Vernal Pools
Walden Woods Outing
Thoreau’s Cabin Tour
Walden Pond Hike
Thoreau’s Path on Brister’s Hill
Thoreau Gallery Talks
Thoreau's Cabin Tour
Walden Woods Project Curator of Collections and Thoreau scholar, Jeffrey Cramer, will give a talk on Thoreau’s life and the era in which he lived, beginning at the replica of Thoreau’s Cabin, and continuing at the actual site where Thoreau made his home during his stay at Walden.
There will be plenty of time for questions and answers and further discussions sparked by visitors’ interests.
- Visit the replica of Thoreau’s Cabin and its actual site at Walden Pond.
- Leave behind a stone from your hometown at the Cairn, a site to honor the memory of Henry David Thoreau.
- See the site of the bean field where Thoreau sought to “know beans” during his time at Walden.
Additional topics may include:
- Thoreau and civil disobedience
- Thoreau and Transcendentalism
- Thoreau as a writer
- Other topics generated by group’s interest
Optional Extension: Groups may wish to spend some quiet time journaling and reflecting, or having lunch by the shores of Walden Pond. Consider pairing this tour with the Walden Pond Hike.
Time Frame: Usually 1 hour (flexible).
Meeting Point: Directions will be sent once reservation is confirmed.
Parking: Trip leader or teacher needs to contact the Walden Pond State Reservation at 978-369-3254 to reserve bus parking spaces. $10 Bus Parking Fee.
"I think that each town should have a park, or rather a primitive forest, of five hundred or a thousand acres, either in one body or several, where a stick should never be cut for fuel, nor for the navy, nor to make wagons, but stand and decay for higher uses —a common possession forever, for instruction and recreation. All Walden Wood might have been reserved, with Walden in the midst of It. . ."
Wild Fruits
