In order to preserve the natural environment, visitors are limited at this site, where Thoreau wrote his famous essays.

House where Louisa May Alcott wrote "Little Women."

A fascinating collection of Thoreau memorabilia.

Both Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne lived and wrote in this stately home.

Nineteenth-century luminaries such as Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are buried here.

The "shot heard round the world," which signaled the start of the Revolutionary War, was fired from this spot.

       This is a 5.5 mile trail that follows the path of the British Regulars and Militia during the opening battle of the American Revolution on April 19th, 1775.  The trail can be travelled on foot,

This 10-mile waterway was made famous by Henry David Thoreau.

A replica of the house Thoreau lived in for his two-year sojourn at Walden Pond.

Small museum and shop featuring Thoreau items.