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Concord, Massachusetts
Walden Pond
A glacier-made pond a hundred feet deep, a path all the way round it, and the spot where Thoreau built a one-room house.
Researched from this park's own sources. Nobody's walked it yet.
Read this bit out
A glacier made this pond, and it is a hundred and two feet deep — deeper than most buildings are tall. A man called Henry Thoreau came out here, built himself a house with one single room in it, and lived in it for two years just to see if he could. We are going to find the spot where it stood.
One of your three free places, or the Explorer Pass. What that costs
Before you go
- Time there
- Plan on about 2 hours at the park.
- Parking
- Large lot off Route 126. $8 with Massachusetts plates, $30 out of state, card machines in the lot. It closes once the park is full.
- Underfoot
- The trail to the Thoreau house site is universally designed. The rest run through Walden Woods.
- Stroller
- A stroller works on some of it.
24 challenges written for this place
A game deals seven to fifteen of them, so no two visits are alike.
Every game includes this one
Where The House Really Stood
Make it to the spot where the real house actually stood.
A few of the others
Two Years And Two Months
Henry Thoreau lived out here two years and two months. Work out whether you could.
Listen For The Train
The railroad still runs past here. Stop and listen — Henry Thoreau could hear the trains from his house too.
The North Shore
Get round to the north shore, the side he lived on.
See The Bottom
Find a place where the water is so clear you can see all the way to the bottom.
A Cove The Ice Made
Find one of the little coves the glacier scooped out when it melted.
A Hundred And Two Feet
The pond is 102 feet deep. Work out how many of you standing on each other that would take.
The rest are a surprise — that's the whole point.
Play this at Walden Pond
Free. Works with no signal once you're there.