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Carlisle Trails Committee 

Carlisle, MA - USA

 

News and Photos

 

 

 

Moonlight Walk on January 23

Starting at 7:00pm, the Trails Committee will lead a public walk/cross-country ski/snowshoe for 1-2 hours under the full moon starting from the Foss Farm parking lot on Bedford Road. A shorter and a longer version of the walk will be available. One group will ski through Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge to Greenough Pond and back if conditions are good. Children are welcome but dogs are not allowed in the Refuge part of the walk. Dress for the winter weather and bring a flashlight. Refreshments will be served afterwards. For more information, call Steve Tobin at 978-369- 1680 or sptobin@comcast.net.

Next Trails Committee Meeting

Friday January 8

Town Hall 7:30 PM

(Check back later for agenda)

Trails Committee Meeting

Friday December 4

Town Hall 7:30 PM

Click here for the agenda

Post-Thanksgiving Walk on November 27

The public is invited to join the Carlisle Trails Committee for a post-Thanksgiving walk in Great Brook Farm State Park and the aptly named Thanksgiving Forest in Chelmsford. Here’s your chance to get some fresh air and work off some of that turkey and stuffing. They will walk for about 3.5 miles, taking approximately 2 1/2 hours, stopping to see the natural and historical sites along the way. Meet at the main State Park parking lot by the pond at 1 p.m. on Friday, November 27. There is a $2 per vehicle parking fee at the State Park. There will be refreshments at the end. Heavy rain cancels the trip.

Contact Steve Tobin at 978-369-1680 or sptobin@comcast.net with questions.

New Rangeway Boardwalks Completed

On Saturday October 24, the Trails Committee and a group of enthusiastic volunteers constructed 2 new boardwalks at the Rangeway Conservation Land (Chestnut Estates) off Rutland Road.

 


New Trails!

In the fall of 2015, two new trails were constructed as Eagle Scout projects.

James Sibley cleared a new trail to be called the Coyote Rock Trail creating a new loop off Hurricane Alley in the south west corner of the Town Forest.

 

 

 

Matt Roberts cleared a new trail and constructed a boardwalk on the Spencer Brook Reservation, leading to a scenic overlook of the marsh.

 

Read the recent Carlisle Mosquito article highlighting

goals and mission of the Carlisle Trails Committee. 

 Conservationist of the Year 

A smiling Alan Ankers was the recipient at Old Home Day on June 27!

 

Trails Committee Old Home Day Mystery Photo Challenge!

Congratulations to Contest Winners Roy and Helen Herold!

For those who are curious, here are the photos preceded by location.

 

1) Acorn North Trail, Great Brook State Park


 

2) Spalding to Banta-Davis Trail


 

3. Towle Land Parking Lot

 

4. Otter Slide Trail from Cranberry Bog


 

5. Elliot Preserve, Skelton Road

 

6. Stone Row, Great Brook State Park

 

7. Canoe Landing, Great Brook State Park

 

8. Off Pine Point Loop, Great Brook State Park

Thanks to all who took the challenge!

 

New Trail Markers

The Carlisle Trails Committee has begun installing numbered intersection markers on trails in Carlisle.  Each conservation parcel has its own letter (e.g., T for Towle Land and F for Town Forest) and each marker has a unique number.  The next version of the town’s trail maps will include the marker numbers.  Beautiful nature-themed art work on each marker has been created by students in the Middle School Art Club of the Carlisle Public School, under the direction of teacher Rachel Levy.  Each piece is signed by the artist.

Enjoy your walk in nature, and enjoy the art work!

 


New Rangeway Map

This map is also available on our Trail Maps and Description page; please see the June 12 edition of the Carlisle Mosquito for a description of 4 new boardwalks planned.

Happy Trails

Read Helen Lyons' articles from the Carlisle Mosquito

Saturday May 30

Assisted by several volunteers, the Trails Committee built two new small trail boardwalks in Carlisle’s Davis Corridor conservation land. The first is a bridge, 6 feet wide and 22 feet long, crossing the bed of a seasonal stream; the second is a simpler pair of wood boards on the ground, running alongside a section of trail that can be difficult to negotiate in wet conditions.

 

 

 

After a long day’s work, bridge-building volunteers Leon Grinis, David Jiang and Oliver Spivey pose on the new boardwalk they helped to build. 

 


Trekker Award #31

April 3, 2015 - Steve Tobin presents Trekker Award to Andrew Wilmot.

Andrew is the first trekker to cross country ski the entire trail system!

 

Davis Corridor Boardwalks

Nov 15, 2014 – Two new boardwalks, 10 feet and 62 feet long, were installed on successive Saturdays by the Trails Committee and a large group of volunteers. The boardwalks are located on the Davis Corridor trail about 1000 feet south of the junction of Bedford Road (rt. 225) and Brook Street. They cross a wet and rocky area on a section of trail that was rerouted when a portion of the existing trail was discovered to be situated on private property.  

 


New Acton Link Trail 

June 2014 – A new link trail has been established connecting Marion's Trail in Ben's Woods to an extensive trail network on over 600 acres of conservation land in Acton. 

Click here for details

New Link Trail at Greenough

Oct 20, 2013 – A short new link trail has been cleared on the Greenough Land, connecting the main parking lot on Maple Street with the north end of the Blueberry Trail and opening up the opportunity to create various loops. This trail partially follows an existing informal trail that parallels Maple Street near its junction with East Street, passing interesting rock formations before emerging opposite the Blueberry Trail entrance just south of the Brook Street junction.

Map showing new trail

 

New Bench on River Trail

Sept 28, 2013 - Members of the Trails Committee installed a new bench on the River Trail in Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

 

 

Map showing bench location - look for red 'X'

More bench construction pictures  

 

Repaired Boardwalk at Towle

Sept 28, 2013 - Members of the Trails Committee repaired a rotting boardwalk on the Towle land, installed by local residents 20 years ago.

 

                              'Before'                                'After'

 

 

 

 

Elliott Preserve Opens

May 30, 2013 – The Elliott Concord River Preserve was formally purchased by the Sudbury Valley Trustees. This protected land has over 1,000 feet of frontage on the Concord River and a trail system readily accessible from Skelton Road.

For more information on the property:

http://www.sudburyvalleytrustees.org/pageys-preserve

Download a map of the property:

http://www.sudburyvalleytrustees.org/sites/default/files/PageysPreserve.pdf

 

Foss Boardwalk Completed

May 4, 2013 – Assisted by a large crew of volunteers, the Trails Committee completed a new 60-foot long boardwalk crossing a small stream just south of the Foss Farm parking lot, to provide access to the South Field loop trail with newly-cleared field edges. This boardwalk replaces the “Bridge to Nowhere” – a boy scout project many years ago that crossed only part of the swamp. Before and after photos are shown below.

 

                              'Before'                               'After'

 

    

                                            

 

                

 

                                                      

 

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