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Axios
24-06-2025
- Axios
Cape Cod parking lot rock rivals Plymouth's for tourist interest
What could be better than a world-famous monument dedicated to the area's earliest European settlers, who founded New England's very way of life? That's easy: a big rock — sometimes with googly eyes stuck on it — in a parking lot. Behold: Staples Rock at Orleans Marketplace. It's a big rock dug out of the Staples parking lot during some sewer work and left there to stop octogenarians from driving into the front of the store. It's got a cult following on social media. Zoom in: Cape Cod's newest tourist destination is drawing comparisons to that other famous rock — the one in Plymouth — which has disappointed tourists for generations. And like anything with googly eyes, people are bowled over about it in online reviews. What they're saying:"It is huge, it is a rock of some kind, it is there in Staples parking lot. It's everything is [sic] claims to be (no disappointment here like Plymouth rock!" one reviewer wrote. "Came for printer ink, stayed for the monolithic geologic specimen in the parking lot," wrote another deadly serious admirer. Reality check: It didn't have its trademark googly eyes when Deehan stopped by over the weekend, but the rock was still a stunner.
CBS News
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
"Staples rock" in Orleans, Massachusetts is the new summer attraction on Cape Cod. "A must see!"
There's an unusual new attraction on Cape Cod this summer. It's the "Staples rock," a boulder in the parking lot of the Staples store on Route 6A in Orleans, Massachusetts. It's gone viral and has become so popular it now has a marker on Google Maps. Here are some of the reviews on Google: "I get misty every time I visit. A must see!" "Came for the printer ink, stayed for the monolithic geologic specimen in the parking lot." The Staples rock story So how did the big rock get there? The "Staples rock" on Route 6A in Orleans, Massachusetts. CBS Boston "I think we should bring an archeologist here to find out the true history of the Staples Rock," said visitor Anne Marie Leone. Coincidentally, geologist Katie Castagno was visiting at the same time. "It felt like it was under the cover of nightfall. All of a sudden, there's this huge rock in the parking lot," said Castagno. "This rock was deposited by glaciers about 15,000 to 20,000 years ago," she said. When that ice sheet melted, she said it dropped boulders like this. "The actual source of the rock is a little bit harder to tell. It will really depend on where the glaciers picked up the rock," Castagno said. The property manager finally helped solve the mystery. She said it was unearthed during sewer work in the parking lot. Then, last year, a driver crashed a car through the wall of the Staples. No one was hurt. But, as a joke, someone suggested the rock stay in the parking lot to protect the building. And the rest is history. "Better than the Plymouth Rock for sure," said visitor Anna Bassett.
