The website of Bolton Trails Committee. Maps, routes, paths and events on conservation land in Bolton Massachusetts
June 30, 2022
Many of Bolton’s trails can only be navigated by agile hikers, in many cases this is because of the bridges. In response to this, Cindy Ayotte has been working on a set of improvements with the objective of replacing many Read more…
On Wednesday 29 June 2022, Rebecca Longvall and Gordon Taylor cleared a downed tree on the Bartsch Connector between Bowers Springs and Bare Hill Road. This section of trail is also a part of the Tom Denney Nature Camp Hike Read more…
June 25, 2022
On June 15, Gordon Taylor was walking in the Annie Moore area and noticed that the upper loop trail was blocked close to the Annie Moore Road trailhead. After following the whole system of paths he found that the trails Read more…
In June 2022, a trail user noticed that the Bob Horton Trail was blocked by a fallen trees on the south side of Great Brook between the two bridges. This person notified Bob and Alice Roemer and they tackled the Read more…
June 14, 2022
On 13 June 2022, Gordon Taylor and Betsy Taylor-Kennedy took some pictures of the nesting ospreys and herons at Vaughn Hills. The pictures were taken using a DSLR through a spotting scope with an adapter. While they were there, a Read more…
June 4, 2022
On Saturday 5 June 2022, Winslow Green and Gordon Taylor continued work on The Oaks Circuit paths near Ballville Road across from the International Golf Club property. Winslow and Gordon cleared most of the major obstructions on the section that Read more…
May 28, 2022
In May 2022, Betsy Taylor-Kennedy saw these early stage oak galls on Wattaquadock Hill. They will turn into the familiar green and then brown balls that can be seen later in the season. Each gall holds the single larvae of Read more…
May 26, 2022
Betsy Taylor-Kennedy saw this spotted salamander on Wattaquadock Hill recently. Spotted Salamanders are endangered and should be left alone when found.
May 14, 2022
Alice & Bob Roemer recently spent two productive afternoons pulling the very largest of the euonymus alatus (one 3 ½” diameter!) on the path north from the Lime Kiln. Then they started working on the smaller ones that can’t be Read more…
February 19, 2022
On Saturday 19 February 2022 a walker reported a downed tree about 100 yards from the Ledgewood Circle trailhead on the Zink-Northwoods trail. This dead oak tree had obviously fallen very recently and would have been an obstruction to skiers Read more…