Contact Us
For reservations please call
(978) 546-3111 or e-mail
info@mooringstone.com
Mooring Stone Bed & Breakfast
P O Box 401
Rockport MA 01966 USA
tel: 978-546-3111
email: info@mooringstone.com
Directions
Mooring Stone Bed and Breakfast is located in Rockport, Massachusetts, about 40 miles northeast of Boston on the island of Cape Ann. On-site parking or train pick-up service is available.
By Car
From Route 93 or Route 95, take Route 128 North towards Gloucester. Follow Route 128 over the Annisquam River through two rotaries to the signal light at the intersection of Route 127.
Turn left onto Route 127 toward Rockport. Follow Route 127/Eastern Avenue for three miles to the’five corners’ intersection.
Bear right onto Route 127A/Broadway and go to the end (landmark: lighthouse statue). Turn right onto Mt. Pleasant Street. Take second left onto Norwood Ave. #12 is on the right.
By Train
From North Station, take the Newburyport/Rockport Line, making sure you get a train with Rockport as its destination (not Newburyport).
For schedules and more information check the Commuter Rail website: www.mbta.com
Rockport Fun Fact
Mooring Stones were first cut from Rockport Granite around 1710 by Joshua Norwood for local fishermen.
The mooring stone in our front yard is one of the few remaining from the early days of Rockport which was then called ‘Sandy Bay.’ From the History of Rockport published in 1878:
“These were slabs of granite about 6 feet square and 10-15 inches thick with a hole in the center 15 inches in diameter, through which a part of the trunk of a white-oak tree, about 20 feet in length, with a portion of the roots attached was put. They were then lowered into the sea in the coves of Cape Ann for the fishing boats to tie on to.”
Other mooring stones can be seen throughout the town (Atlantic Avenue Granite Pier, Halibut Point
State Park) and in the harbor at low tide.