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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!
** Featured by Wicked Local as one of seven GREAT places in Eastern MA to pack a picnic lunch! **
Getting Ready For Summer!
Spring lawn care begins! We are thatching, aerating, and spreading organic fertilizers and overseeding with a seed mix. Timed to be ready for rain over the next few days.
Photo: Darrah Cole
SPRING Has Arrived!
Spring is officially here! A trout lily is blooming! t is a native spring flower, which goes dormant by July, then emerges again the next spring in late April and early May. These can be seen in the dogwood thicket and across from the Frog Pond stone bridge.
Photo: Darrah Cole 4.29.26
WILDLIFE WATCH
* Please help to protect the wildlife in Mill Pond by practicing catch and release and avoid the use of barbed hooks. *
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.