The website of Bolton Trails Committee. Maps, routes, paths and events on conservation land in Bolton Massachusetts
February 3, 2024
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…
January 13, 2024
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…
November 19, 2023
In Summer 2017, ospreys nested on the cell phone tower at the Bolton Transfer Station on Forbush Mill Road and in the last two Summers an osprey family has nested on a tree in the pond at Vaughn Hills, but Read more…
October 23, 2023
Jan Johnson reported to the Trails Committee that there was a lot of buckthorn next to ponds at Bowers Springs. So on October 12 Larry Kunz teamed up with her to remove much of it.
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In June 2023, the map for the Annie Moore on Bolton Woods Way has been replaced by Nick Matte and his father, Greg, because it had become de-laminated over the years.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…