Built in 1856, today’s red brick lighthouse is located on the Gay Head Cliffs in Aquinnah off Lighthouse Road. Take the #3 bus from Vineyard Haven or the #6 bus from Edgartown and change to the #5 in West Tisbury. The one-way trip takes approximately an hour by bus or 1/2 hour by car from down-Island towns so allow at least 3 hours to go out, experience the cliffs, and return. The 1854 Fresnel lens, designed in France and used in the lighthouse for almost 100 years, is now preserved on the grounds of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum at 59 School Street in Edgartown. The museum conducts sunset tours of the lighthouse in season. Call 508-627-4441 for hours.