Walden Pond

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glacial lake natural lake

Walden Pond is a small glacial lake in Concord, Massachusetts, best known as the setting of Henry David Thoreau’s book "Walden" and a symbol of natural simplicity and transcendentalist philosophy.

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Label Occurrences
Walden Pond canonical 13
Walden Pond (Concord, Massachusetts) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial lake ⓘ
natural lake ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coordinateLatitude 42.438 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude -71.347 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
elevationAboveSeaLevel 119 meters ⓘ
formedBy glacial activity ⓘ
hasDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
hasEcosystemType temperate forest and freshwater lake ⓘ
hasEvent Thoreau’s experiment in simple living ⓘ
hasRecreationArea Walden Pond State Reservation ⓘ
hasReplica replica of Thoreau’s cabin ⓘ
hasShoreLength about 1.7 miles ⓘ
about 2.7 kilometers ⓘ
hasStructure site of Thoreau’s cabin ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
National Natural Landmark ⓘ
inhabitedSeasonallyBy Henry David Thoreau ⓘ
inspiredWork Walden; or, Life in the Woods ⓘ
surface form: "Walden; or, Life in the Woods"
locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
New England ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Walden Pond State Reservation ⓘ
managedBy Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation ⓘ
maximumDepth about 31 meters ⓘ
near Fitchburg Line ⓘ
surface form: Fitchburg Line railroad

Route 2 (Massachusetts) ⓘ
nearbyCity Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
Lincoln, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor association with Henry David Thoreau ⓘ
setting of the book "Walden" ⓘ
symbol of natural simplicity ⓘ
symbol of transcendentalist philosophy ⓘ
ownedBy Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
partOf Walden Pond State Reservation ⓘ
partOfMovement Transcendentalism ⓘ
surface form: American transcendentalism
popularFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
protectedSince 1922 ⓘ
surfaceArea about 0.25 square kilometers ⓘ
about 61 acres ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
visitedBy Henry David Thoreau ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Concord, Massachusetts → hasLandmark → Walden Pond ⓘ
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For → setting → Walden Pond ⓘ
The Ponds → mainSubject → Walden Pond ⓘ
The Ponds → setIn → Walden Pond ⓘ
Walden Pond (Lynn) → distinctFrom → Walden Pond ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walden Pond (Concord, Massachusetts)
National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts → includesSite → Walden Pond ⓘ
Orchard House → near → Walden Pond ⓘ
Emerson House → nearbyAttraction → Walden Pond ⓘ
Middlesex County → contains → Walden Pond ⓘ
subject surface form: Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Merrimack River watershed → containsWaterBody → Walden Pond ⓘ
Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts → knownFor → Walden Pond ⓘ
subject surface form: Concord, Massachusetts
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery → hasNearbyAttraction → Walden Pond ⓘ
Concord → hasHistoricSite → Walden Pond ⓘ
subject surface form: Concord, Massachusetts
Walden Woods Project → associatedWith → Walden Pond ⓘ