Menemsha Pond

Menemsha Pond is a salt pond split between the towns of Aquinnah & Chilmark, Massachusetts. At the mouth of the pond, the Menemsha Creek leads into the Menemsha Bight and the Vineyard Sound.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chilmark Public Library and Gay Head Town Pound.

Chilmark Public Library

Library

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Chilmark Public Library is situated 1½ miles east of Menemsha Pond.

Gay Head Town Pound

Historic site

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Gay Head Town Pound is a historic site, which is situated 2½ miles west of Menemsha Pond.

Chilmark Community Center

Building

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Chilmark Community Center is a building, which is situated 1½ miles east of Menemsha Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Menemsha and Chilmark.

Menemsha is a small fishing village located in the town of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. It is on the eastern coast of Menemsha Pond, adjacent to the opening into the Vineyard Sound on the pond's northern end.

Chilmark

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Chilmark is a town on the western part of the island of Martha's Vineyard which includes the fishing village of Menemsha. It is primarily residential, with only a few small commercial areas, including Menemsha and Beetlebung Corner.

Aquinnah

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Aquinnah is a town at the western end of Martha's Vineyard. The bright, multi-colored clay cliffs at Gay Head are a fabulous sight. Aquinnah is home to the Wampanoag Tribe, residents of Martha's Vineyard for thousands of years and the majority population of the town.

Menemsha Pond

Type: Lake
Description: salt pond
Category: body of water
Location: Dukes County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.33562° or 41° 20′ 8″ north

Longitude

-70.77368° or 70° 46′ 25″ west

Elevation

-10 feet (-3 metres)

Open location code

87HF86PG+6G

GeoNames ID

4943759

Wikidata ID

Q55641050

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