The Wayside: Home of Authors
The Wayside: Home of Authors is a park in Town of Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. The Wayside: Home of Authors is situated nearby to the museum Orchard House, as well as near Little Women House.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Concord School of Philosophy and Orchard House.
Concord School of Philosophy
Museum
The Concord School of Philosophy was a lyceum-like series of summer lectures and discussions of philosophy in Concord, Massachusetts, from 1879 to 1888. Concord School of Philosophy is situated 590 feet northwest of The Wayside: Home of Authors.
Orchard House
Museum
Photo: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orchard House is a historic house museum in Concord, Massachusetts, United States, opened to the public on May 27, 1912. It was the longtime home of Amos Bronson Alcott and his family, including his daughter Louisa May Alcott, who wrote and set her novel Little Women there. Orchard House is situated 500 feet northwest of The Wayside: Home of Authors.
The Wayside
Residential building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Wayside is a historic house in Concord, Massachusetts. The earliest part of the home may date to 1717. Later it successively became the home of the young Louisa May Alcott and her family, who named it Hillside, author Nathaniel Hawthorne and his family, and children's writer Margaret Sidney.
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 southeast of The Wayside: Home of Authors.
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 west of The Wayside: Home of Authors.
The Wayside: Home of Authors
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Town of Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.45833° or 42° 27′ 30″ northLongitude
-71.33351° or 71° 20′ 1″ westOperator
National Park ServiceOpen location code
87JCFM58+8HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1444539944OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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