Welcome to Friends of Natick Trails!
Together, we are making Natick a stronger community through safe and convenient access to the outdoors, and with connections that tie together our neighborhoods and promote exercise, heath and sustainability. Please join us! Send an email if you would like to get involved, or just click here to join our email list.
What’s New
We are planning the 4th New Year’s Eve event on the CRT with live music, dozens of fire pits and a welcome community event enjoyed by thousands of people from 4:30-7:30PM on December 31. Get the details here! Use this form to sign up, ask questions or suggest ideas. Thank you to TJX for sponsoring this event, and Amvets Post 79 for the support.
Want to help spiff up the CRT? Click here to join the Trail Keepers and lend a hand!
Thank you, Zippity-Do-Dog and all who bought hot dogs in Saturday in October 2024. Zippity-Do-Dog donated $1 for every hot dog sold to the Friend of Natick Trails and the Friends of Framingham Trails.
Learn about the 2024 Natick Trails Summit on October 5. Resources here.
We invite sponsorships on the Cochituate Rail Trail to support events and improvements to the CRT.
We offer sponsorship opportunities including benches, bike repair stations, and historical panels available for sponsorship. Revenue from these sponsorships flows to a Town of Natick fund that supports maintenance and improvements on the trail.
Our Trail Friends program provides a way for businesses and organizations to support maintenance and enhancements to the CRT. In exchange for annual support, sponsors are recognized with plaques at two kiosks on the CRT at Whitney Field and Cochituate State Park, and recognition on our web site and social media channels.
The commemorative bricks program is wrapped up! The last batch of bricks has been ordered and installed in the coming months.
Watch the Cochituate Rail Trail - Moving Together Virtual Tour video produced for a MassDOT conference in December 2021 that tells a story of how the CRT came to be.
