Walden Pond State Reservation, Phone# 978-369-3254
@waldenpondstate.bsky.social
Effective Sept. 7, 2025, hrs: 5AM - 6:30PM, every day. Capacity info on DCR Park Alerts: http://mass.gov/parkalerts or by calling. Bathhouse under construction.
915 Walden Street, Concord MA https://www.mass.gov/locations/walden-pond-state-reservation
915 Walden Street, Concord MA https://www.mass.gov/locations/walden-pond-state-reservation
We are pleased to announce that "Eyes on Owls" will be coming on Sunday, October 19 at Noon with 7 birds of prey. This program is free, but parking fees apply. It will be crowded!
October 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We are pleased to announce that "Eyes on Owls" will be coming on Sunday, October 19 at Noon with 7 birds of prey. This program is free, but parking fees apply. It will be crowded!
We're sorry to inform you that Tom Ricardi had to cancel this Sunday's "Birds of Prey" event. We hope to reschedule for another time.
October 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We're sorry to inform you that Tom Ricardi had to cancel this Sunday's "Birds of Prey" event. We hope to reschedule for another time.
We will be celebrating Thoreau's essay "Wild Apples" with a program on Sunday, Sept. 28 at Noon by historians Richard Smith and Dennis Picard.
September 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We will be celebrating Thoreau's essay "Wild Apples" with a program on Sunday, Sept. 28 at Noon by historians Richard Smith and Dennis Picard.
It will soon be time to mark the 178th anniversary of Thoreau's departure from Walden Pond on Sept. 6th, 1847. We will also be celebrating Richard Smith's last public portrayal of Thoreau. He's hanging up his straw hat after 26 yrs! Come thank him with us! Sat, Sept. 6 12-1:30pm
August 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It will soon be time to mark the 178th anniversary of Thoreau's departure from Walden Pond on Sept. 6th, 1847. We will also be celebrating Richard Smith's last public portrayal of Thoreau. He's hanging up his straw hat after 26 yrs! Come thank him with us! Sat, Sept. 6 12-1:30pm
This Sunday, here about Thoreau's anti-slavery meeting in the woods. 11am at the Visitor Center.
July 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This Sunday, here about Thoreau's anti-slavery meeting in the woods. 11am at the Visitor Center.
It's peak spring migration season! Join expert ornithologist Peter Alden on a bird walk around Walden Pond Reservation. He'll be joined by Brian Cassie (Sunday, May 11) and Lillian Stokes (Sunday, May 18). 8-10:30AM.
May 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's peak spring migration season! Join expert ornithologist Peter Alden on a bird walk around Walden Pond Reservation. He'll be joined by Brian Cassie (Sunday, May 11) and Lillian Stokes (Sunday, May 18). 8-10:30AM.
Join us on Sunday February 23 at 11:00 AM as we welcome historian and expert ice harvester Dennis Picard for a FREE program on Ice harvesting and the ice trade at Walden. Learn about the 19th century ice industry and see the tools of the trade. Regular parking fees apply.
February 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Join us on Sunday February 23 at 11:00 AM as we welcome historian and expert ice harvester Dennis Picard for a FREE program on Ice harvesting and the ice trade at Walden. Learn about the 19th century ice industry and see the tools of the trade. Regular parking fees apply.