Chappaquiddick

Chappaquiddick is a small, sparsely developed island just off Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard, where you anchor off and explore by dinghy. The place carries a quietly eerie historical weight as the site of the infamous 1969 Ted Kennedy incident, when his car went off the Dike Bridge into Poucha Pond, a story that shadowed American politics for decades. The island itself is mostly wild and undeveloped, with sandy beaches, the Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, and a strong sense of being a world apart from the bustle of the Vineyard.