Walden Pond

noun

1. a pond in NE Massachusetts, near Concord: site of Thoreau's cottage and inspiration for his book Walden, or Life in the Woods.

Example Sentences

After living on both coasts, he moved back to New England to a rural spot one town over from Walden Pond.

From New York Times

Henry David Thoreau lived alone for two years in a tiny shack he built overlooking Walden Pond.

From Washington Post

Your destination would be Concord and Walden Pond, with Thoreau’s “Walden” to help you orient yourself.

From New York Times

Over the past 20 years, researchers have used Thoreau's observations of plant flowering, leaf emergence on trees and shrubs, bird migration and spring ice melt on Walden Pond to study how these events have changed since the 1850s, largely in response to climate change.

From Salon

Thoreau thoroughly documented the dates, locations and descriptions of observations that he made as he walked around Walden Pond and greater Concord.

From Salon