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==Geography== [[File:Oak Bluffs View.jpg|thumb|The lights of Oak Bluffs at twilight viewed from Mashpee (about 9 miles/14.5 km distant)]] [[Image:Marthasvineyard-OakBluffs-Bandstand.jpg|thumb|Ocean Park [[gazebo|Bandstand]], Oak Bluffs]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|26.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|7.4|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|18.6|sqmi|km2}} (71.61%) is water. In terms of land area, the town is 323rd out of 351 communities in the Commonwealth, and the third smallest community (behind [[Aquinnah, Massachusetts|Aquinnah]] and [[Tisbury, Massachusetts|Tisbury]]) in Dukes County. Oak Bluffs is bordered by [[Nantucket Sound]] to the north and east, [[Edgartown, Massachusetts|Edgartown]] to the south, and Vineyard Haven Harbor, Lagoon Pond and [[Tisbury, Massachusetts|Tisbury]] to the west. It also shares a common corner, along with Tisbury and Edgartown, with [[West Tisbury, Massachusetts|West Tisbury]]. The northernmost point of the town, [[East Chop]], is just over five miles from the mainland. The town shares Sengekontacket Pond with Edgartown, with the town's land ending at Sarson's Island, but wrapping around the waters around Felix Neck into Major's Cove. The highest points in town are between Sengekontacket and Lagoon Ponds, and west of Lagoon Pond in the irregular triangle of land which juts into Tisbury. [[File:OakBluffsFishingPier.jpg|thumb|Oak Bluffs Fishing Pier]] There are four public beaches in the town: Eastville Beach, facing Vineyard Haven Harbor and adjacent to the entrance to Lagoon Pond; Oak Bluffs Town Beach or The "Inkwell" is the name of the popular beach frequented by African Americans beginning in the late nineteenth century. The strand was pejoratively called "The Inkwell" by nearby whites in reference to the skin color of the beach-goers. It is the most famous of beaches across the U.S. to transform this odious nickname into an emblem of pride,<ref>[http://www.blackpast.org/aah/inkwell-martha-s-vineyard-1890s#sthash.4iq786D6.dpuf MARTHA'S VINEYARD INKWELL (1890S– ) POSTED ON FEBRUARY 7, 2013]</ref> bordering Nantucket Sound just south of the Steamship Authority Pier; Hart Haven Beach, further to the south; and Joseph Sylvia State Beach, a barrier beach (shared by Oak Bluffs and [[Edgartown, Massachusetts|Edgartown]]) that separates Sengekontacket Pond from Nantucket Sound. State Beach is punctuated by two inlets that connect the pond to the ocean. The smaller of the two is spanned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Bridge, which lies wholly within Oak Bluffs, and the larger by the American Legion Bridge, the midpoint of which is the boundary between Oak Bluffs and Edgartown. The formal names of the bridges are generally ignored by residents in favor of the traditional designations "Little Bridge" and "Big Bridge." Oak Bluffs has a small, tightly enclosed harbor that draws large numbers of recreational boaters, and serves as a year-round home port to a small number of fishing boats. Seasonal passenger ferries to [[Falmouth, Massachusetts|Falmouth]], [[Hyannis, Massachusetts|Hyannis]], and [[Nantucket]] dock along the east side of the harbor, as does a high-speed ferry to [[Quonset, Rhode Island|Quonset Point, RI]]. The seasonal car-and-truck-ferry service operated by the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority docks outside the harbor, at a long pier projecting into [[Nantucket Sound]], as does the fast ferry that provides seasonal service to [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]]. The exposed nature of the pier means that Steamship Authority ferries are routinely diverted to Vineyard Haven during strong northeasterly winds. Oak Bluffs is also the site of Trade Winds Airport, a private grass landing strip located just north of Sengekontacket Pond. ===Climate=== According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Oak Bluffs has a temperate [[oceanic climate]] (abbreviated ''Cfb''), closely bordering on a hot-summer [[Humid subtropical climate|humid sub-tropical climate]] (abbreviated ''Cfa''). {{Weather box |location = Oak Bluffs, 1991–2020 simulated normals (33 ft elevation) |collapsed = y |single line = y |precipitation colour =green |Jan precipitation mm =106.30 |Feb precipitation mm =92.65 |Mar precipitation mm =127.60 |Apr precipitation mm =109.19 |May precipitation mm =88.67 |Jun precipitation mm =86.01 |Jul precipitation mm =70.22 |Aug precipitation mm =91.09 |Sep precipitation mm =99.07 |Oct precipitation mm =118.50 |Nov precipitation mm =106.04 |Dec precipitation mm =127.78 |Jan high C = 4.2 |Feb high C = 4.6 |Mar high C = 7.3 |Apr high C = 12.3 |May high C = 17.1 |Jun high C = 22.0 |Jul high C = 25.8 |Aug high C = 25.7 |Sep high C = 22.6 |Oct high C = 17.2 |Nov high C = 11.9 |Dec high C = 7.2 |Jan mean C =0.1 |Feb mean C =0.5 |Mar mean C =3.3 |Apr mean C =8.2 |May mean C =13.1 |Jun mean C =18.2 |Jul mean C =21.9 |Aug mean C =21.8 |Sep mean C =18.6 |Oct mean C =13.1 |Nov mean C =8.0 |Dec mean C =3.3 |Jan low C = -4.0 |Feb low C = -3.6 |Mar low C = -0.6 |Apr low C = 4.1 |May low C = 9.2 |Jun low C = 14.4 |Jul low C = 18.1 |Aug low C = 17.8 |Sep low C = 14.5 |Oct low C = 9.0 |Nov low C = 4.0 |Dec low C = -0.6 |Jan dew point C =-5.1 |Feb dew point C =-4.9 |Mar dew point C =-2.6 |Apr dew point C =2.4 |May dew point C =8.1 |Jun dew point C =13.9 |Jul dew point C =17.9 |Aug dew point C =17.5 |Sep dew point C =14.2 |Oct dew point C =8.3 |Nov dew point C =2.9 |Dec dew point C =-1.7 |source 1 = PRISM Climate Group<ref>{{cite web | url=https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University | publisher=Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering (NACSE), based at Oregon State University | access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref> | date=March 16, 2023}}
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