Rockport (Massachusetts)
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Get in
By car
Interstate 95 to Route 128 to Route 127. Downtown has parking meters ($.25 per half-hour) and often has no spots. Rockport has a free parking facility, the Blue Gate Parking Lot (open June-Oct.), located as you arrive on Route 127 about 1/4 mi. ( km) past the Rockport Visitor Information booth. From the parking lot, it is about a 3/4 mile walk to downtown Rockport, but a shuttle to town only costs $1 each way.By train
The commuter rail run from Boston's North Station is about a 70-minute trip and costs $7.75 one-way. Rockport's station is off Railroad Avenue, less than a mile from the center of town.By bus
The Cape Ann Transportation Authority (CATA), Phone: +1 978-283-7916, , runs buses from town to town on Cape Ann.Get around
The main tourist areas are very compact and walkable. Having a car lets one explore some of the other coastal areas.
See
- Motif #1, the widely known subject of many paintings.
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phone: +1 978 546-2997address: Gott AvDaily dawn to dusk. Beautiful coastline views, visitor center, walking trails, and tidal pools. A renovated World War II fire tower provides a scenic view. Weekend quarry tours and granite cutting demonstrations take place in summer. Great place to picnic.
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phone: +1 978 546-2629address: 52 Pigeon Hill StBizarre 1922 vintage house built entirely of 100,000 newspapers even housing a newspaper-covered piano. Admission: adults $1.50, children $1.
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address: 8 Main Street suite B
Galleries
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address: 5 Main Street
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address: 12 Tuna Wharf
John Caggiano Gallery66 Bearskin Neck (also 4 Main St.).
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Nancy Caplan
address: 5 Gott Street Correale Gallery23 Dock Square.
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address: 80 Pigeon Hill Street
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address: 12 Dock Square
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address: 6 Dock Square
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Harborview Gallery
address: 67C Bearskin Neck -
Harvard Babson Gallery
address: 10 Jewett Street -
address: 13 Bearskin Neck
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London Venturers Co.
address: 2 Dock Square -
address: 13 Main Street
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Tom Nicholas Gallery
address: 7 Wildon Heights -
North Shore Galleries
address: 18 Bearskin Neck -
address: 21 Mt. Pleasant Street
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Square Circle
address: 11 Dock Square -
address: 41 Main Street
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Paul Strisik Gallery
address: 89 Marmion Way -
Summer House Gallery
address: 23 Dock Square -
address: 8A Main Street
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address: 3 School Street
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Traveling Paintbrush
address: 8 Pasture Road -
address: 60 Bearskin Neck
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address: 19 Mt. Pleasant Street
Do
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Rockport Golf Club
address: 60 South Street -
North Shore Kayak Outdoor Center
address: 9 Tuna Wharf -
Windhover Performing Arts Center
address: 257(R) Granite St -
I.N. Kamalic Gallery
address: 8-B Main StreetOriginal paintings and sculpture by Ivan N. Kamalic
Fishing
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address: 17 Athena Way
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address: 19 Summitt Avenue
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address: 4 Heritage Drive
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address: 2 State Pier
Buy
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Country Store
address: Bearskin NeckGet candies that are hard to find in other shops. -
address: 6 Tuna Wharf(2nd location at Dock Sq.). Beautiful, unusual stones in artisan silver work. One of the best collections of cut agate anywhere.
Sweet Remembrances47 Bearskin Neck. Vintage photos of you.
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Rockport Quilt Shop
address: 2 Ocean AvOver 100 antique quilts. -
address: 15 Main Streetand Dock Square.
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address: 7 Old Harbor RdAn unusual array of fine quality leather goods. Outerwear, Handbags, Wallets and accessories. Best selection of Dansko Clogs, NAOT Sandals and Minnetonka Slippers. Same location for over 36 years. Established 1974.
Eat
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Brackett's Oceanview Restaurant
address: 25 Main StSeasonal. Su-F 11:30AM-8PM, Sat 11:30AM-9PM. Lunch $8-$20, Dinner $11-$27. -
address: 15 Dock Sq
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address: 127 Granite St
My Place by the SeaBearskin Neck. Wonderful, breathtaking spot at the very end of Bearskin Neck.
Drink
A dry town for 70 years until 2005, Rockport does not have established bars. Recent changes to the liquor laws allow only restaurants and inns to apply for liquor licenses. There are still no bars or liquor stores.
Sleep
Motels
- Bearskin Neck Motor Lodge, 64 Bearskin Neck, +1 978-546-6677.
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address: 1 Beach St
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address: 8 Cleaves St
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Motel Peg Leg
address: 10 Beach St -
Sandy Bay Motor Inn
address: 183 Main St -
address: 151 South St
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address: 151 South St
Inns
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address: 1 Cathedral Ave.This charming oceanfront hotel just 35 miles NE of Boston combines modern comfort with traditional graciousness. Try the popular whale watching tours. This particular in is set on a beautiful piece of property overlooking Bearskin Neck and Halibut Point. What is interesting about this particular in is that it is set in the middle of a residential neighborhood, unlike the other inns located within Rockport. Not only do guest enjoy their stay their, but locals who live in the community enjoy dinners and drink there. A simply charming place to stay.
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Seaward Inn
address: 44 Marmion Way -
Yankee Clipper Inn
address: 127 Granite St
Bed & Breakfasts
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address: 49 Broadway
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address: 30 Beach St
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Bullfinch House
address: 96 Granite St -
address: 69 Marmion Way5 rooms, oceanfront.
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Hedges by the Sea
address: 165 Granite St Lantana House22 Broadway.
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address: 26 King St
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address: 12 Norwood Av
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address: 17 Pleasant St
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address: 65 Eden Rd
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Sally Webster Inn
address: 34 Mt. Pleasant St -
address: 50 Marmion Way
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address: 17 High St
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Windmere Guest House
address: 24 Smith Rd -
address: 35 King St
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Yuletide Inn
address: 51 Mount Pleasant St