Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank
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Address
167 Main Street Post Office Box 2057 Edgartown, Massachusetts 02539
Phone Number
508-627-7141
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Description
Martha’s Vineyard Island has witnessed unprecedented change in the most recent decades. Farming declined; centuries-old pastures and fields were left to knot into vines and shrubs. The "freedom to roam" was curtailed as fences were erected across trails, beaches were gated off and hunting was restricted.
Few of these problems could be solved by planning boards and conservation commissions only; the Vineyard needed a new type of land agency. In the midst of an upspiraling building boom, island voters created the land bank in 1986 and charged it with reversing their losses.
Related Locations
Outings
Areas
- Aquinnah Headlands Preserve
- Bare Hill Preserve
- Ben Toms Preserve
- Blackwater Pond Reservation
- Chappy Point Beach
- Child Farm West
- Chilmark Pond Preserve
- Christiantown Woods Preserve
- Cove Meadow Preserve
- Doug's Cove
- Edgartown Great Pond Beach
- Farm Pond Preserve
- Featherstone Farm
- Felix Neck Preserve
- Fulling Mill Brook Preserve
- Gay Head Moraine
- Great Rock Bight Preserve
- Hillman's Point Preserve
- John Presbury Norton Farm
- Katama Point Preserve
- Little Duarte's Pond Preserve
- Manaquayak Preserve
- Menemsha Neck Preserve
- Middle Line Woods Preserve
- Middle Ridge Preserve
- Morning Glory Farm
- Muskoday Farm
- North Neck Highlands Preserve
- Ocean View Farm Preserve
- Old County Arboretum
- Peaked Hill Reservation
- Pecoy Point Preserve
- Pennywise Preserve
- Poucha Pond Reservation
- Priester's Pond Preserve
- Quammox Preserve
- Quansoo Preserve
- Quay's Corner
- Ramble Trail Preserve
- Ripley's Field Preserve
- Sailors' Burying Ground
- Sepiessa Point Reservation
- Short Cove Preserve
- South Indian Hill Woodlands Preserve
- Southern Woodlands Reservation
- Square Field
- Sweetened Water Preserve
- Tea Lane Farm
- Three Ponds Reservation
- Tiasquam Valley Reservation
- Tisbury Great Pond Beach
- Tisbury Meadow Preserve
- Toad Rock Preserve
- Toms Neck Preserve
- Trade Wind Fields
- Wapatequa Woods Reservation
- Waskosim's Rock Reservation
- Weahtaqua Springs Preserve
- Whippoorwill Farm
- Wilfrid's Pond Preserve
- Wompesket Preserve
Trails
- A-AHP-1
- A-AHP-2
- A-AHP-3
- A-AHP-4
- A-AHP-5
- A-AHP-6
- A-AHP-7
- A-AHP-8
- A-AHP-9
- A-AHP-Walk-on Parking
- A-GHM-1
- A-GHM-2
- A-GHM-Entry Path
- A-MNP-1
- A-TRP-1
- A-TRP-2
- A-TRP-3
- A-TRP-Entry Path
- Alpine Ave
- Bachelder Ave
- Beach Rose Way
- Ben Chase Rd
- Ben Tom's Road
- Biscuit Trail
- Brickyard Rd
- Brickyard Road
- C-FMBP-1
- C-FMBP-2
- C-FMBP-3 (white)
- C-FMBP-4 (green&blue)
- C-FMBP-entry path
