Sightseeing
Local GemGloucester
FreeAmerica's oldest seaport, a working Massachusetts fishing town with beaches and a historic harbor.
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Cape Ann
Cape Ann is a sightseeing stop in Gloucester, MA, part of the Boston guide. Cost: free.
· Gloucester, MA
Why you should go…
Cape Ann covers Gloucester, America's oldest fishing port, along with the art-colony village of Rockport and the smaller towns of Essex, Ipswich, and Manchester-by-the-Sea. Visitors come for working harbors, beaches, antique shops, and galleries within a short drive of Boston's North Shore.
- #fishing village
- #art colony
- #coastal
- #peninsula
- #day trip
What's around here?
The closest stops to Cape Ann, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
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Rocky Neck Art Colony
FreeHistoric waterfront art colony in Gloucester with galleries, studios, and harbor views.
2.8 mi awayMore like this
- ToursOutdoor Adventure
7 Seas Whale Watch
$50+Gloucester-based whale watching cruises into Cape Ann's feeding grounds.
2.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours
- ToursFamily Favorite
Cape Ann Whale Watch
$50+Whale watching boat tours to Stellwagen Bank aboard the Hurricane II out of Gloucester.
3.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours
- Sport & OutdoorOutdoor Adventure
Crane Beach
$25–$50A long sandy beach on Ipswich Bay with dunes and trails through a pitch pine forest on the Castle Neck peninsula.
5.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Sport & Outdoor
- SightseeingHistory Buff
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
FreeWalk Derby Wharf, step inside the 1819 Custom House and see the tall ship Friendship of Salem on the Salem waterfront.
11 mi awayMore like this
