• If the name was not derived from that of some English locality -- Saffron Walden, for instance -- one might suppose that it was called originally Walled-in Pond.
  • Walden Pond was made famous by the Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau (remember him?) who lived and wrote on the north shore of the pond for 2...
  • Walden Pond is a kettle hole lake in the Commonwealth in 2287, formerly protected as part of Walden Pond State Reservation.
  • Let a visit to Walden Pond bring you back in time to the mid-1800's. Experience the connection with nature that inspired Henry David Thoreau's Walden.
  • Sunday 6/28/2020 at 8:00am Walden Pond State Reservation has reached its maximum safe number of people in the park and is CLOSED to all incoming visitors.
  • “Hello, and welcome to Walden Pond! ... Walden Pond is based on the real-world location of the same name in Concord, Massachusetts.
  • Walden Pond is the centerpiece of Thoreau’s Walden Woods and is the focus of Thoreau’s most famous piece: Walden.
  • Walden Pond, small pond (about 64 acres [26 hectares]) in Concord town (township), Middlesex county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S...
  • On a typical summer day at Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts, swimmers pull themselves from shore to shore, safety floats in tow.
  • The popularity of Walden ensured the enduring status and renown of Walden Pond, a body of water that Thoreau described as a “lower heaven.”