📲 The MVacay Bucket List 2.0
📲 The MVacay Bucket List 2.0
50+ new items to add to your bucket list on MV, and a new app to track them!
When I first started this blog I wrote my bucket list for beginners where I rounded up MVacay’s most popular suggestions for tourists and visitors. This summer I realized that I had a lot of items on my personal bucket list that weren’t on my original post. So two ideas were born - I need a better way to track my bucket list, and I need to update my old post.
I asked my lovely app-developer husband to build me a new MVacay App - this one will give me a way to mark items as completed, or to save them to my personal bucket list. He built it, and it’s officially in the app store today! Download Martha’s Vineyard Bucket List here.
With the building of the app, I had some time to organize some new additions to the list. I decided to organize them into four tiers - the first two are in my original post and the second two are listed below. These items are a bit more niche, but hopefully they will give you some ideas!
The app allows you to create your own list of items saved for later and items completed. It will allow you to share your progress with friends, and learn more about the items below. I love it, and I hope you find a use for it too.
If you do decide to download the app, I hope you’d do us the favor of rating and reviewing it in the app store! Enjoy! xx
✅✅✅ Year-Round Islander
🎨Browse the Artisans Market Festival and Chilmark Flea
Description: Vineyard Artisans: These year-round markets are a link between the Island community and the Arts, providing an opportunity for both new and established Island artisans to show and sell their work. You can attend their weekly events in season, or special events over holiday weekends. Chilmark Flea: In late June through early September you can find island artisans at the Chilmark Flea up-island on Wednesdays and Saturdays
Town: Various
Tags: #islander #arts
Price: Free
🎆See the Fourth of July Fireworks in Edgartown and August Fireworks in OB
Description: There are two annual displays of fireworks - July in Edgartown and August in Oak Bluffs.
Town: Various
Tags: #islander #outdoors #events
Price: Free
🌊Visit Lucy Vincent, Lambert’s Cove and Lobsterville and Long Point
Description: These beaches are town permit only during the summer, so islanders get the opportunity to enjoy them in the off-season when it’s open to the public!
Town: Various
Tags: #islander #outdoors
Price: Free
🏃🏽♀️Run the Chilmark Road Race, Gay Head 10k, or another 5k for charity
Description: Road races for charity are a huge things on MV - the most popular being the Chilmark Road Race and the Gay Head 10k. There are various other marathons and 5ks throughout the year.
Town: Various
Tags: #islander #event
Price: $20
🛍️Attend Tivoli Day, Harbor Festival and Tisbury Street Fair and First Friday
Description: Outdoor festivals are a great way for islanders to showcase their work. Browse the artisans, grab local food and support MV.
Town: Various
Tags: #islander #events
Price: Free
🎵Listen to Music at Beach Road Weekend
Description: This relatively new music festival is located in Vineyard Haven, a quick walk from the ferry terminal. Spanning two stages, this lineup brings music fans from afar to enjoy the seaside breeze.
Town: Vineyard Haven
Tags: #islander #events #outdoors
Price: $150
🎣Catch a Fish during the Derby
Description: This month-long tournament is run for and by fishermen. Today's derby attracts fishermen from all around the world and participation in recent years has approached or touched 2k+
Town: Edgartown
Tags: #islander #events
Price: $70
⛳️Play Mini Golf at The Cove
Description: The only mini-golf option on the island is located in Vineyard Haven and is great for kids and families
Town: Vineyard Haven
Tags: #islander #Kids
Price: $15
🍦Eat a Mad Martha’s Ice Cream Cone
Description: The iconic Martha’s Vineyard ice cream features local collaborations with other popular places on the island. Always homemade here on island, it’s a refreshing treat on a hot summer’s day!
Town: Various
Tags: #islander #food
Price: $7
🍫 Eat Murdick’s Fudge
Description: You can smell the fudge in three island locations as they make it fresh. In addition to a perfect recipe, the art of fudge making also plays an important role in creating the textured, traditional, old-fashioned fudge that Original Murdick’s Fudge customers have come to love.
Town: Various
Tags: #islander #food
Price: $10
🥧Eat Pie from Morning Glory Farm
Description: Morning Glory Farm, started in 1975 by the Athearn family, grows about 70 acres of vegetables and small fruits on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. Their bakery and pies are well known and worth going out of your way for a slice.
Town: Edgartown
Tags: #islander #food
Price: $7
🌅Watch the Sunrise at Inkwell
Description: The sun rises on the east - so Oak Bluffs is your best location for that, though you can catch it in parts of Edgartown too. Luckily parking is less of an issue for sunrises, so you should be able to drive up and park at all of these locations. Inkwell Beach (Oak Bluffs) is so convenient and a direct line of the sun coming over the horizon
Town: Oak Bluffs
Tags: #islander #outdoors
Price: Free
🌄Watch the Sunset at West Chop
Description: The sun sets on the western side of the island, so if you want to see it over water you’ll want to be in parts of Vineyard Haven, West Tisbury, Chilmark or Aquinnah. West Chop (Vineyard Haven) has limited parking, but we love to see this set over the dock by West Chop Club
Town: Vineyard Haven
Tags: #islander #outdoors
Price: Free
✅✅✅✅ Washashore
🎵Sing Karaoke at The Ritz
Description: The Ritz is a local dive bar that continues to see crowds year-round. They consistently have a karaoke night that feels like an indoctrination for islanders!
