- 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...
- 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.
- Walden Pond is a kettle hole lake in the Commonwealth in 2287, formerly protected as part of Walden Pond State Reservation.
- Walden Pond is the centerpiece of Thoreau’s Walden Woods and is the focus of Thoreau’s most famous piece: 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.
- Nestled in the heart of Concord, Massachusetts, Walden Pond is a serene and picturesque retreat that sits among lush, green forests and rolling hills.
- The popularity of Walden ensured the enduring status and renown of Walden Pond, a body of water that Thoreau described as a “lower heaven.”
- Situated within the Walden Pond State Reservation, a 335-acre protected open space, the pond was formed from glacier melt approximately 10,000-12,000 years ago.
- Walden Pond, small pond (about 64 acres [26 hectares]) in Concord town (township), Middlesex county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S...
