The Rock Nobody Mentioned for a Century

Plymouth Rock

3 min story9-stop walk

The story

You're on Water Street, at the edge of Plymouth Harbor, and in front of you is a granite portico with columns, built like a little Roman temple.

All 9 stops of Plymouth Walking Tour · $4.99 · up to 4 phones

Plymouth · 9 stops · 1 h 20 min · 2.2 mi

1
National Monument to the Forefathers
A Granite Giant Who ShrankPhoto: C0r3ySh33han319, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2
Pilgrim Hall Museum
The Museum That Kept Half a RockPhoto: Giorgio Galeotti, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3
Mayflower II
The Ship That Needed a Home FirstPhoto: Paul Keleher, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
4You're here
Plymouth Rock
The Rock Nobody Mentioned for a CenturyPhoto: Rhonda McCloughan (Pr41799), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
5
Cole's Hill
The Hill That Forgot Its DeadPhoto: Swampyank at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
6
Leyden Street
The Street That Kept Changing Its NamePhoto: Zandcee, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
7
Burial Hill
A Fort, a Church, Then the DeadPhoto: Giorgio Galeotti, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
8
Richard Sparrow House
The Surveyor Who Came LatePhoto: Swampyank at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
9
Jabez Howland House
The House the Pilgrims' Children BuiltPhoto: DanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.