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Walden Pond & Thoreau's Woods

A walking loop around the pond that started an American argument about how to live

Self-guided walking tour in Concord · 1.2 mi · walking · ~1h 3m · 5 stops

About this walk

A walking loop around the pond that started an American argument about how to live

Some of the best of Concord is not a building at all. Five stops over 1.2 miles, about an hour of walking. The story for each stop plays as you arrive, so nothing has to be looked up and nobody has to be followed.

Concord has five MassRoam tours and no two cover the same ground. It works as well at eight in the morning as it does at dusk. Stop for coffee, pick it back up.

What you get

Stops

each narrated, GPS-triggered along the route

Distance

1.2 mi

walking

Time

1h 3m

at your own pace

Access

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