The website of Bolton Trails Committee. Maps, routes, paths and events on conservation land in Bolton Massachusetts
October 17, 2023
The memorial bench to Noreen Beck at Bowers Springs had become unusable because of poison ivy. So much that it had become a discussion topic online. So on the weekend of 14 October 2023, Larry Kunz braved the vegetation and Read more…
The 2023 weather has caused many trees to fall and block trails, also the good growing conditions have encouraged the undergrowth to spread onto trails in many places, sometimes with a lot of poison ivy. Volunteers have cleared worked with Read more…
August 27, 2023
The Bolton Trails Committee and the Bolton Conservation Trust were present at Backyard Bolton on Saturday August 26th. There was a lot of interest and many people stopped by to say hello, buy a trail guide, pick up a sticker, Read more…
July 1, 2023
There have been reports that the Vinger-Venable Trail near the shared driveway to Berlin Road was overgrown to the extent that it had become impassable, and that beavers had settled in to the swamp to create a sizeable pond. In Read more…
June 29, 2023
Vaughn Hills: A large tree fell at Vaughn Hills bringing down other tree and blocking the path from Bare Hill Road to the Beaver Pond. There was also a smaller tree causing a minor obstruction on the same path. This Read more…
June 16, 2023
In June 2023, the map for the Annie Moore on Bolton Woods Way has been replaced by Nick Matte and his father, Greg, because it had become de-laminated over the years. It was first installed during Nick’s Eagle Scout project Read more…
May 26, 2023
On Thursday May 25, 2023, Bob Roemer led a walk to the summit of Rattlesnake Hill, one of the high points included in the Summit Series Challenge sponsored by Bolton Conservation Trust (https://boltontrails.org/summitseries). 13 intrepid walkers set out from The Read more…
March 12, 2023
No, you do not need to arrange an adventure to the Antarctic or Mount Everest to climb these seven summits! Look for the on Bolton’s Trail maps. Click here or Summit challenge for full details. The Bolton Conservation Trust and the Read more…
February 9, 2023
Walkers on the Taggart property will have noticed that that the old railway bed continued on to private land beyond the “End of Trail Sign”. This land is owned by the Vespa family and the trail continues across the area Read more…
February 2, 2023
In January 2023, a trail user reported that a bridge in the Vaughn Hills area near the Moen parking lot was very dangerous and in slippery weather it looked as though someone could slip off into the brook below, especially Read more…