Welcome to the Friends of Natick Trails!
We support trails in Natick, with a focus on the Cochituate Rail Trail. We organize programs and events, help with maintenance and enhancements, and welcome your participation as a volunteer, member or sponsor.
We are pleased to support the Katie von der Lieth bike garden dedication on Monday, July 20 at 4 PM. Registration at this link.
FoNT has proposed creating an accessible walkway, native garden, seating area and historical panel connecting the CRT with Modera Natick Center. This is on the Community Preservation Committee agenda for Tuesday, July 21: details here. If approved, it will be voted at Town Meeting in the Fall of 2026.
Save the date for the FoNT 2026 Annual Meeting: Monday, September 28, 7 PM, Morse Institute Library
We are planning a natives and invasives site walk on the CRT on Saturday, October 3 - details to come!
Thank you to the Trail Keepers who helped on Celebrate Trails Day, April 25, for the volunteer cleanup of the Natick Cochituate Rail Trail
Read the May 2026 Natick Trail Mailand sign up here for future issues
The CRT connection to the Natick Center MBTA Station is now open
Thank you to all who attended the 2025 FoNT Annual Meeting at the Morse Institute Library on Tuesday, September 16. Presentations and video are linked from our Events page.
Want to participate in our work? Sign up here to be a member, volunteer, or if you want to learn more.
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.
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.
