at either Oak Bluffs or Edgartown. See more information here.
The Martha's Vineyard Transit authority operates bus routes across the island, see here for more information.
We took our bikes over to Marthas Vineyard on the Steamship Authority ferry out of Woods Hole on May 5, 2026. We had parked for free 3.5 miles up the on the Shining Sea Bike path in Falmouth. We landed in Vineyard Haven at 11:30am and made our way from the ferry to the Forest Bike loop. It was 3 miles from Ferry to the path. We walked our bikes for the first half mile to get out of the downtown traffic as the sidewalks were quite narrow. Once we got rolling it took us about half hour to get to the start. Once on the path it was quite easy to follow the loop. We went past the airport and many fields and secluded homes. We brought our own food and water, but there was a convenience store at the airport on the first stretch on Barnes road. It was about 63 degrees out with stiff winds of 20+ miles per hour that the trees helped to minimize. The path was good in most places with some cracks in the asphalt that we tried to navigate around. Some rolling hills along the way, which we walked up a couple to avoid over doing our knees. It was a beautiful Tuesday afternoon and we only saw one other bike and 3 people walking in our 10 mile loop. The ride back to the ferry was far easier than the ride out as it was mostly downhill. I rated the ride a 4 of 5 only because it was a bit difficult to get from the ferry to the bike path, other than that it was a great paved trail.
I have been using this bike/run trail for 13 years. You can zip around the island on a beautiful, private trail. There are some spots in towns that put you on the road- or places that you need to cross a road. from our house, I can jump on the trail and happily head all over the place. I used to put my kids in a bike trailer and ride them all over the island. Certain years for barrack obama and his family have been on the trail with their secret service agents. I was engaged on this trail after a 10 mile round trip ride into edgartown to dine at seafood shanty. please don’t let bad review discourage you from testing out the trail!
Although Martha's Vineyard is beautiful--I would highly suggest biking only from Oak Bluffs to Edgartown. All the bike trails are literally right along the highway, with cars, trucks, and tour buses zooming by at ridiculous speeds. We were surprised because there was so much advertising about biking on the island that we thought for sure it would be a fantastic experience. Leaving Edgartown we road the so-called trail along the Edgerton West Tilsbury highway it was seriously not something I would never do again --as an experienced biker and love most trails this was just too boring unless you like riding 3 feet from the highway. We ended up cutting the ride short and going north back to Vineyard Haven. We did get in 21 miles, but I would skip biking on Martha's Vineyard and head back to the Cape to check out the Cape Cod Rail Trail, which is beautiful, scenic and a gem to ride on.
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