Walden
Pond - Past & Present
Photographs of the pond and Henry's
cabin site
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The links to photos below create a chronological
and a geographical tour of Walden Pond, beginning with a view of the pond
from a nearby hill, looking much as it would have appeared to Thoreau.
You can link to individual photographs below, or take the Guided
Tour, using the "Next" links on each page.
From a 1906 Houghton, Mifflin edition
of Thoreau's works...
A view of the pond from Emerson's
Cliff
A photo showing trees and the
trail along the pond's shore
Circa 1908 photos from the Library
of Congress...
Thoreau's Cove of Walden
Pond, as seen from near the cabin site
The site of Thoreau's cabin,
marked by a pile of stones
Spring 1998 photos by
Amy Belding Brown...
Thoreau's Cove of Walden
Pond, ice melting in spring
Site of Thoreau's cabin,
with the stone posts that now mark the exact location
Exterior and interior photos of the cabin
replica at the Walden parking lot
Spring 2001 photos from Ernie
Seckinger...
The cabin site from just up
the hill, looking toward the pond
Stone posts at the cabin location
& the stone covering the chimney remains
Summer 2005: A
quiet summer evening by the pond
Walden Pond as seen from space: satellite
photo
Thoreau's own 1846 survey
map of Walden Pond
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