East Chop

{{Short description|Place in Massachusetts, USA}} {{For|the ferry of this name|MV East Chop}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} '''East Chop''', also known as the Vineyard Highlands, is a residential area located in the town of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts on the north end of the island of Martha's Vineyard. It is a peninsula surrounded on the North and East by Vineyard Sound and on the West by Vineyard Haven Harbor, and features the high, prominent bluffs that gave Oak Bluffs its name. A lighthouse, East Chop Light, stands at the north end of the chop on Telegraph Hill.

East Chop has no obvious commercial businesses or stores, although it has a private yacht and beach club, the East Chop Beach Club.

East Chop became a popular summer resort in the late 19th century. A steamship wharf, known as Highland Landing or Highland Wharf, served regular ferry traffic from the mainland during the 1890s, and a horse railroad connected it to the village of Cottage City, later renamed Oak Bluffs. East Chop and the Highlands became a popular camp meeting gathering ground for Baptists, and church members erected a wooden tabernacle in 1877.<ref>Hough, Henry Beetle. Martha's Vineyard, Summer Resort 1835-1935. (Tuttle Publishing Co., 1936)</ref> The remains can still be seen in Temple Park.

==References== === Citations === {{Reflist}} === Bibliography === * Hough, Henry Beetle. ''Martha's Vineyard, Summer Resort 1835-1935''. (Tuttle Publishing Co., 1936) ==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19991012082821/http://lighthouse.cc/eastchop/index.html East Chop Light]}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070628173208/http://www.mvy.com/islandinfo/lighthouses.php Lighthouses of Martha's Vineyard]

Category:Populated places in Dukes County, Massachusetts Category:Tourist attractions in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts