The village is centered on the west side of Moosehead Lake,[1] the largest body of fresh water in the state.

Rockwood is an unincorporated community with a significant enough population base to have its own post office and telephone exchange, but it has never been organized as a plantation or incorporated as a town.

On April 15, 2023, at around 8:30 A.M EST (Eastern Standard Time), a CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City) freight train derailed southwest of Rockwood, causing a minor forest fire.

[citation needed] Three railroad workers were taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Brassua Dam is about 3 miles (4.8km) west of Rockwood, upstream from the Moosehead River inlet.