Borderland
State Park - English-style stone mansion
created in the 1900's by artist and suffragist Blanche Ames and her husband,
with 20 rooms surrounded by open meadows. One of the most
historically-significant tracts of publicly owned land in Massachusetts.
Cochituate State Park - Independent
site with information on recreation, history, water quality, adjacent
development problems and opportunities.
Department of
Environmental Management: Forests and Parks - Land
management and natural resource planning agency provides information on
camping, recreational activities, policies, events and individual park
listings throughout the state.
Thoreau, Walden, and the Environment - Gateway
to information on The Walden Woods Project, The Thoreau Society and The
Thoreau Institute, plus Quotation of the Day, library catalog and multimedia
virtual tour.
Walden Pond
State Reservation - 333 acres surrounding
Walden Pond, a 103-foot deep "kettle" hole pond is set aside from the 2,280
acres of Walden Woods. Site of Henry David Thoreau's dwelling from July 1845
to September 1847.
