Welcome to Millbrook
Meadow and Mill Pond
This magical four-acre park is nestled in downtown Rockport, just a stone's throw from Front Beach. Nearly half of it is Mill Pond -- a pristine wonderland of aquatic plants, with turtles, eels, ducks, birds, otters, beavers, and fish.
The Meadow comprises the other half, an open space with a beautiful winding brook, a frog pond, native shade garden and delightful stone bridge. It's a special place for play and relaxation. And a favorite spot for fairs and seasonal festivals.
Since 1938 volunteers have kept it beautiful for everyone. We have just completed a long overdue, major restoration of this green gem for our community. WELCOME!
Make a donation to help us preserve this beautiful green jewel!
Annual Eel-O-Rama in Progress
We are counting the baby eels to wiggling their way up the eel ladder and entering Mill Pond! How many will we count this year? Updates coming soon!!
May in the Meadow and Mill Pond!
Foot bridge at Frog Pond
Turtles soaking up the sun on their favorite log
Beautiful crab apple in bloom!
The Rockport Millbrook Meadow Conservancy
This beautiful meadow and pond have served many. Richard Tarr, the community's first settler in the 1690's, used it as his mowing field. In 1701, John Poole and Thomas Witham built a saw and grist mill here. And in 1938, with the intervention of the Rockport Garden Club, the meadow attained its best and highest use -- a park for the Town of Rockport. Generation after generation, our Millbrook Meadow and Pond have given Rockport respite and solace from the effects of hectic life. Now it is our generation's turn to give renewed life to the meadow. The Rockport Millbrook Meadow Conservancy has been formed to support restoration goals, and to ensure that the Meadow and the Mill Pond are cared for, to last another century.​
Please join us to preserve, protect and renew Rockport's green treasure.