2026 Guided Walks
Our wonderful and knowledgable team leads guided walks through our woods and we have some really beautiful ones planned for this year! Led by Art Schnure(of Sherborn Walks Fame) and our very own Seth Molloy, Amanda Dye and Sam Nelson, we have planned for 3 walks this year covering ones from the Sherborn Walks! If you wanted to ever learn more, then this is your chance to join us!
Hildreth Schoolhouse Walk to the Upper Charles
Rail Trail Connection.
Saturday May 23, 2026 at 9:00 am.
Seth Molloy will lead the walk from the Hildreth Reservation on Western Avenue to a little-known connection to the Upper Charles Rail Trail. Please park in the Fessenden Fields parking lot or on the Pleasant Street shoulder just off Western
Avenue. Head to the trailhead next to Fessenden fields. Upon finishing, we’ll have cars to return you to your cars. The walk will be 1-1/2 to 2 hours and will involve crossing a brook. All ages welcome, since there are multiple ways to safely cross the brook
The walk is in Trail #2 in the Sherborn Walks book to locate the red line trail that links to the popular Upper Charles Rail Trail in Holliston and Sherborn. And it’s your chance to explore the Hildreth Schoolhouse network of trails and to cross the mighty Dopping Brook
on foot. The walk winds through woods and gas line “pastures.”
Mushroom Walk, Bailey Trails Saturday, September 19, 2026 @ 9:00 am.
Trail #1 in Sherborn Walks. Join Amanda Dye and to explore favorite local funguses, reprising a mushroom walk from 2025. Park on the west shoulder of Old Orchard Road. Walk will be 1-1/2 to 2 hours. All ages welcome.
The Bailey Trail is graced by a large pond and an ephemeral brook, with the moisture providing sustenance for mushroom growth. Please see Mandy's Mushrooms website at
https://mandysmushrooms.cargo.site/ Walk will be 1-1/2 to 2 hours. All ages welcome.
Town Forest Central Walk Including PineThrill
Saturday October 17, 2025 at 9:00 am
Trail #6 in Sherborn Walks. Park at the Pine Hill School parking lot on Pine Hill Lane. The walk will be moderate, with uphills/downhills especially at Pine Thrill andwill go 1-1/2 to 2 hours. All ages welcome.
Sam Nelson will lead the walk through the Pine Hill Forest, including the “Pine Thrill” mountain bike trail, which was designed by mountain bikers but are enjoyed by all. We
will have mountain bikers, including Rick Thomson, demonstrate how the Pine Thrill mountain bike trail is used.
After the Pine Thrill Trail, Sam Nelson will lead the group back to Pine Hill school along one of the historic cart paths.