Walden Pond

Walden Pond is a is kettle hole lake in Concord, Massachusetts, and was protected as part of Walden Pond State Reservation.

Background
On the north shore of this pond is the home of Henry David Thoreau from the summer of 1845 until 1847. Hoping to gain a more objective understanding of society, influenced by the principles of Transcendentalism. His account of the experience was recorded in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, which made the pond famous. Before the Great War, the sight became a tourist attraction. A gift shop was built next to the cabin, and the audio tour associated with it was sponsored by General Atomics International. Ironically, it suggested that the tourist should pick up one of the many books on transcendentalism, and/or select from a selection of t-shirts, coffee mugs and toys.

This pond would later be littered with detritus, almost dry, and is irradiated at 10 rads/sec. Now the pond, or rather the basement of the gift shop and tunnels, is occupied by a small raider gang, lead by Walter. They are discussing who and what Thoreau and transcendentalism are; although it goes without saying, Tweez is incorrect and Bear cannot read.

Layout
The pond itself has little worthwhile, except for a drainage pipe in the southwest shore. There is also a gift shop on the hill southwest the pond. The gift shop has nothing out of the ordinary, with a Master-locked door to the basement behind the counter. East of the gift shop is a meager campsite inhabited by Mikey and Moss.

Gift shop basement
The basement (as accessed from the drainage pipe) begins with a mostly straight pipe that leads to a small cave. An earthen tunnel leads to a busted wall into the gift shop basement proper, which contains a number of shelves and cabinets. A hallway to the northeast has a staircase leading back up to the main giftshop.

Notable loot

 * Big Jim, a unique pipe wrench, is next to a toolbox on a shelf against the southeastern wall of the basement.
 * An issue of Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor is next to a lantern on a barrel in the small cave.
 * A Vault-Tec lunchbox is in the southern corner of the basement.
 * The Note to Tweez is found in outside the basement door in the giftshop.

Related quests

 * Raider Troubles

Inhabitants

 * Bear
 * Mikey
 * Moss
 * Tweez
 * Walter
 * Whiplash

Appearances
Walden Pond appears only in Fallout 4.