Vineyard Haven Massachusetts Map

About Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

Vineyard Haven is a locality in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,747. The population density is 813.4 people per km². Vineyard Haven is located at 41.4543°N, 70.6036°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 02568.

Vineyard Haven breathes with the rhythmic pulse of the Atlantic Ocean, where the shifting tides carve soft edges into the harbor’s granite-strewn perimeter. It lies 4.9 miles northeast of Dukes, MA (from Dukes, MA: bearing 44°T), and is situated 6.7 miles south of Falmouth. Mud Creek meanders through the low-lying terrain, its brackish waters feeding the salt marshes that stretch toward the horizon like a frayed hem of silver thread. Beyond the immediate coastline, the landscape rises in subtle swells, eventually giving way to the distant, hazy silhouette of the Monomoy Island Dunes. To the west, the quiet surface of Lake Tashmoo reflects the pale, thin light of late afternoon, while the dense, wind-bent trees of the Martha's Vineyard State Forest provide a dark, evergreen backdrop to the salt-washed air. On days when the wind dies down, the stillness is absolute, save for the faint, metallic clatter of rigging against masts at the pier and the rhythmic, hollow slap of waves against the pilings of Ferry Boat Island.

Vineyard Haven carries the weight of a long maritime legacy, its docks once crowded with the heavy industry of whaling and the sharp, pragmatic commerce of a seafaring people. Today, the economy leans into the seasonal ebb and flow of visitors who gather near the Church Street Tennis Courts or wander toward the East Chop Flats to watch the light change over the water. The architecture retains a spare, colonial honesty, with gray-shingled facades that seem to have been bleached by decades of exposure to the Atlantic Ocean spray. Life in Vineyard Haven moves in accordance with the ferry schedules and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, maintaining a character that is defined less by grand monuments than by the quiet persistence of its residents. It is a place where the modern world feels distant, replaced by the steady, unadorned reality of a life lived at the edge of a deep and restless sea.

About This Vineyard Haven Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 41.454279, -70.60364. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Vineyard Haven includes the ZIP code (02568), telephone area code (339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978), county seat of Dukes County (Edgartown), and school district assignment (Martha's Vineyard School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.