August 28, 2026
An enormous tree had fallen at the southern end of the trail from the Lacrosse Field to Berlin Road. Trail users were forced to bushwhack close to private land as they climbed up from the bridge over a brook. The Read more…
The website of Bolton Trails Committee. Maps, routes, paths and events on conservation land in Bolton Massachusetts

August 28, 2026
An enormous tree had fallen at the southern end of the trail from the Lacrosse Field to Berlin Road. Trail users were forced to bushwhack close to private land as they climbed up from the bridge over a brook. The Read more…
An anonymous person cleared a huge blockage at in “Microburst Alley”, near the quarries on the Bob Horton Trail at Rattlesnake recently. The trail was completely blocked. Trail users are grateful for this effort.
The weather in the Summer of 2026 brought down some large trees. The North Brook and Ballville paths were blocked in several places. A team of Keith Silver, Larry Kunz, Chris Demers and Gordon Taylor from Bolton Trails Committee dedicated Read more…
June 29, 2026
On Earth Day, Larry Kunz led a work party to clear invasive plants at Bower Springs conservation land. Larry has been leading Bower Spring invasive clearance work parties for a last few years. His goal is to clear all invasive Read more…
June 18, 2026
A team of Chris and Leslie DeMers, aided by Gordon Taylor tackled problems with the signage at the Gould-White conservation area. First, the post for the “You are Here” map at the trailhead for he Brendan Ridge Trail had rotted Read more…
June 12, 2026
Thanks to Cindy Ayotte and the Bolton Conservation Trust, the bridge on the Old Lancaster Railway was replaced in May and June 2026. The previous wooden structure had been in place for many years, but during a storm a large Read more…
May 14, 2026
Clarification was needed at a major trail junction on the path from Corn Road to Ledgewood Circle in the Zink Northwoods area. In some cases there was trespassing on to private land. Gordon Taylor made the signs and a team Read more…
Throughout the last several months Trails Volunteers have been working to clear fallen trees, brush and other obstructions to paths on Bolton’s Conservation Lands. Chris and Leslie Demers have been watching the reports of problems shown on TrailCare and responding Read more…
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…
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