Holmes Reservation, Plymouth

Name: Holmes Reservation
Address: Court Street and Robbins Road, Plymouth, 02360, United States

#25 among attractions in Plymouth

Park, Relax in park, Nature and wildlife

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Facts and practical information

Holmes Reservation is a conservation parcel located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. During the American Revolution, the land was used as a muster ground for the Plymouth militia. The property is owned by The Trustees of Reservations, starting with a donation, with endowment, by the Holmes family in 1944. ()

Elevation: 33 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°58'14"N, 70°40'37"W

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Court Street and Robbins RoadNorth PlymouthPlymouth 02360 United States

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Day trips

Holmes Reservation – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cole's Hill, Pilgrim Hall Museum, National Monument to the Forefathers, Massasoit Statue.

1.1 miSE
Cemetery
Cole's Hill, Plymouth
30 min walk • 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. Owned since 1820 by the preservationist Pilgrim Society, it is now a public park.
0.9 miSE
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth
24 min walk • The Pilgrim Hall Museum at 75 Court Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts is the oldest public museum in the United States in continuous operation, having opened in 1824.
0.7 miS
Historical place, State park, Monuments and statues
National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth
19 min walk • The National Monument to the Forefathers, formerly known as the Pilgrim Monument, commemorates the Mayflower Pilgrims. Dedicated on August 1, 1889, it honors their ideals as later generally embraced by the United States.
1.2 miSE
Monuments and statues
Massasoit Statue, Plymouth
30 min walk • Massasoit is a statue by the American sculptor Cyrus Edwin Dallin in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It was completed in 1921 to mark the three hundredth anniversary of the Pilgrims' landing. The sculpture is meant to represent the Pokanoket leader Massasoit welcoming the Pilgrims on the occasion of the first Thanksgiving.
1.3 miSE
Park, State park
Pilgrim Memorial State Park, Plymouth
33 min walk • Pilgrim Memorial State Park comprises two monuments — Plymouth Rock and the National Monument to the Forefathers — in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1.2 miSE
Church
First Parish Church, Plymouth
31 min walk • First Parish Church in Plymouth is a historic Unitarian Universalist church at the base of Burial Hill on the town square off Leyden Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The congregation was founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth. The current building was constructed in 1899.
0.9 miSE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Hedge House, Plymouth
22 min walk • The Plymouth Antiquarian House is an historic house museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts owned by the Plymouth Antiquarian Society. The house was built in 1809 for William Hammatt, a New England sea captain. The Hedges, a family of entrepreneurs, purchased the house in 1830 and lived there until 1919.
1.1 miSE
Cemetery
Burial Hill, Plymouth
29 min walk • Burial Hill is a historic cemetery or burying ground on School Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Established in the 17th century, it is the burial site of several Pilgrims, the founding settlers of Plymouth Colony.
1.3 miSE
Park, Garden
Brewster Gardens, Plymouth
33 min walk • Brewster Gardens is a park located in the center of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The park runs along both sides of Town Brook from the nature trail at the headwaters of the brook, past Jenney Grist Mill, underneath the Market Street and Main Street Extension bridges to Water Street...
1.3 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Plimoth Grist Mill, Plymouth
34 min walk • The Plimoth Grist Mill is a working grist mill located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is a reconstruction of the original Jenney Grist Mill, and it stands on the site of the original mill.
1.3 miSE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Richard Sparrow House, Plymouth
33 min walk • The Richard Sparrow House is a historic house at 42 Summer Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts and the oldest surviving house in Plymouth. The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow, an English surveyor who arrived in Plymouth in 1636. He was granted a 16-acre tract of land in 1636 on which the house was later built.

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Which popular attractions are close to Holmes Reservation?

Nearby attractions include North Plymouth, Plymouth (14 min walk), Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth (16 min walk), Clown University, Plymouth (17 min walk), National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth (19 min walk).