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Visiting Island Alpaca
Hours:
Open daily, rain or shine, from 12 noon to 4 pm, closed Christmas and New Year's Day. You may also click to view our Workshop and Event Calendar for current schedule. Other hours available by appointment, please call!*
Click here for for current Island weather.
Directions by Car:Island Alpaca is located just south of Cape Cod, on the Island of Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts. We are just 2 miles from the Vineyard Haven Steamship Authority Ferry, and the Fast Ferry and 4-1/2 miles from the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority Ferry, and the Patriot Ferry in Falmouth. For Ferry travel information visit the Steamship Authority website. To sign up for Bourne and Sagamore bridge-work alerts click here. From Up Island: From West Tisbury/Edgartown Road, take the first left past the airport onto Barnes Road. At the 4-way intersection turn left. Travel 2/10 of a mile and turn left onto Head of the Pond Road. Entrance is the first drive on the left (Look for Alpaca Avenue.)*
From Vineyard Haven: From State Road take Edg-VH Road. Travel 2 miles and turn right onto Head of the Pond Road. Entrance is the first drive on the left (Look for Alpaca Avenue.) Warning: Do not take a left onto Head of Pond Road.*
From Oak Bluffs: From the start of Circuit Avenue, travel appx. 4 miles, (road turns into Barnes Road). At the 4-way blinking light turn right onto Edg-Vh Road . Travel 2/10 of a mile and turn left onto Head of the Pond Road. Entrance is the first drive on the left (Look for Alpaca Avenue.)*
From Edgartown: From the start of Triangle in Edgartown, travel along Edg/VH Road appx. 4 miles. After the 4-way blinking light, stop, and go straight, 2/10 of a mile and turn left onto Head of the Pond Road. Entrance is the first drive on the left (Look for Alpaca Avenue.)*
*Park, and follow the alpaca signs to the barn. SPECIAL NOTE: If snow or icy conditions exist please park at the second entrance at the barn. During the warmer months, please leave all pets at home or in your car, with the windows open!
Directions by Bus:(It's easy, economical and environmentally friendly!) By Bus: Island Alpaca is easily reached by Vineyard Transit Bus Route #1 from Vineyard Haven, or Bus Route #7 or #9 from Oak Bluffs. (Our location is where the #1 appears on the #1 Bus Route Map)
Take the following routes:
From VH: Take the number 1 bus, and ask to get off at Head of the Pond Road, just before the 4-way blinker... Walk down Head of the Pond Road, and take the first left-- just one minute away
From EDG: Take the number 1 bus, and ask to get off at Head of the Pond Road, just after the 4-way blinker... Walk down Head of the Pond Road, and take the first left-- just one minute away
From OB: Take the number 7 or 9 bus, and ask to get off at the 4-way blinker. Head of the Pond Road is the first left as you walk 2/10 of one mile towards Vineyard Haven on the Edg/VH road, find us on the the left.
Special Note: Image below shows incorrect name of the road. The correct name is Head of the Pond Road. Please be forewarned that a GPS may send you to the wrong street, one mile away, towards Vineyard Haven, on the opposite side of Edgartown/Vineyard Haven Road. 
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