Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock is a boulder in Plymouth, Massachusetts, which was claimed to have been at the site where the Mayflower Pilgrims landed to found Plymouth Colony in December 1620.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: Historical important rock in Ply-mouth, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as: “Cornerstone of the Nation”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pilgrim Memorial State Park and Cole’s Hill.
Pilgrim Memorial State Park
Park
Photo: Raime, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pilgrim Memorial State Park comprises two monuments — Plymouth Rock and the National Monument to the Forefathers — in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Closely related to these memorials is the Myles Standish Monument State Reservation which can be seen across the Plymouth Bay in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Cole’s Hill
Tomb
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cole's Hill is a National Historic Landmark containing the first cemetery used by the Mayflower Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. The hill is located on Carver Street near the foot of Leyden Street and across the street from Plymouth Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plymouth Village Historic District and Bradford–Union Street Historic District.
Plymouth Village Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Historical Perspective, Public domain.
The Plymouth Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing part of the area of earliest settlement of the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Bradford–Union Street Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bradford–Union Street Historic District encompasses a waterfront residential area of Plymouth, Massachusetts, developed in the mid-19th for workers in local maritime and other industries.
Plymouth
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plymouth is on the South Shore of Massachusetts. Known as "America's Hometown," Plymouth is most famous for being the final landing place of the Pilgrims who arrived on board the Mayflower in 1620, after storms lead them away from their desired settlement, the Hudson River.
Plymouth Rock
- Categories: boulder and landform
- Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Plymouth Rock” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صخرة بليموث”
- Basque: “Plymoutheko haitza”
- Catalan: “Plymouth Rock”
- Catalan: “roca de Plymouth”
- Cebuano: “Plymouth Rock (pulo)”
- Cebuano: “Plymouth Rock”
- Chinese: “普利茅斯岩”
- Chinese: “普利茅斯巖”
- Dutch: “Plymouth Rock”
- French: “Plymouth Rock”
- German: “Plymouth Rock”
- Hebrew: “סלע פלימות‘”
- Italian: “Plymouth rock”
- Italian: “Roccia di Plymouth”
- Japanese: “プリマス・ロック”
- Korean: “플리머스 락”
- Korean: “플리머스 바위”
- Latin: “Saxum Plimmutense”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Plymouth Rock”
- Norwegian: “Plymouth Rock”
- Russian: “Плимутская скала”
- Russian: “Плимутский камень”
- Scots: “dhegdhgf”
- Spanish: “Plymouth Rock”
- Swedish: “Plymouth Rock”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jabez Corner and North Plymouth.
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Highlights include Massasoit Statue and Pilgrim Mother Statue.
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