Walden Pond State Reservation
National Historic Landmark · Concord, Massachusetts
A sixty-one-acre kettle pond in the woods outside Concord, over a hundred feet deep and left behind by a retreating glacier, where on the fourth of July 1845 Henry David Thoreau moved into a one-room cabin he had built on borrowed land and stayed two years, two months and two days. The book he made out of it is read in translation across the world. The cabin site is marked by granite posts and a cairn of stones left by visitors, and the pond is a swimming beach in summer.
915 Walden Street, Concord, Massachusetts, 01742, United States
Open daily during daylight hours year round. PARKING IS CHARGED AND THE LOT CLOSES WHEN FULL — usually by mid-morning on warm weekends; reservations are used in the busy season and roadside parking is prohibited. Out-of-state vehicles pay substantially more than Massachusetts residents. Entry on foot or by bike is free. NO DOGS at any time. Swimming is unlifeguarded outside posted summer hours.
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