Town Brook
Town Brook is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) stream in Patuxet, now also Plymouth, Massachusetts, that provided drinking water to the Wampanoag for centuries and millennia, and then the Pilgrims who made their homes adjacent to the brook on Leyden Street in Plymouth.
Town Brook's headwaters are the Billington Sea, a 269-acre (109 ha) freshwater pond. The brook passes through numerous small ponds, including Deep Water Pond and Jenny Pond. It also passes by the Plimoth Grist Mill and the Brewster Gardens before emptying into Plymouth Harbor. A nature trail runs along the entire length of the brook.
Getting around Town Brook the local way
- Get inPlymouth makes an excellent day trip (or several days' trip) when exploring the Boston, Providence, or Cape Cod areas.
- Get inFerry service to Plymouth from Provincetown on Cape Cod is available via the Plymouth-Provincetown Fast Ferry.
- Get inSeasonal ferry service runs June through September, seven days a week.
- Get inThe ferry departs and arrives in Plymouth at the state pier on Water Street in the heart of downtown Plymouth, and all downtown attractions and hotels are within walkable distance.
- Go nextProvincetown can also be accessed from Plymouth by a daily ferry running seasonally from the harbor.
- Go nextMartha's Vineyard and Nantucket, Cape Cod's main islands, can both be accessed via ferry from Hyannis.
From Wikivoyage: Plymouth (Massachusetts), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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