Bolton Trails

The website of Bolton Trails Committee. Maps, routes, paths and events on conservation land in Bolton Massachusetts

New Kiosk and trail clearing at Annie Moore

Nick Matte has completed the Bolton Woods Way kiosk. The design was modified from the Vaughn Hills  kiosk and it is more sturdy with additional supports. Additionally, Gordon provided us with the updated Annie Moore map which allowed us to Read more…


New online maps

The mapping team (Chris Fitzgerald, Gregg Matte, Steve Rothman, Hemali Parekh, Rebecca Longvall and Gordon Taylor) has been busy. A new base has been assembled and area maps are now available for: Fyfeshire with the new Haynes-Wheeler trail added Vaughn Read more…


Bowers Springs Cleanup – the work continues

For four days from Friday 1 to Monday 4 of November 2019, Larry Kunz led a team on Phases 6 and 7 of the Bowers Springs cleanup. Friday: An additional 100 ft of edging trimmed and positioned in a short Read more…


Trees cleared next to Vaughn Hills Pond

One Wednesday 30 October Larry Kunz, Steve Rothman, Jeff Bryan and Gordon Taylor set out on in good humor on a damp and miserable day and cleared a number of fallen and rotten trees on the perimeter trail of the Read more…


Downed Tree on Rattlesnake Hill

Just before dusk on Tuesday 22 October 2019 Bob and Alice Roemer cleared a huge trail blockage caused by a the fallen top of a large oak tree. It was located between trail junctions 2E and 2F in the Rattlesnake Read more…


Bowers Springs clean up Episode 3

Larry Kunz has done a heroic job of organizing work parties at Bowers Springs. He continued to lead the effort on the weekend of 19 and 20 October Saturday: We got a lot done today given the small crew of Read more…


Fallen Tree Cleared on Horton Trail

On 18 October, Bob and Alice Roemer cleared a large pine (18”) between Junction Markers 1F & 1B on the Bob Horton Trail about 50’ west of 1F. The base of the tree was directly adjacent to the north wall Read more…


Downed Trees cleared at Rattlesnake and Fyfeshire

Two tree clearing parties were our in the last two weeks of September 2019. On 15 September Jeff Bryan and Gordon Taylor cleared a blow down and some small obstructions at Fyfeshire. and on 23 September. Bob and Alice Roemer Read more…


Bowers Springs Clean up

Led by Larry Kunz, on the weekend of 21-22 September 2019 a group of volunteers took on the task of reinvigorating Bowers Springs. Highest priority was, and continues to be, battling invasive species. Notably bittersweet, multi flora rose and where Read more…


Garrison House Site Cleanup

Located at the corner of Sugar Road and Golden Run Road, the Josiah Whitcomb Garrison House Foundation site had become overgrown with weeds, shrubs and a small pine tree. On Friday 20 September 2019 Drew Schaubhut organized a work party Read more…