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Make a donation to help us preserve this beautiful green jewel! 

Welcome to Millbrook 
Meadow and Mill Pond

This magical four-acre park is nestled in downtown Rockport, just a stone's throw from Front Beach. Nearly half of it is Mill Pond -- a pristine wonderland of aquatic plants, with turtles, eels, ducks, birds, otters, beavers, and fish.

 

The Meadow comprises the other half, an open space with a beautiful winding brook, a frog pond, native shade garden and delightful stone bridge. It's a special place for play and relaxation. And a favorite spot for fairs and seasonal festivals.  


Since 1938 volunteers have kept it beautiful for everyone. We have just completed a long overdue, major restoration of this green gem for our community. WELCOME!

 

** Recently featured by Wicked Local as one of seven GREAT places in Eastern MA to pack a picnic lunch! **

Annual Eel-O-Rama in Progress

We are counting the baby eels to wiggling their way up the eel ladder and entering Mill Pond! How many will we count this year?

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As of July 4th, 2025 a total of 73 elvers have made it to the pond!

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Summer in the Meadow and Mill Pond!

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A New Family in the Pond 

Photo by Justina Schulz. (06-18-25)

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Turtles soaking up the sun on their favorite log

Photo by Jodi Cafarella (05-03-25)

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Kids having fun on a 5th grade outing, Teachers and parents too! What Millbrook Meadow is all about!

Photos by Rich Lorigan. (06-13-25)

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A beautiful Sunny day in the Meadow!

Photos by Rich Lorigan. (June 25)

The Rockport Millbrook Meadow Conservancy

This beautiful meadow and pond have served many. Richard Tarr, the community's first settler in the 1690's, used it as his mowing field. In 1701, John Poole and Thomas Witham built a saw and grist mill here. And in 1938, with the intervention of the Rockport Garden Club, the meadow attained its best and highest use -- a park for the Town of Rockport. Generation after generation, our Millbrook Meadow and Pond have given Rockport respite and solace from the effects of hectic life. Now it is our generation's turn to give renewed life to the meadow.  The Rockport Millbrook Meadow Conservancy has been formed to support restoration goals, and to ensure that the Meadow and the Mill Pond are cared for, to last another century.​

 

Please join us to preserve, protect and renew Rockport's green treasure.

​Rockport Millbrook Meadow Conservancy

​P.O. Box 51

Rockport, MA 01966

millbrookmeadowinfo@gmail.com​​​

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​© 2024 by Rockport Millbook Meadow  Conservancy.  Site designed by Zinc Studio Design. Maintained by the Millbrook Meadow Committee

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