It was here, beside the Battle Road, that the British regulars passed on their marches to Concord from Boston, and again on their retreat east.

Algonquin people lived beside the Musketaquid River prior to the establishment of the Concord plantation.

[2] The summit of the hill is around 600 yards (550 m) south of Route 2A; the Historical Area, meanwhile, is located around 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Meriam's Corner in Concord, Massachusetts, immediately to the east (and across the Concord/Lincoln town line) of the Samuel Brooks House, on Lexington Road.

Around the same time, large numbers of colonial militia (known as minutemen) began to take their positions atop the Brooks Hill plateau.

[2] As their enemies drew nearer, but possibly before any altercation at Meriam's Corner had begun, Baldwin had his soldiers move east to Elm Brook Hill.