by Marilee Driscoll | Aug 1, 2016 | 6 Free Sites in 4 Miles, Tourist Attractions, Things to Do
This 81-feet-tall beautiful and impressive granite monument presides over an 11-acre site. Part of Pilgrim Memorial State Park, the monument was commissioned by the Pilgrim Society, the cornerstone was laid August 2, 1859. The monument was completed in October...
by Marilee Driscoll | Aug 1, 2016 | 6 Free Sites in 4 Miles, Tourist Attractions, Things to Do
IMPORTANT – SHIP GONE ‘TIL 2019 The Mayflower II is a full-scale reproduction of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to Massachusetts in 1620. She is current undergoing a full restoration at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut. She will be back home for the...
by Marilee Driscoll | Aug 1, 2016 | 6 Free Sites in 4 Miles, Tourist Attractions, Things to Do
All along Water Street – across from Plymouth Rock This area is made up of Pilgrim Memorial Park (Plymouth Rock and Mayflower II), as well as dozens of restaurants, B&Bs, hotels, boats, wharfs, etc. Parking: on the street. Metered 7 days a week except winter....
by Marilee Driscoll | Aug 1, 2016 | 6 Free Sites in 4 Miles, Tourist Attractions, Things to Do
Nearly 1 million visitors from the world over come to see Plymouth Rock each year. Nestled in a beautiful portico on the shore of Plymouth Harbor, this simple glacial boulder has 1620 – the year the Mayflower landed – carved into it. The Rock anchors the Plymouth...
by Marilee Driscoll | Aug 1, 2016 | 6 Free Sites in 4 Miles, Tourist Attractions, Things to Do
Water Street – across from Plymouth Rock This beautiful flower garden and statue with fountain was built in 1920 by the National Society of Daughters of the Revolution in ‘Memory of the Heroic Women of the Mayflower. A serene female Pilgrim statue arises out of a...
by Marilee Driscoll | Aug 1, 2016 | 6 Free Sites in 4 Miles, Tourist Attractions, Things to Do
Plymouth is home to many oceanfront and lakefront beaches. Long Beach is what is commonly referred to as Plymouth Beach. It is a public, lifeguarded, expansive sandy beach that is frequented by sunbathers, families, fishermen, kayakers, and dogs (must be leashed)....
