Town Brook is a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) stream in Plymouth, Massachusetts that provided drinking water to the Pilgrims who made their homes adjacent to the brook on Leyden Street

Leyden Street

Leyden Street , is a street in Plymouth, Massachusetts that was created in 1620 by the Pilgrims, and claims to be the oldest continuously used street in the thirteen colonies of British North...

 in Plymouth. Town Brook's headwaters are the Billington Sea

Billington Sea

Billington Sea is a warm water pond located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Morton Park lies on the pond's northern shore. The pond is fed by groundwater and cranberry bog outlets. The average depth is seven feet and the maximum depth is . The pond provides the headwaters to Town Brook...

, a 269 acres (108.9 ha) freshwater pond. The brook passes through numerous small ponds, including Deep Water Pond and Jenny Pond. It also passes by the Jenney Grist Mill

Jenney Grist Mill

The Jenney 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.- History :...

 and the Brewster Gardens

Brewster Gardens

Brewster Gardens is a park in Plymouth, Massachusetts, located in the center of town. 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, across...

 before emptying into Plymouth Harbor

Plymouth Harbor

Plymouth Harbor is the name of a harbor located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, a town in the South Shore region of the state. It is part of the larger Plymouth Bay. Historically, Plymouth Harbor was the site of anchorage of the Mayflower where the Pilgrims offloaded to establish a permanent...

. A nature trail runs along the entire length of the brook.

Crossings

Eleven roads pass over Town Brook, including two major highways.

• Little Pond Road
• Route 3 (Pilgrims Highway)
• Billington Street
• Driveway to 96R Billington Street
• Off Billington Street
• Newfield Street
• Willard Place
• Spring Court
• Pleasant Street
• Route 3A
  Massachusetts Route 3A
  Route 3A is a state highway in eastern Massachusetts, which parallels Route 3 and U.S. Route 3 from Cedarville in southern Plymouth to Tyngsborough at the New Hampshire state line....
  
   (Main Street Extension)
• Water Street

Tributaries

Two small streams flow into Town Brook in downtown Plymouth, but they are not named.

Nearby Attractions

Many attractions are near Town Brook, especially since Plymouth is of such historical importance. This is a list of the attractions within one quarter of a mile from Town Brook.

• Town Brook Historic and Archeological District
  Town Brook Historic and Archeological District
  Town Brook Historic and Archeological District is an historic district associated with the seventeenth century Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Town Brook provided drinking water for the Pilgrims after landing in 1620....
  
  
• Morton Park
  Morton Park (Massachusetts)
  Morton Park is a park in Plymouth, Massachusetts, located west of Route 3 and northwest of Lout Pond with its main entrance off Summer Street and its rear entrance off Billington Street...
  
  
• Jenney Grist Mill
  Jenney Grist Mill
  The Jenney 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.- History :...
  
  
• Brewster Gardens
  Brewster Gardens
  Brewster Gardens is a park in Plymouth, Massachusetts, located in the center of town. 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, across...
  
  
• Plymouth Rock
  Plymouth Rock
  Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. It is an important symbol in American history...
  
  
• Massasoit
  Massasoit
  Massasoit Sachem or Ousamequin ,was the sachem, or leader, of the Pokanoket, and "Massasoit" of the Wampanoag Confederacy. The term Massasoit means Great Sachem.-Early years:...
  
   Statue
• State Pier (Mayflower II
  Mayflower II
  The Mayflower II is a replica of the 17th century ship Mayflower, celebrated for transporting the Pilgrims to the New World.The replica was built in Devon, England, during 1955–1956, in a collaboration between Englishman Warwick Charlton and Plimoth Plantation, an American museum...
  
  )
• Plymouth Yacht Club
• Burton Park

External links

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration