Walden Pond
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Concord, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Lake Walden” and “Walden Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gropius House and Concord-Carlisle High School.
Gropius House
Museum
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gropius House is a historic house museum owned by Historic New England at 68 Baker Bridge Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States. It was the family residence of Modernist architect Walter Gropius, his wife Ise Gropius, and their daughter Ati Gropius.
Concord-Carlisle High School
School
Photo: Williwekluveur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Concord-Carlisle High School is a public high school located in Concord, Massachusetts, United States. It is 17 miles northwest of Boston. The school serves grades 9–12, and as part of the Concord-Carlisle Regional School District has students from both Concord and Carlisle, Massachusetts.
Henry Higginson House
House
The Henry Higginson House is a historic house located at 44 Baker Farm Road in Lincoln, 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 2 miles southeast of Walden Pond.
West Concord
Village
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 Walden Pond.
Walden Pond
- Categories: reservoir, kettle, and body of water
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Walden Pond from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Walden Pond” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “والدن بوند”
- Basque: “Walden aintzira”
- Catalan: “estany de Walden”
- Catalan: “Estany de Walden”
- Cebuano: “Walden Pond”
- Chinese: “瓦爾登湖”
- Czech: “jezero Walden”
- Czech: “Walden”
- Dutch: “Walden Pond”
- French: “étang de Walden”
- French: “Étang de Walden”
- German: “Walden Pond”
- Hebrew: “אגם וולדן”
- Italian: “lago Walden”
- Italian: “Lago Walden”
- Japanese: “ウォールデン池”
- Japanese: “ウォールデン湖”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Walden Pond”
- Russian: “Уолденский пруд”
- Slovak: “jazero Walden”
- Slovak: “Walden”
- Swedish: “Walden Pond”
- Tamil: “வால்டன் குளம்”
- Ukrainian: “Волденський ставок”
- Welsh: “Pwll Walden”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Walden Pond”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Baker Bridge and Meriams Corner.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Walden Pond State Reservation and Goose Pond.
Massachusetts: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Boston, Cambridge, Springfield, and Worcester.
Curious Lakes to Discover
Uncover intriguing lakes from every corner of the globe.