Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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B E A R S K I N
N E C K
BEARSKIN
NECK
127A
Back
Harbor
Rockport
Harbor
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10
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127
11
Rockport MBTA sta.
Rockport MBTA sta.
1
Rockport Chamber
of Commerce
127A
Rockport
Boston
DINING
The Greenery
7
The Lobster Pool
12
Portside Chowder House
9
ATTRACTIONS
Motif No. 1
10
Paper House
13
Rockport Art Association
6
127
SHOPPING
Crackerjacks
2
Tidal Edge Gallery
4
Toad Hall Bookstore
2
Tuck's Candy Factory
8
Willoughby's
5
ACCOMMODATIONS
Captain's Bounty Motor Inn
3
Inn on Cove Hill (Caleb
Norwood Jr. House)
11
tours and stone-splitting demonstrations take place on summer Saturdays at 10am.
Check ahead for information about other special programs, scheduled from May
through September. The park is open daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day 8am to
8pm, otherwise daily dawn to dusk; parking costs $2 from Memorial Day to Colum-
bus Day.
If the mansions of Gloucester were too plush for you, or if you want some recycling
tips, visit the
Paper House,
52 Pigeon Hill St., Pigeon Cove (
&
978/546-2629;
www.paperhouserockport.com). A genuinely wacky attraction, it was built beginning
in 1922 entirely out of 100,000 newspapers—walls, furniture, even a newspaper-cov-
ered piano. Creator Elis Stenman made every item from papers of a different period.
The house is open daily April through October from 10am to 5pm (closed Nov-Mar).
Admission is $1.50 for adults, $1 for children 6 to 14. Follow Route 127 north out
of downtown about 1
1
⁄
2
miles until you see signs at Curtis Street pointing to the left,
then go left on Pigeon Hill Street.
SHOPPING
Bearskin Neck
is the obvious place to start. Dozens of little shops stock clothes, gifts,
toys, jewelry, souvenirs, inexpensive novelties, and expensive handmade crafts and
paintings. Another enjoyable stroll is along
Main
and
Mount Pleasant streets.
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