Walden Pond Beach – Spy Pond loop from Porter

Walden Pond Beach – Spy Pond loop from Porter

Moderate

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Walden Pond Beach – Spy Pond loop from Porter

02:08

50.0km

350m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 22.2 km for 211 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.13 km

Jerry's Pond

Nature Reserve

2.45 km

Yates Pond

Highlight • Lake

It’s a small one

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2.56 km

Alewife Brook Reservation

Highlight • Forest

Very close to the city, yet it feels like you're in the middle of the countryside. A visit or stop is definitely worthwhile.

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16.7 km

Denormandie Land

Nature Reserve

22.2 km

Main Beach at Walden Pond

Highlight • Beach

Bike rack available to lock bike. Restrooms. Awesome 2 mile walk around the pond to see the site of Thoreau's cabin on the opposite side of the pond.

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22.4 km

Walden Pond Beach

Highlight • Beach

Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts is a historic and natural landmark famously associated with author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau. In 1845, Thoreau lived in a small cabin by the …

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25.2 km

Concord Monument Square

Highlight • Historical Site

Take a break in the safety of this central mini-park. There's also a water fountain there to fill your bottles.

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26.4 km

Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House

Highlight • Historical Site

The "Little Women" house, officially known as Orchard House, is a historic home in Concord, Massachusetts, where Louisa May Alcott wrote her famous novel Little Women in 1868. The Alcott …

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45.7 km

Uncle Sam Plaza and Samuel Wilson Monument

Highlight • Monument

Uncle Sam Plaza, located in Arlington, Massachusetts, near the Minuteman Bikeway, honors Samuel Wilson, believed to be the inspiration for the national symbol "Uncle Sam." Born on September 13, 1766, …

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46.6 km

Spy Pond

Highlight • Lake

Spy Pond is a 103-acre freshwater kettle pond located in Arlington, Massachusetts. It formed thousands of years ago during the last Ice Age and is part of the Mystic River …

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50.0 km

End point

Train Station

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