The Mill side of the herring run is beautiful in the summer time. A good place to snap some landscape photos, or selfies if your into that.

Beautiful old grist mill with trails along the stream and up to the mill pond. No dogs allowed and trails are on both sides of the streets. Small parking area. I saw lots of egrets on one end, apparently is really something to see the herring swim up the fish ladder in the spring. The mill wasnt open but grounds always are.

Beautiful mill and river gardens with a view to the reservoir behind the mill.

Gorgeous, scenic and historic spot not to be missed during Mid-Cape excursions. Go for the herring run in spring, the cool tranquility of a babbling brook in summer, or the warm colors in autumn. But go.

This is a gorgeous place to explore. It isnt too big, so its not a long-term stay. The herring run occurs here, as well as american eel habitat, fishing opportunities, and spaces to bird. If you like easy trails and well maintained green spaces, this is the place to go.

I finally got to visit the Stony Brook Gristmill and Museum when it was open! (Ive also been here in late spring when the herring were running.) It was a great experience to see the waterwheel turning and to see corn being ground into corn meal. The guides were friendly and informative and talked about the history of the mill and the milling process while they were grinding corn and packaging it for sale to visitors. I thought the millstones were running at a low speed, but the guides explained the decide how fast to run the mill based on how much corn meal they need to grind. They increased the speed of the millstones when several people stopped in to buy the larger bags of corn meal, so it was interesting to see them open a gate and let more water through so that the waterwheel and millstones would turn faster.On the second floor (accessible by walking outside to the rear of the mill building) there were more displays and a large loom set up where a woman was demonstrating weaving. She had a very interactive demonstration where she had children who were visiting the mill sit beside her and help her weave cloth.Even though the herring werent running in late summer, it was relaxing to walk along the herring run and to the mill pond while listening to the flowing water.I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the Stony Brook Gristmill and Museum.

First time going here! Loved the little walk around the place with my kids! Nothing like this in CT....

Great place for picnics and pictures! Even better when the herring are running (uhhh, I mean swimming. Fish cant run!)

Excellent park. So educational and beautiful!

Beautiful mill with the river on both sides of the road! I didnt get to go in the museum but the outside was beautiful. I think theres some kind of herring migration there in the spring wich would be really cool to see.

Pretty side of the road detour with little trails

Relaxing place to visit.

A prefect romantic get away

Excellent and fun educational experience for the full family.

As a little kid in the 1970s our father would bring us here and fish out the back area. Such a great memory to see it almost 45 years later. Ill have to look for the oldie pics.

Great place to walk and watch herring.

Great place to visit. We stop by all the time. The mill is a working mill on a small scale. We have been there while it was working and grinding grain. The Miller was very nice and knowledgeable, and more than glad to talk and share his knowledge. In the springtime you can view the herin running up stream. While this goes on the place can be very busy and a parking space hard to find.

Beautiful and unique setting.

Stony Brook Watermill is a wonderful place to visit. It is located in the vicinity of the Brewser Windmill so Stony Brook makes a visit to Brewster a two for one. The mill building is a one-story easily identifiable to the left. It has a basement that accesses the waterwheel power shaft and the gears that transfer the power to the first floor where the hopper and mill stones are located. The building is covered with wooden shingles, and the property surrounding the mill displays many types of trees, bushes and flowers.Continuing on our journey around the mill property, this photograph views the wooden sluice that when functioning carries the water that is channeled here when the sluice gate is opened. The water flows onto the wooden waterwheel which is located at the end of this sluice on the front side of the mill building.This is one of my favorite features of water mills, the waterwheel. This one was not functioning the day we visited Stony Brook but the setting is none-the-less impressive. The large wheel is about 15 feet in diameter and the wooden paddles that the water falls upon are about 4 feet wide, maybe a little wider. This type of waterwheel is called an overshot wheel because the water hits the wheel from the top and pushes the wheel forward. The wheel has a shaft at its center. This shaft turns as the wheel moves and inside the basement the energy is redirected through gears and cogs to turn the great mill stones on the first floor of the building. The stone work and the wheel well are fascinating to inspect.

So much fun to see the Herring run upstream when they are spawning at this location where they have placed special sloops to help the fish go upwards. Fun for the kids! But watch out for the seagulls who are always flying about leaving gifts.

Naturally beautiful

A beautiful setting except for the seagull poop everywhere down stream from the road and muskrat poop everywhere along the boarder of the pond up stream from the road. The mill museum itself is only open for a few hours on Saturday morning. It was closed when we visited.

Fond childhood memories

Photo painting schetch relax museum upstairs

What a wonderful place!!!