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Town Hall at our HOT Day of 2023, © Steven Dumont

The Walpole Trail Committee will host its 2nd Annual Help Our Trails (HOT) Day on May 4, 2024.
We are again inviting members of the public to help us prepare our town’s trails for the upcoming hiking season.
Last year, 27 HOT Day volunteers gave Walpole’s trails a good “spring cleaning,” despite the rainy weather that day.

This year’s trail work day will again include spring cleaning–clearing fallen branches, trimming vegetation
and picking up litter on trails at Mill Pond Sanctuary, Fanny Mason Forest, the Cheshire Rail Trail, and elsewhere
in Walpole.  The Trail Committee is in the process of identifying additional trail maintenance projects
to be tackled on HOT Day.

All HOT Day volunteers should meet at the Walpole Town Hall, 34 Elm Street, by 9 am.
Participants will divide into small teams and go out to work on maintenance projects at designated trail
locations around Walpole.  

Please dress for trail work and bring your own water, work gloves, and hand tools (clippers, loppers, hand saws, etc.)
if you have them. Do not bring chain saws or power tools. Litter bags will be provided.

To sign up or to get more information, please email: walpoletrailhelpers@gmail.com

As HOT Day approaches, additional details will be emailed to those who’ve signed up.

This is a chance for Walpole trail users to Help Our Trails while having fun together.
We hope you will join us on HOT Day, Saturday, May 4th, from 9 am to noon. 
Rain date is Sunday, May 5th.  

Wendy Grossman and Kara Dexter
Walpole Trail Committee

FANNY MASON FOREST BRIDGE BUILDING

November 2023

DRAINAGE WORK ON THE CHESHIRE RAIL TRAIL

All photos © Wendy Grossman, October 2023

SEE WALPOLE RAIL TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS

Rail Trail Project Completion: The 2023 project to improve drainage on the Cheshire Rail Trail in Walpole is complete! Drainage ditches have been dug out, culverts have been cleared, and/or the trail surface has been raised at a few of the very wettest areas along Walpole’s rail trail. Users should find a much drier trail year-round, though there will still be some wet spots (especially when it rains.)

Visit the Rail Trail: We would encourage any interested walkers, bicyclists, equestrians or other non-motorized users to check out the renovated portions of the Walpole rail trail. Remember, no motorized vehicles are allowed on the rail trail except for snowmobiles. Maps of the rail trail are available on our website walpoleoutdoors.org/maps/and in Town Hall.

Thanks: Thanks to all who’ve made this project possible, including the Recreational Trails Program, the Walpole Conservation Commission, the Walpole Selectboard, trail builder Lew Shelley of Snowhawk LLC and nine volunteer trail workers. Thanks also to all those in the Walpole area who’ve cheered us on.

You can send any questions or comments to walpoletrailhelpers@gmail.com

Wendy & Will Grossman
Walpole Rail Trail RTP Project Managers
Walpole Trail Committee

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