Pass By: Plymouth Visitor Information Center, 130 Water St, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360
The MA Visitor Information Center is a major stop for visitors traveling to and from Boston, Plymouth, Cape Cod, and throughout all of New England.
Note: This 1 mile-long tour covers the essentials of Plymouth in 1 hours.
Pass By: Mayflower II, Water Street, State Pier at Pilgrim Memorial State Park, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360
Mayflower II is a reproduction of the 17th-century ship Mayflower, celebrated for transporting the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620. The reproduction was built in Devon, England during 1955–1956, in a collaboration between Englishman Warwick Charlton and Plimoth Plantation, an American museum.
Pass By: Mayflower Society House, 4 Winslow St, Plymouth, MA 02360, USA
Across the street and up the hill from Plymouth Rock is the historic Mayflower Society House – an 18th century home originally built by Edward Winslow, great-grandson of the Pilgrim Edward Winslow. The story of the Society House extends across three centuries. Experience its rich history on a tour where you will learn about the many influential Plymouth families who lived here and preserved this home over the years.
Hear fascinating stories about the struggles of the Winslow family – Loyalists during the Revolutionary era; stand where Ralph Waldo Emerson and Lydia Jackson exchanged vows; relive the great restoration in 1898 by famous New England architect Joseph Everett Chandler, and imagine the hive of activity this peaceful house would have been when it was used as a Red Cross headquarters during World War II.
Pass By: Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded the Plymouth Colony in December 1620.
Pass By: Massasoit Statue, 35 Carver St, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360
Massasoit is a statue by the American sculptor Cyrus Edwin Dallin in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It was completed in 1921 to mark the three hundredth anniversary of the Pilgrims' landing. The sculpture is meant to represent the Pokanoket leader Massasoit welcoming the Pilgrims on the occasion of the first Thanksgiving.
Pass By: Brewster Gardens, 30 Water St, Plymouth, MA 02360, USA
The park up ahead and walks toward the center. This is Brewster Gardens, named for William Brewster, one of the original Mayflower passengers.
Pass By: Pilgrim Maiden Statue, 30 Water St, Plymouth, MA 02360, USA
Brewster Gardens is a bronze statue, The Pilgrim Maiden by Henry Hudson Kitson (1922), and a stainless steel sculpture honoring Plymouth’s immigrant settlers from 1700 to 2000.
The Pilgrim Maiden is dedicated to the intrepid English women whose courage and devotion brought a new nation into being.
Pass By: Old Burial Ground, Massachusetts Ave & Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA
Burial Hill is a historic cemetery or burying ground on School Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Established in the 17th century, it is the burial site of several Pilgrims, the founding settlers of Plymouth Colony. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
Pass By: Richard Sparrow House Inc, 42 Summer St, Plymouth, MA 02360, USA
The Richard Sparrow House is a historic house at 42 Summer Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the oldest surviving house in Plymouth. The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow, an English surveyor who arrived in Plymouth in 1636.
Pass By: Plimoth Grist Mill, 6 Spring Ln, Plymouth, MA 02360, USA
The Plimoth Grist Mill is a working grist mill located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is a reconstruction of the original Jenney Grist Mill, and it stands on the site of the original mill.
Pass By: Pilgrim Hall Museum, 75 Court St, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360
The Pilgrim Hall Museum at 75 Court Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts is the oldest public museum in the United States in continuous operation, having opened in 1824.
Pass By: National Monument to the Forefathers, 72 Allerton St, Plymouth, MA 02360, USA
The National Monument to the Forefathers, formerly known as the Pilgrim Monument, commemorates the Mayflower Pilgrims. Dedicated on August 1, 1889, it honors their ideals as later generally embraced by the United States. It is thought to be the world's largest solid granite monument.
Pass By: Hedge House, 126 Water St, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360
The Plymouth Antiquarian House is a historic house museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts owned by the Plymouth Antiquarian Society. The house was built in 1809 for William Hammatt, a New England sea captain. The Hedges, a family of entrepreneurs, purchased the house in 1830 and lived there until 1919.
Pass By: Jenney Interpretive Centre, 48 Summer St, Plymouth, MA 02360, USA
Exhibits in the Interpretive Centre focus on the Pilgrims, stories of their faith and values, the abolitionists and slavery, the family – the cornerstone of society.
Pass By: Jabez Howland House, Sandwich and Water Streets, Plymouth, Massachusetts
The Jabez Howland House is a historic house at 33 Sandwich Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The oldest portion of this two-story wood-frame house was built by Jacob Mitchell in 1667 and purchased by Jabez Howland, son of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley Howland, two of the original Pilgrims.
Pass By: Long Beach Rock, Long Beach Rock, Hull, MA 02045, USA
Long Beach is a barrier beach– a peninsula that serves as a barrier between the open ocean and the mainland coast.
Pass By: Plimoth Patuxet Museums, 137 Warren Avenue, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360
Plimoth Plantation is a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts, founded in 1947. It attempts to replicate the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony established in the 17th century by the English colonists who became known as the Pilgrims.