Horn Pond

LOVE this place. Excellent for a walk with your dog or a jog. It’s clean and beautiful. The paths are well maintained and people are polite about moving to the side and controlling their dogs.

I absolutely LOVE walking here!!! It’s so peaceful and quiet. You are only on the side of the streets for a little bit but mostly around the pond;) There is all sorts of nature, scenic views and a lot of trails on where you can explore. I have found some pretty cool trails when exploring.
You can walk, run or ride a bike! We love it here!!! ;)

Great place to go for a walk. The whole thing probably takes about 45 minutes and is pretty scenic. The walk is very dog friendly and you’ll see plenty of other folks around here as well.

A beautiful park nestled between Winchester and Woburn. Nice clean restrooms on site. There are frogs, flowering plants, wild blueberries, swans and even a challenging steep hill with a clear view of the Boston skyline.

Beautiful/​Friendly. Love walking around the pond with my dog!

I have been coming here for walks and fishing since i was a little kid. the experience is wonderful and everyone else who is there is always polite.

Love everything about it (except see final sentence) — there’s a main loop and tons of off the main path routes. Also lots of area parking options which luckily we don’t need since I live within walking distance. People with dogs are generally considerate. I do need to warn folks if you venture off main path be prepared for lots of ticks. Also at dusk lots of Mosquitos. Random aside not specific to this locale: I wish the Canadian geese and all their Nasty poop would just disappear !

Great place for families with kids! You can celebrate a birthday party in the picnic area which is close to the main parking lot — first come first serve. And don’t forget about speed limit in this area — 30 miles per hour.

Nice park… The lake it is big. Nice nature pictures. …quiet zone, not too many people

Great place to walk my dog. Looks nice and and its small enough that its not a huge commitment to walk around.

Been going here as far as I can remember I’ve walked it fished it and some days just sit and think.
Parking on Sturgis street is limited best to go to the main lot. In the summer they have a hotdogs vendor with hot dogs & slush.

For those interested in the history, both natural and man-​made, of Horn Pond, this spring the Woburn Adult Education (run by the Recreation Commission) will be offering a course on Woburn’s Open Spaces which will include at least two walks at Horn Pond. I’m glad so many people think so highly of the Pond. People don’t work to protect things they don’t even know exist!
And for the person who wrote (several years ago) that the Pond was polluted, YOU ARE WRONG! Everyone assumes that since the beach was closed and swimming banned at the same time as the scandal in East Woburn over the water well contamination, that the Pond was polluted. First, those wells were in a totally different water shed than the Pond and are not connected at all. Secondly, the reason the beach was closed was that at this same time, the population of Woburn voted in Proposition 2 ¹⁄₅. Since it was so expensive to keep the beach open (maintenance on equipment, clearing the weed growth, trucking in fresh sand, etc. every summer) and they could fund two city pools for the price of the beach, obviously the beach lost. Follow the Benjamins!!!
For several years in the late 70’s, early 80’s, the Sturgis/​Water Streets entrance did have a problem with periodic sewer overflows (mostly in the spring during heavy rains and before the ground thawed). Most of the problem was caused from heavy influx from Burlington (this particular line came down from Burlington, crossed Cambridge Road and Lexington Streets and down along the Pond, then out through Winchester). This problem was solved almost 20 years ago. Now, on the slight chance it might happen again, whenever heavy rains are predicted, the city surrounds the area and treats the water before it flows into the Pond if it does overflow. The Pond is NOT polluted! Many owners let their dogs swim in the pond but there are no reports of dogs getting sick. The Pond is stocked every spring and dozens of people catch and eat these fish. Yet we never hear of any problems of sickness because of it. I have seen people catch and eat local fish (Carp, Pickerel, Sunfish, etc.) that have lived in the Pond for years, and they are perfectly fine.
Horn Pond has a long history going back as far as the last Ice Age. Sand and gravel were trucked out to help build major highways like Route 128. There was skiing on the Mountain. There used to be a reservoir on top of Horn Pond Mountain. Merritt Fernald brought students to this area. Many beautiful wild flowers can be found here in the spring and summer. The area abounds in wildlife, both year round and migratory. As many have said, it is truly a gem!

