The website of Bolton Trails Committee. Maps, routes, paths and events on conservation land in Bolton Massachusetts
October 9, 2025
The Summer wind, aging trees and the dry weather of 2025 had caused several blockages to appear on trails in Bolton so the Trails Committee has been at work clearing fallen limbs an trees where necessary. A couple of examples Read more…
On one of the new bridges installed in 2024, the gravel surface had been disturbed and the underlying landscape cloth had been torn by an unknown misuse of the trail (possibly by MTB braking or dragging a large, rough item Read more…
As part of the bridge project that had been undertaken by the Bolton Trails Committee and Bolton Conservation Commission, an existing bridge was removed from its location and left near the trail. This structure had been built as a Girl Read more…
August 29, 2025
A number of unauthorized trails and mountain bike jumps had appeared at Vaughn Hills, mostly on the west side near the Moen area,. Creation or modification of new trails without review by the Conservation Commission is explicitly prohibited by town Read more…
August 1, 2025
Eabhan Ambrose made a plan to build a bog bridge at Rattlesnake for his Eagle Scout project. It was approved and signed by the Conservation Commission. The material was delivered to Bob Roemer’s home. In June and July 2025 Eabhan Read more…
A huge paper was nest was hanging over the Bob Horton Trail at Rattlesnake. So Bob Roemer donned a bee keeper suit, cut the nest down and securely sealed in a big trash bag for disposal. No insecticides were used. Read more…
December 16, 2024
In late November 2024 the “core” Bridge team of Larry Kunz, Keith Silver, Chris DeMers, and Gordon Taylor, plus the contractors Bob Hatch and Stephanie Frend were joined by a group of volunteers, including six boy scouts, to take materials Read more…
December 15, 2024
The final assembly of the remaining bridges at the Vaughn Hills and Moen Conservation Areas was completed in November and early December 2024. The activity is part of the project funded under a state grant obtained by Cindy Ayotte. The Read more…
October 10, 2024
The Haynes-Wheeler property was a gift to the Town by Levi Wheeler in 1970. Levi had lived at hisgrandparent’s home on Sawyer Rd. in what is now the Schultz Farm house. This property is mapped along with the Fyfeshire Conservation Read more…
October 8, 2024
The Bridge Project has continued apace. The team of Chris DeMers, Larry Kunz, Keith Silver, Drew Schaubhut and Gordon Taylor, assisted by Henry Jacobsen, built or replaced four more mixed use bridges and crossings at the Moen area of Vaughn Read more…
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