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Walden Pond is a historic pond in Concord, Massachusetts, in the United States. A good example of a kettle hole , it was formed by retreating glaciers 10,000–12,000 years ago. [ 4 ] The pond is protected as part of Walden Pond State Reservation , a 335-acre (136 ha) state park and recreation site managed by the Massachusetts Department of ...
A half-an-hour drive from Boston, Massachusetts, in the town of Concord, sits one of the most revered literary landscapes in the world: the 2,680-acre Walden Woods and Walden Pond State Reservation.
This is a list of places on the National Register of Historic Places in Concord, Massachusetts. ... Walden Pond. October 15, 1966 1.5 mi (2.4 km) south of Concord ...
The Walden Woods Project (WWP) is a nonprofit organization located in Lincoln, Massachusetts, devoted to the legacy of Henry David Thoreau and the preservation of Walden Woods, the forest around Walden Pond that spans Lincoln and Concord, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1990 by musician Don Henley to prevent two development projects in Walden ...
Walden Pond State Reservation: Middlesex: 335 acres 136 ha: 1922: Walden Pond: Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: Barnstable: 110 acres 45 ha: 1987: Waquoit Bay; Quashnet River; Childs River; ponds: Ware River Watershed Area: Worcester: 23,000 acres 9,300 ha: Watson Pond State Park: Bristol: 163 acres 66 ha: Webb Memorial State ...
Thoreau famously lived in a small cabin near Walden Pond, where he wrote Walden (1854). [24] After being imprisoned in the Concord jail for refusing to pay taxes in political protest against slavery and the Mexican–American War, Thoreau penned the influential essay "Resistance to Civil Government", popularly known as Civil Disobedience (1849 ...
Thoreau later built his well-known cabin on Emerson's property at Walden Pond. [13] After his experiment in living deliberately, he returned to Bush in September 1847 and stayed there until the next July. [14] While living in the house, Emerson published his book of Essays in 1841, as well as a second series of essays in 1844.
Walden Pond State Reservation in Concord. The Division of State Parks is responsible for the maintenance and management of over 310,000 acres (1,250 km 2) of state-owned forests and parks. These areas are designated as either Woodlands, Parklands, or Reserves, and are managed to maintain specific land-use characteristics. [4]