- C-FMBP-Henry Hough Ln
- C-FMBP-Middle Rd
- C-GRBP-1
- C-GRBP-3
- C-GRBP-4
- C-GRBP-5
- C-GRBP-Entry Path
- C-GRBP-entry path
- C-GRBP-N. Rd Fire Station
- C-GRBR-2
- C-MLWP-1
- C-MLWP-2
- C-MLWP-3
- C-MLWP-4
- C-MLWP-Entry Path
- C-MRP-1 (green)
- C-MRP-2 (blue)
- C-MRP-entry path
- C-OVFP-0
- C-OVFP-1
- C-OVFP-2
- C-OVFP-3
- C-OVFP-4
- C-OVFP-5
- C-OVFP-6
- C-PHR-1
- C-PHR-2
- C-PHR-3 (yellow&white)
- C-PHR-4
- C-PHR-5 (yellow)
- C-PHR-6 (red)
- C-PHR-7
- C-PHR-8
- C-QF-1
- C-QF-2
- C-QF-3
- C-QF-4
- C-QP-1
- C-TLF-1 (White)
- C-TLF-2 (Orange)
- C-TLF-3
- C-TVR-1 (black)
- C-TVR-10
- C-TVR-2
- C-TVR-3 (white)
- C-TVR-4 (white)
- C-TVR-5 (orange)
- C-TVR-6 (orange)
- C-TVR-7
- C-TVR-8 (blue)
- C-TVR-9
- C-TVR-entry path
- C-WRR-1
- C-WRR-10
- C-WRR-11
- C-WRR-3
- C-WRR-4
- C-WRR-5
- C-WRR-7
- C-WRR-8 (red)
- C-WRR-9 (mostly white)
- C-WRR-entry path
- C-WRR-entry path 2
- Canterbury Ln
- Chappaquiddick Rd
- Chase Road
- Church Pasture Way
- Clam Point Rd
- Connector Rd
- County Rd
- Courthouse Road Easement
- Cove Meadow Ln
- Dog Park Entry
- Dr. Fisher Road
- E-FNP-1
- E-FNP-2
- E-FNP-3
- E-FNP-4
- E-FNP-5
- E-FNP-6
- E-FNP-7
- E-FNP-8
- E-MF-1
- E-MF-10
- E-MF-11
- E-MF-2
- E-MF-3
- E-MF-4
- E-MF-5
- E-MF-6
- E-MF-7
- E-MF-8
- E-MF-9
- E-MGF-1
- E-MGF-2
- E-MGF-3
- E-PP-1
- E-PP-2
- E-PP-Entry Path
- E-SWP-1
- EC-CMP-1
- EC-CMP-10
- EC-CMP-11
- EC-CMP-12
- EC-CMP-13
- EC-CMP-14
- EC-CMP-2
- EC-CMP-3
- EC-CMP-4
- EC-CMP-5
- EC-CMP-6
- EC-CMP-7
- EC-CMP-8
- EC-CMP-9
- EC-CMP-Entry Path
- EC-CPB-2
- EC-CPB-3
- EC-CPB-4
- EC-CPB-Entry Path
- EC-NNHP-1
- EC-NNHP-2
- EC-NNHP-3
- EC-NNHP-4
- EC-NNHP-5
- EC-Poucha Pond Reservation Connector
- EC-PPR-1
- EC-PPR-10
- EC-PPR-2
- EC-PPR-3
- EC-PPR-4
- EC-PPR-5
- EC-PPR-6
- EC-PPR-7
- EC-PPR-8
- EC-PPR-Entry Path (North)
- EC-PPR-Entry Path (South)
- EC-QP-1
- EC-QP-2
- EC-QP-3
- EC-QP-4
- EC-QP-5
- EC-QP-6
- EC-QP-Entry Path
- EC-TNP-1
- EC-TNP-2 (blue)
- EC-TNP-3 (blue)
- EC-TNP-4 (red)
- EC-TNP-5 (red)
- EC-TPR-1
- EC-TPR-10 (yellow)
- EC-TPR-11 (blue)
- EC-TPR-12
- EC-TPR-13 (white)
- EC-TPR-14 (yellow)
- EC-TPR-15 (yellow)
- EC-TPR-16 (yellow)
- EC-TPR-17 (yellow-green)
- EC-TPR-18 (green)
- EC-TPR-19 (green)
- EC-TPR-2 (blue)
- EC-TPR-20 (green-white)
- EC-TPR-21 (white)
- EC-TPR-23 (red)
- EC-TPR-24
- EC-TPR-25 (green)
- EC-TPR-26 (N-S Route)
- EC-TPR-3 (green)
- EC-TPR-4e
- EC-TPR-4w
- EC-TPR-6 (yellow)
- EC-TPR-7 (red)
- EC-TPR-8 (red)
- EC-TPR-9 (red)
- EC-TPR-Entry Path (North)
- EC-TPR-Entry Path (South)
- Eighteenth St
- Featherstone Lane
- Greenlands Connector
- Hay Path Rd
- Head of the Pond Rd
- Headlands Parking Entrance
- High Meadow Rd
- Holman Road/Path
- Jeffer's Ln
- Lighthouse Rd
- Merry Farm Rd
- Middle Line Rd (east end)
- Middle Line Rd (west end)
- Middle Rd
- Moshup Trail
- Mott's Hill Rd
