About Concord, Massachusetts

Looking for apartment rentals or office space in the Boston area? Consider Concord. Just 18 miles northwest of Boston, Concord is an easy commute to the downtown area, Cambridge, and the 128 corridor. Route 2 connects Concord with both 495 and 128 and provides quick access to Cambridge. Travel times are usually about 30 minutes by car. The Fitchburg Line of MBTA's commuter rail service travels through West Concord, Concord Center, Lincoln, Belmont and Cambridge on its way to North Station in Boston. It takes a mere 42 minutes to take the train from Concord Center to North Station.

Good transportation is just one of the reasons that the Concord area is among Boston's most desirable suburban communities. The region's farmlands, parks, and conservation areas have preserved much open space and accent the natural beauty of northeastern Massachusetts. Concord's place in history was cemented on April 19, 1775 when it became the scene of the first battle of the American Revolution. Ralph Waldo Emerson later memorialized "the shot heard round the world" in a poem commemorating the minuteman statue at Concord's North Bridge. In the mid 1900s, Concord was home to some of America's leading writers, such as Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

This history is very much alive in present-day Concord. Walden Pond and the woods surrounding it are protected as a state park, and so is the "Battle Road" from Lexington to Concord. The homes of Emerson, Alcott, and Hawthorne have been preserved and are now museums that enrich the present with reminders of our distinguished heritage. Concord has retained its sense of community in the modern age and is, quite simply, a very nice place to live.