BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com)— President Barack Obama was expected to arrive on Martha's Vineyard for his annual summer vacation Saturday.
The Obama family has spent every summer vacation except for one at Martha's Vineyard since the start of his presidency. The Obamas have also vacationed in Bar Harbor, Maine and spent winter vacations at Kailua, Hawaii.
Obama and his family are expected to stay on Martha's vineyard for two weeks, the longest vacation he has taken since the start of his presidency. They have rented a seven bedroom, 8,000 square feet home in Vineyard sound.
The president will make trips back to Washington D.C. for meetings and to headline a fundraiser. He will also be attending a fundraising event during his vacation at Martha's Vineyard.
Martha 's Vineyard was also a popular vacation getaway for past presidents John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton. Many other locations have served as great hideaways and second "White Houses" for past presidents to escape.
While the Kennedy family's Hyannis Port compound is their most recognizable vacation spot, they also spent their time at a Palm Beach home dubbed the "Winter White House." Joseph Kennedy purchased the 11-bedroom home in 1933.
Ranches are also popular places for presidents to go in the summer. George W. Bush's 1,583-acre Prairie Chapel Ranch in Texas was one of his favorite vacation getaways when he was president. He spent time at the Bush Compound in Kennebunkport, Maine when he wasn't at the ranch.
Ronald Reagan called his ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif., Rancho del Cielo, or "Heaven's Ranch." The 668-acre land was known as the Western White House because Reagan and the first lady vacationed there so often.
Lyndon B. Johnson was also very attached to his ranch in Hill Country, Texas where he was born and raised. Johnson died at the ranch and is buried there. During his presidency, Johnson and his family spent many vacations and hosted meetings with foreign leaders at the ranch. Like Reagan, the ranch was known as the "Texas White House."
When the presidents wanted to be close to the White House, they went to Camp David, located in Maryland's Catoctin Mountain Park. Camp David has been the presidential retreat since Franklin Roosevelt turned it from a government camp to a presidential "Shangri-La." Eisenhower renamed the secluded retreat after his grandson, David Eisenhower.
Camp David has served as the president's private getaway and a meeting place with foreign leaders and cabinet members. In 1978, Jimmy Carter hosted the Camp David Summit there when the Egyptian president and Israeli Prime Minister agreed on a peace treaty between the two states.
Franklin Roosevelt's "Little White House" was located in Warm Springs, Georgia. Roosevelt chose the area as his retreat because the springs helped his polio. He died at the retreat in 1945.
Roosevelt's successor, Harry Truman, also at a getaway dubbed "Little White House" in Key West.