Destinations · Massachusetts
Rockport
MA · 42.6556, -70.6208
From Rockport, Massachusetts, Byway's registries place 3 scenic byways within 30 miles.
Get in
Interstate 95 to Route 128 to Route 127. Downtown has parking meters ($.25 per half-hour) and often has no spots. Rockport has a free parking facility, the Blue Gate Parking Lot (open June-Oct), located as you arrive on Route 127 about 1/4 mi (400 m) past the Rockport Visitor Information booth. From the parking lot, it is about a 3/4-mile walk to downtown Rockport, but a shuttle to town only costs $1 each way.
Day-trip loops
Baked loops for Rockport are growing. The weave below is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Essex Coastal Scenic Byway · 4 mi
- Coastal Byway · 18 mi
- Independence Byway · 21 mi
Lookouts
- Eagle Rock · 5 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 14 mi
Named places
- Front Beach · 0 mi
- Motif #1 · 0 mi
- Back Beach · 0 mi
- Pool Hill · 1 mi
- Old Garden Beach · 1 mi
- Great Hill · 1 mi
- High Rock · 1 mi
- Pigeon Hill · 1 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Gloucester · 3 mi
- Essex · 8 mi
- Manchester · 9 mi
- North Shore · 10 mi
- Hamilton · 11 mi
- Ipswich · 11 mi