- Mud Puddle Path
- Mutts Alley
- North Neck Rd
- O-FF-1
- O-FF-2
- O-FF-3
- O-FF-4
- O-FF-5
- O-FF-Entry Path
- O-FPP-1
- O-FPP-2
- O-FPP-3
- O-FPP-4
- O-FPP-5
- O-LDPP-1
- O-LDPP-2
- O-LDPP-3
- O-LDPP-4
- O-LDPP-5
- O-PPP-1
- O-PPP-2
- O-PPP-3
- O-SWR-1
- O-SWR-2
- O-SWR-3
- O-SWR-4
- O-SWR-Entry Path
- O-SWR-Maintenance Entry Road
- O-TWF-1
- O-TWF-2
- O-TWF-3
- O-TWF-4
- O-TWF-5
- O-TWF-6
- O-TWF-7
- O-TWF-8
- O-TWF-Entry-A
- O-TWF-Entry-B
- O-TWF-Overlook
- O-WSP-1
- O-WSP-2
- O-WSP-Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Rd
- O-WWR-3
- OB Water Co Easement
- Old Back Road to Oak Bluffs
- Old Back Road to Oak Bluffs (North)
- Old Courthouse Road
- Old Holmes Hole Rd (OB-west)
- Old Holmes Hole Rd (Tis-north)
- Old Holmes Hole Rd (W.Tis.)
- Old Holmes Hole Road (OB)
- Old Holmes Hole Road (Tis-south)
- Old Indian Trail
- Old Wood Road
- Pasture Rd
- Peaked Hill Rd
- Pennsylvania Ave
- Pennywise Path
- Pilots Landing
- Pine Hill Rd
- PPP-Entry
- PPP-Loop
- PPP-Spur
- Puppy Path
- Quammox Rd
- Quenomica Road
- Red Coat Hill Rd
- Red Coat Hill Rd (Tis)
- Road to Chappaquonsett (green)
- Road to Farm Neck
- Road to Wapatequa (OB East)
- Road to Wapatequa (OB West)
- Roger's Path
- Sailors Burying Ground Rd
- Shubael Weeks Path
- South Roger Rd
- State Rd (Aquinnah)
- State Rd (Tisbury)
- Stoney Hill Rd (Tis-east)
- Stoney Hill Rd (Tis-west)
- Stoney Hill Rd Connector
- T-BHP-1
- T-BHP-2
- T-BHP-3
- T-BHP-Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Rd
- T-HPP-1
- T-HPP-Entry Path
- T-RFP-1 (red)
- T-RFP-2 (green)
- T-RFP-3 (green&red)
- T-RFP-4 (red)
- T-RFP-5
- T-RFP-Entry Path
- T-RTP-1
- T-RTP-2
- T-RTP-3
- T-RTP-4
- T-TMP-1
- T-TMP-2
- T-TMP-3 (Red)
- T-TMP-4
- T-TMP-5
- T-TMP-6
- T-TMP-Entry Path
- T-WPP-1
- T-WPP-2
- T-WPP-Entry Path
- T-WWR-1
- T-WWR-2
- T-WWR-3
- Tabor House Rd
- Tar Kiln Road
- The Boulevard
- Three Cornered Rock Road
- Towhee Ln
- Treetop Ln
- Village Rd
- W-BPR-1 (yellow)
- W-BPR-2 (blue-yellow)
- W-BPR-3 (blue)
- W-BPR-4
- W-BPR-Entry Path
- W-CFW-1
- W-CWP-1
- W-CWP-2
- W-JPNF-1
- W-JPNF-2 (blue)
- W-JPNF-3
- W-JPNF-4 (green)
- W-JPNF-Entry Path
- W-JPNF-State Rd
- W-MP-1
- W-MP-2
- W-MP-3
- W-MP-4
- W-MP-5
- W-MP-6
- W-MP-7 (Woodland)
- W-MP-8
- W-MP-Entry Path (north)
- W-SCP-1
- W-SCP-2
- W-SCP-3
- W-SCP-4
- W-SF-1
- W-SF-2
- W-SIHWP-1
- W-SIHWP-2
- W-SPR-1
- W-SPR-2 (Savanna)
- W-SPR-3 (Eastern Loop)
- W-SPR-4
- W-TVR-1
- W-TVR-entry path
- W-WF-1
- W-WP-1 (red)
- W-WP-2
- W-WP-3
- W-WP-4
- W-WRR-1
- W-WRR-2
- W-WRR-3
- W-WRR-4
- W-WRR-5
- W-WRR-6
- Wasque Connector
- Weaver Ln
- Winyah Ln
- Woof Path
Points of Interest
- 18th Street
- Bench
- Bench
- Bench
- Bench
- Bench
- Bench
- Bench
- Bench - set of 3
- Bench - Trail 2
- Bench - Trail 2, South
- Bench - Trail 3
- Bench - Trail 5
- Bench - Turtle Pond
