Martha's Vineyard, often called simply "the Vineyard" is a 100 square mile island off the southern coast of Cape Cod. The island is now primarily known as a summer colony, where visitors have included U.S. President William Clinton, along with his wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea, President Ulysses S. Grant, and numerous other famous politicians, actors and musicians.

Martha's Vineyard consists of six towns: Tisbury, Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, West Tisbury, Edgartown, Chilmark and Aquinnah. Vineyard Haven, in many ways the "hub" of the Vineyard, is not a town but rather a village in Tisbury.

The movies Jaws, Jaws 2 and Jaws the Revenge were filmed on the island; in June 2005 the island celebrated the 30th anniversary of Jaws with a weekend long "JawsFest."

There are plenty of places to eat, quaint guest houses and inns, beaches, shopping and entertainment.

The island is a great place for walking, biking or running - the terrain is mostly flat and the scenery is a pleasant distraction.

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