Located at the tip of Cape Ann, Rockport is literally at the end of the road, the epitome of “can’t get there from here,” with its dramatic, on-all-sides shoreline and incredible ocean views.
That special “land’s end” feeling also gives Rockport its unique magic. There’s its worldfamous sunlight, which has attracted plein air artists for decades; the iconic red fishing shack, Motif Number 1, known as the mostpainted building in America; and the compact and walkable Bearskin Neck peninsula that juts into Rockport Harbor and always manages to feel like a quaint fishing and artists village, no matter how busy it gets in the summertime.
“It almost feels like a town that you would see in a Norman Rockwell painting,” says