Great for easy walking. The path is mainly cement, with some natural areas. Lots of people walking dogs. According to MapMyWalk, it’s 1.8 miles around the pond.

I really like coming here with my dog for walks/​hikes, and also by myself for runs. You aren’t going to be able to train here for a marathon as the longest possible route is about a 5K, and even that involves going outside the park a little to Sturgis Ave., but it’s still a good spot. I rarely take the same route twice because there are so many different trails that I am still finding new ones after almost a year. A few dead-​end or are blocked off by fallen trees or, in the spring, water overflow, but most are well-​worn and thus even when I’m far away from the sounds of traffic, I never feel nervous or vulnerable when I’m alone. I’ve never come at dusk or after dark but I feel like it’s such a popular spot, and away from any bad neighborhoods, that it would always be relatively safe. It can be overcrowded on weekend mornings, and there will always be jerks who don’t clean up after their dogs, but overall it’s a really great place that we locals should feel lucky to have.

Horn Pond has many memories for me. I’m a 13 year old Burlington resident. I come here often to fish and ride my bike, but mostly the second thing. There is a 2 mile circuit that is paved, but there is some off-​road bike trails. There is an area halfway through with benches. The scenery is very nice in the spring and summer. Towards the end (depending on which way you go, but this is the way I usually take) there are clean restrooms. By there, there is often a food cart with slush, sausages, and other good food. This is a very nice place to walk, jog, fish, bike, or things like that.

A real hidden gem on the Woburn-​Winchester line, Horn Pond is a haven for parents with strollers, joggers, dog-​walkers, fishermen, and kayakers. On a sunny weekend there are lots of people but the paths (the main circuit around the lake is paved) are roomy enough for everyone. There are benches all around, and plenty of parking in a lot on Lake Avenue, along with picnic tables, and sometimes an ice cream truck in the summer.
Dogs are allowed but they must be leashed and you have to scoop the poop. All swimming is forbidden. There are put-​ins for canoes and kayaks, no fuel-​powered boats are allowed. The pond is part of the city’s water supply system.
It’s a surprisingly good place for bird watching, with ducks and swans, I’ve seen herons there, and for a while there was a hawk family. A photographer used to take pictures of them on the weekends and he would sometimes let people take a peek through his gigantic zoom lens to watch them in their aerie.
The circuit is around 2 miles, so it feels a little more intimate than Lake Quannapowitt, and it is a little quieter since it doesn’t have major highways bordering it. A community group called WREN (Woburn Residents Environmental Network) advocates for the pond and meets there Saturdays to walk and pick up trash. You can tell from the dedications on the benches that this place is treasured by the neighborhood.

Great area for a run. Beautiful scenery and trails on one end to extend the run. Definitely my new running grounds when in the area.

I think this a great place to walk around Woburn. It’s scenic and paved and perfect for walking dogs, riding bikes or jogging. I love that the majority of the walk is set back, away from the street and you are surrounded by trees and can see the pond. You can also make the walk longer by using the trails in the back (although these are not paved and can get muddy, but are really pretty as long as you’re fine with that). Overall, it’s great to have this so close by!

Just moved to the area and love to take our active dog to the pond. The walking dog owners are happy to say hello and many will let the animals meet and greet. We have had a blast watching the swans raise their babies, who are now out and about.
We will be going to this little gem for years to come. Beware of the swan poop, though!

What a nice surprise Horn Pond is.
It caters to all: families with kids + strollers, the casual walker, folks who want some respite, dog walkers, joggers, and even meatheads. They have chin up bars and pull up bars sprinkled throughout the park.
You can easily circle the pond and take in the nice scenery and it’s pretty calm, all the car noise is muffled by the trees.