Fairhaven Bay
Fairhaven Bay is a lake located within the Sudbury river in Concord, Massachusetts, United States. It was frequented by Henry David Thoreau who, together with Edward Hoar, accidentally set fire to the woods near the bay in April 1844, as later described in Thoreau's journal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Thoreau’s ghost, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: bay in Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “Fair Haven Pond” and “Fairhaven Pond”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Misery and Walden Pond.
Mount Misery
Peak
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Misery is a 284-foot hill and public conservation land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, on Route 117 and on the Bay Circuit Trail near the Sudbury River.
Walden Pond
Pond
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Thomas Mott Shaw Estate
Building
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Thomas Mott Shaw Estate is a historic residential estate located at 317 Garfield Road in Concord, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Concord and Lincoln.
Concord
Maybe you’ve never heard of sleepy Concord Massachusetts population 18,000, but your life has certainly been impacted by it. This is where "the shot heard round the world" was fired in the spring of 1775, setting off a chain of events that would eventually lead to the creation of the United States.
Lincoln
Village
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maybe you’ve never heard of sleepy Concord Massachusetts population 18,000, but your life has certainly been impacted by it. This is where "the shot heard round the world" was fired in the spring of 1775, setting off a chain of events that would eventually lead to the creation of the United States. Lincoln is situated 2½ miles east of Fairhaven Bay.
West Concord
Hamlet
West Concord is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of Concord in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,320 at the 2020 census. West Concord is situated 3 miles northwest of Fairhaven Bay.
Fairhaven Bay
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Fairhaven Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fairhaven Bay”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fairhaven Hill and Farrar Pond.
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