House Guidebook for 7 Rockmoor Ter
Food Scene
Passports
110 Main StGreat food including seafood. Good prices.
Very expensive, but it's right on the water. Amazing views. Amazing food. Go on a nice summer evening, sit outside, and enjoy the best meal of your life.
44 locals recommend
My Place by the Sea
68 Bearskin NeckVery expensive, but it's right on the water. Amazing views. Amazing food. Go on a nice summer evening, sit outside, and enjoy the best meal of your life.
Minglewood Harborside
25 Rogers StSeafood. Right on harbor.
Thai Choice Restaurant
272 Main StMy favorite Thai Restaurant anywhere.
Mile Marker Restaurant... open to the public... deck right on the water... great seafood. Highly recommended
Cape Ann's Marina Resort
75 Essex AveMile Marker Restaurant... open to the public... deck right on the water... great seafood. Highly recommended
Parks & Nature
Stage Fort Park and Beach
24 Hough AveGood Harbor Beach
Best beach for waves and lots of sandy beach on Cape Ann
Unique beach experience. Really cool view of the bay, Annisquam. It has a big sandy beach and also rock jettis the kids can explore.
66 locals recommend
Wingaersheek Beach
Unique beach experience. Really cool view of the bay, Annisquam. It has a big sandy beach and also rock jettis the kids can explore.
It's trails are adjacent to the cottage's back yard. 500 acres of hiking trails. Includes a hilltop overlooking the harbor
26 locals recommend
Ravenswood Park
Ravenswood ParkIt's trails are adjacent to the cottage's back yard. 500 acres of hiking trails. Includes a hilltop overlooking the harbor
This is one of the 4 whale watch businesses in town. They all do pretty much the same thing though for the same price... and most people who do this do end up seeing a whale or two,
Capt Bill & Sons Whale Watch
24 Harbor LoopThis is one of the 4 whale watch businesses in town. They all do pretty much the same thing though for the same price... and most people who do this do end up seeing a whale or two,
Arts & Culture
This is a world-renowned museum. They have a little bit of everything. You could spend two days there. I recommend seeing the China House.
207 locals recommend
Peabody Essex Museum
161 Essex StThis is a world-renowned museum. They have a little bit of everything. You could spend two days there. I recommend seeing the China House.
Gives a history of Gloucester's fishing industry. You can see it all in under an hour.
17 locals recommend
Maritime Gloucester
23 Harbor LoopGives a history of Gloucester's fishing industry. You can see it all in under an hour.
Shopping
You can't go to Cape Ann without taking a stroll down Bearskin Neck in Rockport. It is the definition of quaint New England seaside village.
31 locals recommend
Bearskin Neck
Bearskin NeckYou can't go to Cape Ann without taking a stroll down Bearskin Neck in Rockport. It is the definition of quaint New England seaside village.
Common Crow Natural Market
200 Eastern AveLocally-owned Whole Foods-type of grocery store.
Essentials
Market Basket
400 Somerville AveGreat prices... about ten minutes from house
Entertainment & Activities
Gloucester Cinema
74 Essex AveTiny, but adorable... they show first-run mainstream movies.
Coolest little arthouse movie theater you've ever seen. They show first-run Indie movies, documentaries, etc in a big space above a record store... They filled it with couches and lounge chairs... it's really cool.
18 locals recommend
The Cape Ann Cinema and Stage
37 Rogers StCoolest little arthouse movie theater you've ever seen. They show first-run Indie movies, documentaries, etc in a big space above a record store... They filled it with couches and lounge chairs... it's really cool.
AMC Liberty Tree Mall 20
100 Independence WayBig multiplex about 20 minutes away
They do half day and daylong fishing trips. You are welcome to use the fishing gear I keep behind the house, or they also provide you with gear on the boat.
Yankee Fleet
1 Parker StThey do half day and daylong fishing trips. You are welcome to use the fishing gear I keep behind the house, or they also provide you with gear on the boat.
Getting Around
You can take it north to Rockport or south all the way to Boston and beyond. In Boston it goes to Noirth Station. If you're not from around here and you're planning on going to Boston during your visit, this is how I would get there. Driving and parking in Boston is a nightmare.
7 locals recommend
Commuter Rail Station
You can take it north to Rockport or south all the way to Boston and beyond. In Boston it goes to Noirth Station. If you're not from around here and you're planning on going to Boston during your visit, this is how I would get there. Driving and parking in Boston is a nightmare.