Gay Head Lighthouse, Aquinnah
Above the clay cliffs of Aquinnah, the Gay Head Lighthouse on a live webcam at the tip of Martha's Vineyard.
About this view
At the western tip of Martha's Vineyard, the Gay Head Lighthouse stands above the clay cliffs of Aquinnah, and this live cam watches it from the overlook at the top of the cliffs, from a small coffee shop beside the path.
The brick tower dates from 1856, the second light on the site after a wooden one of 1799. By 2015 the eroding cliff edge had crept to less than 50 feet from it, and the whole lighthouse was lifted and rolled some 129 feet inland. The cliffs below are banded red, white and grey clay, and they belong to the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), on land its people have lived on for thousands of years.
Aquinnah keeps Eastern Time, UTC−5, UTC−4 in summer. The cliffs face west over the water, so sunset is the hour people come for, and the lighthouse opens to visitors in the summer season, when the overlook is at its busiest.
