Help Our Trails (HOT) Day

Saturday, May 4, 9 am – 12 pm

Walpole’s 2nd Annual Help Our Trails (HOT) Day is less than 2 weeks away! The emerging spring flowers signal that it’s time to prepare the town’s trails for the hiking season.  You can help by signing up for HOT Day, the Walpole Trail Committee’s town-wide trail work day.  Help Our Trails Day will be held in 2024 on Saturday, May 4, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.

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.  Volunteers are needed to trim back vegetation, clear fallen branches, pick up litter, and tackle some other interesting projects on trails at Mill Pond Sanctuary, Fanny Mason Forest, the Cheshire Rail Trail, and elsewhere in 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. No dogs, please.

We strongly encourage all Help Our Trail Day volunteers to sign up in advance by sending an email towalpoletrailhelpers@gmail.com.  This will enable us to contact you with additional HOT Day details.

Please join us on Help Our Trails Day, Saturday, May 4th, from 9 am to noon. Rain date is Sunday, May 5th.  

​Wendy Grossman and Kara Dexter

​Walpole Trail Committee