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Interesting Facts
- Natural beauty for every day of the year? Yes, that's right. Plymouth, MA, has exactly three hundred sixty-five different ponds and lakes.
- Burial Hill, once a Pilgrim fort, is a historic cemetery that houses the remains of hundreds of people from the historic Pilgrim era. The bravery and fortitude of the lives of the Pilgrims are celebrated each Friday night in August as a procession of costumed actors walk from Plymouth Rock to Burial Hill to commemorate the dead.
- Plymouth bears the distinction of being America's home town and is overflowing with historical treasures, from the famous Plymouth Rock to a replica of the Mayflower, but it's also the county seat and the largest, as well as oldest, town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- This colonial gem of a city has an economic heritage of fishing and shipbuilding. In fact, from about 1825 through the 1960s, one of its principal employers was the Plymouth Cordage Company. This business manufactured rope and other cordage products, many of which benefited those in the area's two principal industries. At one time, the company's grounds even held a quarter-mile rope walk, thought to be the world's largest ever.
- Destination Plymouth has become more and more desirable due to its close proximity to Boston, approximately 40 miles away. In fact, the city is criss-crossed by three major roads, allowing easy access to, from and through this treasured town. MA-3A traverses the city center with plenty of shopping and dining options dotting it, US-44 runs East-West and MA-3 runs North-South on the state's eastern seaboard, seamlessly connecting Cape Cod to Boston.
- The Pilgrims first came to the shores of America on November 11, 1620. This brave band of travelers actually stayed afloat for five weeks near Provincetown before crossing Cape Cod Bay to the now-famous Plymouth. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in Plymouth during 1621.
- Is there something about old cars that keeps you looking under their hoods and gently stroking their polished exteriors? If so, you're very close to paradise. The nearby town of Sandwich houses the Heritage Museum & Gardens, proud possessor of one of the nation's best collection of American antique vehicles.
- Plymouth County and its surrounding areas are proud of the many ruby-red cranberry bogs that dot the region. In fact, there are over 458 cranberry growers harvesting more than 12,000 acres across the state of Massachusetts. Close to Plymouth, Edaville USA boasts the Edaville Railroad that traverses mile after mile of lovely cranberry plantation. Edaville also hosts a yearly Cranberry Harvest Festival to celebrate the merits of this notable berry.
- Probably one of the most famous rocks in the country, Plymouth Rock is approximately the size of small bathtub and has the date "1620" etched onto it. Over the years it has been moved from spot to spot and has been cracked and chipped at by over-eager souvenir hunters. It's now protected, located on Plymouth Harbor and covered by a canopy designed by talented architects McKim, Mead and White.
- Plimoth Plantation is a 1627-reconstruction of Plymouth as it was during the days when the Pilgrims lived in the area. Costumed interpreters help visitors understand the many hardships and struggles the original settlers faced. It's spelled "Plimoth" because in the 1600s most spelling was done phonetically, thus accounting for different spellings of one word even within one single document. The museum adopted the spelling used in historical documents created by Governor William Bradford. The different spelling also helps distinguish references to the plantation from references to the actual town of Plymouth.
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