Vernal Pools
Walden Woods Outing
Thoreau’s Cabin Tour
Walden Pond Hike
Thoreau’s Path on Brister’s Hill
Thoreau Gallery Talks
Walden Pond Hike
A Walden Woods Project staff member will guide your group on this tour around the Pond. Thoreau’s literary legacy or the pond’s natural history may be highlighted, as we tailor the program to your needs.
- Learn about the inter-woven natural and cultural history of this landscape, including Thoreau’s experiences at Walden Pond, the Transcendentalists, and Thoreau’s literary legacy.
- Walk the 1.5-mile trail around Walden Pond, visiting the replica of Thoreau’s cabin and its site on the pond shore, Thoreau’s bean field, and other points of interest.
Optional Extension: Groups may wish to spend some quiet time journaling and reflecting, or having lunch by the shores of Walden Pond. Consider combining this outing with the Thoreau Cabin Tour.
Time Frame: 1 - 1.5 hours
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.
©Scot Miller
"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. . ."
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