Discovering Oak Bluffs: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
- 1.3–1.5 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Discover how a small religious summer camp transformed into one of Martha’s Vineyard’s most popular island destinations on this walking tour through the town of Oak Bluffs. Starting in Ocean Park, you’ll follow the coast to Inkwell Beach before heading into the heart of the town. Along the way, you’ll hear its history and find out what makes this island paradise so alluring to everyone from the rich and famous, to curious Cape Cod vacationers that come for a day. Around Trinity Park, you’ll see Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, its cottage museum, and the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs which is a place of worship. After heading down Circuit Avenue, where I’ll show you the town’s famous Flying Horses Carousel, our tour will come to an end at the harbor. Whether you’re on the island for only a day, or calling Martha’s Vineyard home for the season, this tour is for anyone who wants to dig into Oak Bluffs’ past and enjoy its present.
Inclusions
What's included
- VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
- Lifetime access to this tour in English
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
What's not
- Smartphone and headphones
- Transportation
- Food and drink
- Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Itinerary
Starting in Ocean Park, you’ll follow the coast to Inkwell Beach before heading into the heart of the town. Along the way, you’ll hear its history and find out what makes this island paradise so alluring to everyone from the rich and famous, to curious Cape Cod vacationers that come for a day.
On this audio tour, you'll pass by Corbin Norton House. You'll hear interesting facts and tidbits about the house while you walk.
On this audio tour, you'll have a chance to take in the Overton House and hear its history while you walk.
Stroll along Inkwell Beach, and see where some of Oak Bluffs’ most notable African-American cultural icons stayed.
Discover how a small religious summer camp transformed into one of Martha’s Vineyard’s most popular island destinations on this walking tour through the town of Oak Bluffs.
Around Trinity Park, you’ll see Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, its cottage museum, and the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs which is a place of worship.
Around Trinity Park, you’ll see Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, its cottage museum, and the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs which is a place of worship.
After heading down Circuit Avenue, where I’ll show you the town’s famous Flying Horses Carousel, our tour will come to an end at the harbor.
Along with taking in the area's famous gingerbread cottages, you'll also see the Flying Horses Carousel.
This self-guided tour ends on Oak Bluffs Harbor. This tour is for anyone who wants to dig into Oak Bluffs’ past and enjoy its present.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- This tour starts at the bandstand in Ocean Park. Before arrival, install the VoiceMap app and use the code provided on your ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart any time and complete at your own pace. Directions to the starting point are in the app.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- VoiceMap Audio Tours
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Martha's Vineyard
- Its from-price is 76% below the median of the 17 experiences we list in Martha's Vineyard.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard is an island off Cape Cod with gingerbread cottages, whaling captains' houses, red clay cliffs, lighthouses and long beaches.
Martha's Vineyard is an island about 30 kilometres long off the south-western tip of Cape Cod, reached by ferry from Woods Hole, with six towns and a mix of farmland, moors, salt ponds and beach. Edgartown has the white mansions of whaling captains, a lighthouse and a tiny ferry across to Chappaquiddick, while Oak Bluffs is known for its Victorian gingerbread cottages, built around a Methodist camp meeting ground, and a carousel from 1876, one of the oldest in the country.
Top-ranked sights in Martha's Vineyard: Gingerbread Houses, Aquinnah Cliffs.
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