Location: Gloucester
Top Things to do in Gloucester
Top 10 Sights & Landmarks in Gloucester, Massachusetts (MA)
With its sandy North Shore beaches, rocky outcrops, green parks, hemlock woods and wild estuaries full of shorebirds, it is no wonder that Gloucester has attracted such a rich and diverse artists' community. Fitz Hugh Lane, Winslow Homer and John Sloan are just some of the artists who have taken inspiration from Gloucester's beautiful surrounds. Still boasting dozens of galleries and boutiques, as well as museums, theaters and an artists' colony, the city's art scene clearly continues to thrive.
Restaurants in Gloucester
1. Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
2. Oak Grove Cemetery
3. Gloucester Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 76 reviews
Downtown working-class section of Gloucester.
Reviewed By smiling4unow - Saugerties, United States
This promenade along the ocean is a soothing relaxing area. Great experience both happy and peaceful. The Fisherman's Statue is an icon along with a beautiful wives statue amidst the of rows glorious flower beds. Also enjoy the friendship of the locals and visitors walking their dogs or relax on the benches. Restaurants , pubs, ice cream shops and terrific shopping is just minutes away. This has been our go to vacation spot for 45 years. There is nothing like it.
4. Rogers Street
5. Hammond Castle Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 614 reviews
Hammond Castle Museum is now open for the season! The Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is not handicap accessible. The Museum’s architectural style is mix of medieval castle, French chateau, and Gothic cathedral. It was custom built to encompass Hammond’s private residence, laboratory and museum quality collection of architectural elements such as the facades of medieval shops and doorways from chateaus. Hammond’s extensive list of patents, and his work on radio control and on echo guided torpedoes for the military are also on display. It is available for weddings and private rentals.
Reviewed By 922dlp - New Jersey, United States
We visited Columbus Day weekend and they were doing a haunted house on the weekend and bussing people from a nearby parking lot. It was so much fun! The grounds were so nice to explore and the castle was decorated for Halloween. Even thought you were walking through a haunted castle you could get a very good feel of what the castle is like and it was really cool. Just as you would imagine a medevil castle, right down to the drawbridge.
6. Ten Pound Lighthouse
7. Fishermen's Memorial Monument
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 820 reviews
Reviewed By stephenfM8666BK - Salem, United States
This memorial has been in its current location for decades, and is dedicated to the fishermen who never came home. Every year, several Gloucester fisher(wo)men are lost at sea. This monument is a testimony to the hard and very dangerous work these men and women do. It has sweeping views of the ocean, and just a few hundred yards awalys a monument to the families who lost a loved one at sea.
8. Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Memorial
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 112 reviews
Reviewed By sheilannjones
Both the Fishermen's Memorial and the Fishermen's Wives memorial look out to sea, the public gardens, boating activity, small shops, draw bridge, easy walking path throughout and up to the Stage Fort PARK area and bluffs observing in the inner harbors of Gloucester. The park is perfect for kids to unwind too.
9. Eastern Point Lighthouse
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 204 reviews
Serving as a guide to ships entering the scenic and commercial Gloucester harbor from the Atlantic Ocean, this 36-foot tall cylindrical brick tower was built in 1832 and automated in 1986.
Reviewed By Bonnieb18
We had a hard time trying to get here, as the signs said private drive, but we finally figured out that we can drive down that road as it is the only way to the light house. We parked in a small parking lot and walked out on the granite walkway to the end of the breakwater. It was so beautiful and worth it. There were several people fishing along the way. The lighthouse is closed , but it was so pretty to look at. would definitely recommend coming here.
10. Sargent House Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 16 reviews
Note: The Museum is closed for the 2020 season due to COVID. Built in 1782, this elegant Georgian-style manse, which overlooks the harbor, is the former home of Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820), considered the most important female essayist of 18th-century America. View ornate hand-carved woodwork, Federalist-period furniture, and portraits by important early American artists. See unique works by John Singer Sargent, Murray’s great grandnephew. Visit Sargent House on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, Memorial Day through Columbus Day, from noon to 4:00 pm. Admission charged.
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