Bolton Trails

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

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Trails cleared at North Brook, Ballville, and Gould/White

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…


Rattlesnake Trail color-coding Project

This spring, Bolton Trails Committee volunteers worked with the Town of Bolton on this grant-sponsored initiative. The grant from The Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area was obtained by the Rebecca Bucciaglia: The Town of Bolton Conservation Agent.  The Rattlesnake Conservation Read more…


Hazel Trail Complete

You may have read that Bolton Conservation Trust recently bought an area of land adjacent to its existing property at Northwoods (Https://boltontrails.org/map5). You might also have noticed a small triangular area of conservation land off Warner Road. This is actually Read more…


North Brook Trail is Now Open

The Bolton Conservation Trust and Bolton Trails Committee proudly announce the opening of a new multi-use passive recreational trail that connects multiple conservation areas, providing residents and visitors with a unique outdoor experience.     The new trail stretches approximately Read more…


The Bridge Project continues at locations 4 and 5

In July and August 2024 more wooden structures were put into place by the team which at various times consisted of Larry Kunz (assisted by his granddaughter, Isabel), Keith Silver, Chris DeMers, Drew Schaubhut, and Gordon Taylor. The next phase Read more…


Chainsaw Safety Training

On 25 May 2024, The Bolton Trails Committee hosted a chainsaw safety training session led by Steve Schneider. 12 members of the volunteer trail maintenance team took part. This was largely a theoretical session and demonstration of basic techniques for Read more…


New Year’s Day Hike at the Florence Sawyer Area Trails

The Bolton Conservation Trust and Bolton Trails Committee hosted a New Year’s Day hike to kick off 2024. There were about 40 total people enjoying the sunny 38F day. The walk started at the lacrosse field on Main St, walking Read more…


Summit Series is closed

Summit Series The Summit Series of hikes was limited to 2023 or until all the hats have been claimed! A small number of hats are remaining as of January 2024, so if you are close to completion now is the Read more…


Ballville Trails mapped, arrowed and cleared

During the last two years, Trails Committee members Drew Schaubhut, Gordon Taylor, Larry Kunz and Rebecca Bucciaglia assisted by Abbie Maguire, Winslow Green and Betsy Taylor-Kennedy have been working on a new set of trails in the Ballville Road area Read more…


Poison Ivy Cleared from the Noreen Beck Memorial bench

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…