Celebrating Martha's Vineyard's Great Ponds

Oyster Pond. Photo by Alison Shaw.

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What is a Great Pond?

The Code of Massachusetts Regulations defines a great pond as “any pond which contained more than ten acres in its natural state, as calculated based on the surface area of lands lying below the natural high water mark.”

However, some Martha's Vineyard ponds that appear to meet these criteria are not listed on the official list of Great Ponds.

Official Great Ponds on Martha's Vineyard

  • Edgartown Great Pond
  • Tisbury Great Pond
  • Squibnocket Pond
  • Chilmark Pond
  • Oyster Pond
  • Long Cove Pond
  • Black Point Pond
  • Job’s Neck Pond
  • Watcha Pond
  • Trapp’s Pond
  • James Pond
  • Big Homer’s Pond
  • Farm Pond
  • Oak Bluffs Harbor
  • Paqua Pond
  • Crystal Lake

Other Ponds That Are More Than 10 Acres

  • Cape Poge Pond
  • Sengekontacket Pond
  • Lagoon Pond
  • Tashmoo
  • Eel Pond
  • Pocha Pond
  • Nashaquitsa Pond
  • Crackatuxet Cove
  • Caleb’s Pond
  • Upper Chilmark Pond
  • Stonewall Pond
  • Middle Point Cove
  • Duarte’s Pond
  • Job’s Neck Pond, East
  • Quenames Cove
  • Harlock Pond
  • Brush Pond
  • Squibnocket Ridge
  • Seth’s Pond
  • Ice House Pond
  • Daggett’s Pond

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A selection of the above art will appear at the "Art of The Great Ponds" exhibit, on display at the Martha's Vineyard Bank in Chilmark Aug. 12 – Sept. 1.