The Walden Pond oasis has been shut down to swimming because of elevated bacteria levels after the recent deluge of rain. Walden Pond is the latest Massachusetts waterbody that has a “No Swimming” red ...

CONCORD, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts has developed guidelines for people who have long ignored a rule that bars swimming across Walden Pond. The proposed rules were developed with the help of ...

Planning a trip to Walden Pond to go swimming? You might want to reconsider. Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation officials said that the beach popularized by Henry David Thoreau ...

If you have to cut or bend a fence out of the way, it's a good sign that that area of the beach isn't open to you. The state park is reporting that visitors to Concord's Walden Pond are hiking ...

CONCORD — Mario Roman and Jenasis Valenzuela have long enjoyed summer weekends at Walden Pond. But when the couple arrived on a sweltering day last week, they found a large section of the beach was ...

The main beach at the Walden Pond State Reservation in Concord will close this summer as the construction of a new bathhouse continues, the state announced. Construction at the popular swimming spot ...

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