- Bench - WT-3 (Green) Trail
- Bench & View - Trail 2
- Bench & View - Trail 3
- Bench & View - Trail 7
- Blackwater Pond Reservation
- Boardwalk
- Boardwalk
- Boat Launch
- Boat Launch South
- Bridge
- Bridge
- Bridge - White Trail (C-3)
- C-TVR-6 Bench
- C-TVR-7 Bench
- C-TVR-9 Bench
- Canoe/Kayak Launch
- Chappy Community Center
- Chappy Point Beach
- Cove Meadow Preserve
- Cove Meadow Preserve (North Neck Rd)
- Crossroad
- Driveway Crossing
- Driveway former crossing
- Fulling Mill Brook Preserve
- Gay Head Moraine
- Great Rock Bight Preserve
- Handy Homestead
- Harbor View, Trail 1
- Hillman's Point Preserve
- Indian Burial Ground
- Intersection
- John Presbury Norton Farm
- Large Boulder
- Little Pond Dock
- Lookout
- Main Trailhead
- Manaquayak Preserve (North)
- Manaquayak Preserve (South)
- Marker 7 Bench
- Middle Line Woods Preserve
- Middle Ridge Preserve
- Mill Brook Road
- Morning Glory Farm
- North End Road
- North Neck Highlands Preserve (first)
- North Road
- Ocean View Farm Preserve
- Old Cellar Hole
- Old County Road - Trailhead
- Old Dam
- Old Root Cellar
- Peaked Hill - 311' Elevation
- Peaked Hill Overlook
- Peaked Hill Reservation
- Peaked Hill Reservation - Handicap Only Parking
- Pecoy Point Preserve
- Pennywise Preserve
- POI along WT-2?
- Pond Bench
- Poucha Pond Reservation - North
- Poucha Pond Reservation - South
- Priester's Pond Preserve
- Quammox Preserve - Boat Launch
- Quammox Preserve-upper
- Quansoo Preserve
- Radar Hill
- Red Maple Swamp
- RFP-South
- Ripley's Field Preserve
- Road
- Sailors Burying Ground
- Salt Marsh - Trail 7
- Salt Marsh at End of Trail 7
- Short Cove Preserve
- Southern Woodlands Reservation
- Squibnocket Overlook
- Stairs
- Stone Bridge N1
- Stone Bridge N4
- Stone Bridge S4
- Stonecutter's Rock
- Stonewall
- Stream Bench
- Three Ponds Reservation-North
- Three Ponds Reservation-South
- Tiasquam Valley - Nab's Corner
- Toad Rock Viewing Area
- Trade Wind Fields
- Trail Map Sign
- Trailhead but No Parking
- Trailhead-Tiasquam South
- TVR - Duck Blind
- TVR - WRR Kiosk
- Upper Parking
- View
- View
- View
- View - Cove Meadow Lane
- View - Trail 2
- View & Bench, Trail No 2
- View #1
- View #2
- View and Bench
- View and Bench
- View at End of Trail 2E
- View at End of Trail 4
- View at End of Trail 5
- View at Shore
- View NNW
- View Pond
- View SE/Wall
- View Short Cove
- View, Trail No 3
- Viewing Platform
- Viewpoint
- Viewpoint
- Viewpoint
- Viewpoint
- Viewpoint - Green (C-3) Trail
- Viewpoint - Green (WT-4) trail
- Viewpoint #2
- Wapatequa Woods Reservation
- Waskosim's Rock
- Waterfall Stairs
- Wee Devil's Bed
- West Tisbury Ancient Way - View of Farm
- Wilfrid's Pond Preserve
- Woodger
- WRR-2-4 Kiosk
- WRR-3-5 Bench
- WRR-Handicap Parking
- WRR-Junction 3-5
- WT-TVR-1 Viewpoint
- WT-TVR-1- also bound?