Town: Oak Bluffs
Tags: #washashore
Price: Free
🎤Watch Live Music at The PA Club
Description: Tucked away in Oak Bluffs, The PA Club is a go-to for live music no matter the season.
Town: Oak Bluffs
Tags: #washashore #events #arts
Price: $10
🌊Visit Squibby, Quansoo, Moshop and Philbin Beach
Description: These private beaches can be difficult to reach or gain access to - but are so worth going out of your way for!
Town: Various
Tags: #washashore #outdoors
Price: Free
🏄♀️Go Kayaking or SUP on Senge
Description: Island Spirit Kayak gives tons of fun options for tours on Sengekontacket Pond
Town: Oak Bluffs
Tags: #washashore #outdoors
Price: Varies
⚾️See an MV Sharks Game
Description: The Martha's Vineyard Sharks is a collegiate summer baseball team who hosts games during the summer at MVRHS. Enjoy ice cream while you watch the game!
Town: Oak Bluffs
Tags: #washashore #outdoors #events
Price: $10
🦪Enjoy an Oyster Farm Tour
Description: Cottage City Oyster Farms - Enjoy a floating raw bar experience right from the source or Signature Oyster Farm - Learn how oysters on Marthas Vineyard are grown while soaking up some sun in the middle of Katama Bay.
Town: Edgartown
Tags: #washashore #food #outdoors
Price: $150
🎏Tour Mytoi Garden
Description: Head over to Chappy and visit Mytoi- an intimate Japanese-style garden flourishing with both native flora and exotic plants
Town: Edgartown
Tags: #washashore #outdoors
Price: $5
🦞Eat a Grace Church Lobster Roll
Description: The “Best of the Vineyard” lobster rolls are from Grace Church in VH - the proceeds benefit various island charities!
Town: Vineyard Haven
Tags: #washashore #food
Price: $20
🛫Ride a biplane
Description: Classic Aviators at Katama Airfield offer several options ranging from 15-60 minutes to see the island from above
Town: Edgartown
Tags: #washashore #outdoors
Price: $350
🚴♀️Take the bike ferry
Description: There is a bike ferry in Menemsha to it runs in season from 9-5 on Saturday and Sundays. It takes you from Menemsha docks, (end of N Rd) to W Basin Rd in Aquinnah.
Town: Chilmark
Tags: #washashore #ferry #outdoors
Price: Free
🗿Visit The Field Gallery + Sculpture Garden
Description: The gallery hosts three spaces with rotating exhibits of paintings, sculpture, photography, jewelry, and more. Outside the large field is home to the whimsical sculptures
Town: West Tisbury
Tags: #washashore #arts #outdoors
Price: Free
Link: Info
⛴️Island Hop to Nantucket
Description: The HyLine runs an inter-island ferry a few times a day in-season from Oak Bluffs Harbor between the two islands.
Town: Oak Bluffs
Tags: #washashore #outdoors #ferry
Price: $75
🍿 See a movie at MV Film Center or the MV Drive In
Description: On Fridays at the YMCA you can attend a weekly drive-in movie out of your car, oftentimes with food trucks available. Meanwhile, MV Film Center offers incredible international film pics and niche festivals year round.
Town: Various
Tags: #washashore #arts #events
Price: $20
🎬See a Play at MV Playhouse or Tisbury Ampitheater
Description: Year round productions are at this theatre in Vineyard Haven while Tisbury Amphitheater is a summer venue for outdoor Shakespeare and for The Fabulists
Town: Vineyard Haven
Tags: #washashore #events #arts
Price: $20
📕Visit all 6 Libraries
Description: • Libraries on the island have incredibly robust programming for all ages. You can see the events on their respective websites
Town: Various
Tags: #washashore #kids
Price: Free
👩🏽🌾Take a class at Slough Farm, FARM Institute or Featherstone
Description: There are year-round, reasonably priced programs for continuing your education and expanding your hobbies and interest at these three locations! Whether you’re interested in food, farming, arts, agriculture…find an option and explore it!
Town: Various
Tags: #washashore #arts #events
Price: Varies
🍳Eat Breakfast at Art Cliffs, Linda Jeans and Dock Street
Description: Beloved as three of the locals favorite breakfast spots that are open year-round.
Town: Various
Tags: #washashore #food
Price: Varies
🥪Eat Lunch at Winston’s and Mo’s
Description: Beloved as two of the locals favorite lunch spots that are open year-round.
Town: Oak Bluffs
Tags: #washashore #food
Price: Varies
🍗Eat Dinner at Offshore, Wharf and the Barn
Description: Beloved as three of the locals favorite dinner spots that are open year-round.
Town: Various
Tags: #washashore #food
Price: Varies
🌅Watch the sunrise at Jaws Bridge
Description: The sun rises on the east - so Oak Bluffs is your best location for that, though you can catch it in parts of Edgartown too. Luckily parking is less of an issue for sunrises
Town: Oak Bluffs
Tags: #washashore #outdoors
Price: Free
🌄Watch the sunset at East Chop
Description: The sun sets on the western side of the island, so if you want to see it over water you’ll want to be in parts of Vineyard Haven, West Tisbury, Chilmark or Aquinnah. • East Chop (Vineyard Haven) - also somewhat limited parking, we park on East Chop Drive and love to see the views here without driving up-island. This does set over VH as opposed to the water, but it’s still great.
Town: Vineyard Haven
Tags: #washashore #outdoors
Price: Free
