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North BridgeSite of the first battle of the American Revolution, where "embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard around the world". See also the Minute Man Statue, sculpted by noted American artist Daniel Chester French, the grave of the British soldiers, and the Concord River. Open daily, April through October, 9:00am to 5:00pm, and from November through March, 9:00am to 4:00pm. (Located on Monument St.) 
Concord MuseumConcord's past springs to life as 17 period rooms with colonial furnishings illustrate three centuries of domestic life. Contains the lantern hung in the Old North Church on the night of Paul Revere's famous ride, the world's largest collection of Thoreau artifacts and a replica of Ralph Waldo Emerson's study with original furnishings. January through March, Monday to Saturday, 11:00am to 4:00pm, and Sunday 1:00pm to 5:00pm. April through December, Monday to Saturday, 9:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday, 12:00pm to 5:00pm. Museum tours are available. 978-369-9763. (Located at Junction of 2A and Cambridge Turnpike) 
The WaysideHome of The Alcotts, the only home that Nathaniel Hawthorne owned, and later bought as a summer house by Margaret Sidney. Here she wrote The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew. Open May Through October, 9:30am to 5:30pm. Closed every Wednesday. Admission fee. Visitors tour with a National Park Service Ranger. 978-369-6975 (Located at 455 Lexington Rd.) Emerson House Home of noted philosopher, essayist and lecturer extraordinaire, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Where he exemplified his 'plain living and high thinking' from 1835 to 1882. Open April through October. Admission fee. 978-369-2236. (Located across from Concord Museum) 
Orchard HouseHome of noted Alcott family, where Louisa May wrote Little Women and Bronson Alcott ran a School of Philosophy, which attracted many literary notables to Concord. Open November through March, Monday through Friday 11:00am to 3:00pm, Saturday 10:00am to 4:30pm, and Sunday, 1:00pm to 4:30pm. April through October, Monday through Friday, 10:00am to 4:30pm, and Sunday, 1:00pm to 4:30pm. Admission fee. Group rates for 10 or more available, reservations recommended. 978-369-4118. (Located at 399 Lexington Rd.) Thoreau Lyceum Repository of Thoreau memorabilia, natural history, research library, and a replica of Thoreau's Walden Pond hut, as well as Concord history and literature. (Located at 156 Belknap St.) Authors Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Final resting place of noted American authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. (Located on Bedford St.) At the Old Burying Ground on Lexington Road at Monument Square an the Old South Burying Ground on Main Street, are the graves of the very early families of Concord. Towards the rear of the Old Burying Ground is the most famous stone in Concord, and the most important in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the grave of the freed slave John Jack. He lived on Lexington Road in the house before Orchard House and became landowner and citizen of the town and whose haunting, The Old Manse Located by the North Bridge, the home of the Patriot Minister Rev. William Emerson, and the grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson, who first published his work, "Nature" here. Nathaniel Hawthorne and his bride Sophia, lived here between 1842 and 1845. This is were, he wrote Mosses From An Old Manse. Sophia's love poetry, inscribed with her ring, remains on the window. Open April through October, Monday to Saturday, 10:00am to 5:00pm. Sundays and Holidays, 12:00pm to 5:00pm. Grounds are open throughout the year. Admission fee. Group tours are available. 978-369-3909. (Located at 269 Monument Street)
Minute Man National Historical Park
Concord is a great town for walking or hiking, with leisurely trails located within a five minute drive of the Inn. Punkatasset Hill is half a mile on the left off Monument Street. Estabrook Woods which dead ends off Liberty Street, can be assessed from Monument Street of from Lowell Road, with a right onto Barnes Hill Road. Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is located on Monsen Road can Fairyland Park is on Walden Street, across from Concord Carlisle High School. Walden Pond State Reservation has trails to the site of Thoreau'scabin Concord was an active farming community and visiting some family farms is a part of the Concord Experience. Verrill Farms at Nine Acre Corner, was the dairy section of town. Talks and tours can be arranged with the owner, Steve Verrill. Open year round, the farm stand and retail store, the fields of pick your own flowers, vegetables, and strawberries, combine with entertainment and seasonal special events. 978-369-4494 Arena Farms off Route 2, at 167 Fairhaven Road. Open year round, it features produce and greenhouses with the erection of a large farm barn building. 978-369-4769 Hutchins Farms at 754 Monument Street is Concord's organic farm with a view that is good enough to eat. Open April through October. 978-369-5040 Scimone Farms at 505 Old Bedford Road. It features flowers, vegetables, fruit and fresh eggs. Open April through early December. 978-369-3173 Tours Self Tour 
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South Bridge Boat House
