27 June, 2018
Echo Trail Events:
Saturday, June 30, 9AM-noon: Echo Trail cleanup. We'll be sprucing things up ahead of the ribbon cutting ceremony. The main task will be to spread the wood chips currently piled at the entrance around the parking area to enhance this area. We will also work to shift a soil pile in the parking area further to the west to slightly increase available space. Tools to bring include wheel barrows, shovels, rakes, saws and clippers. Equipment can be dropped off at the trail but park either at Cornell's (in the back, by the dumpsters) or at 192 Hayden Rowe.
Monday, July 2, 10AM: Echo Trail ribbon cutting. Hopkinton’s Echo Trail has been completed using Community Preservation Act and Department of Conservation and Recreation Trails Grant funds, and lots of volunteer hours. The trail is a half-mile long, multi-use trail for hiking, biking, dog walking, running, etc., with off-street parking for up to four cars. Echo Trail offers a one mile round trip hike along the eastern side of Echo Lake. It was completed on the former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad as part of Hopkinton’s commitment to building multi-use trails in town.
Come celebrate the completion of this project with the Selectmen. There will be a short presentation and we’ll take a short hike to the former railroad spur that led to the Norcross Granite Cutting Shed. The trailhead is at the corner of Granite and Hayden Rowe. Parking is available at Cornell’s on Hayden Rowe St. (park in the back, by the dumpsters).
