Welcome to the Friends of Natick Trails!
We support trails in Natick, with a focus on the Cochituate Rail Trail (CRT). We organize programs and events, help with maintenance and enhancements, and welcome your participation as a volunteer, member or sponsor.
News & Upcoming Events
We invite you to participate in, or help plan, the 2026 New Year’s Eve event! Sign up today!
The second natives and invasives site walk on the CRT is Saturday, November 7, 2026, at 9 AM with Claire Rundelli, Conservation Agent and Environmental Planner for the Town of Natick. Please sign up to join us.
Read the October/November 2026 Natick Trail Mail, and sign up for future issues
Sign up 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.
FoNT proposed creating an accessible walkway, native garden, seating area and historical panel connecting the CRT with Modera Natick Center, to be funded through the Community Preservation Act.
The Community Preservation Committee and the Finance Committee voted to recommend this project be approved at the Fall 2026 Town Meeting.
On Tuesday, October 20, 2026, Town Meeting approved this project. Thank you.
More information about this project is coming soon.
Previous News & Events
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the 2026 Trails Day was Saturday, October 17, 2026.
The FoNT 2026 Annual Meeting on Monday, September 28, 2026, included a FoNT update and a panel discussion on micromobility. Watch the video posted by Natick Pegasus, and check out the MassDOT Micromobility Hub for more information.
We were pleased to support the Katie von der Lieth bike garden. The dedication was Monday, July 20, 2026, See Natick Pegasus video here
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.
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.
