Bowers Springs - Bolton, Massachusetts

Lynne

You could spend a couple of hours exploring here. I parked in the very small Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary parking lot on Bolton Road instead of the main one on Flanagan Rd. Trails here connect with the Bower Springs area. Very pretty and peaceful in the Bare Hill area. Busier when we reached Bower Springs proper, and most dogs are not on leashes. If you have a nervous pup, consider entering at the Bolton Road trail and staying in this area. It's much quieter, and there's plenty of land, in the woods and through lovely rolling fields, to go for a great walk in any season.

Jennifer D.

Amazing place to walk around with your fur family!! Lots of trails, water for them to swim and great people!! Our girl Luna has made some great friends there!! All off leash and it’s beautiful there. Highly recommend 💜

Beau C.

Drive was beautiful to get here. Lots of little farms stand on the way there and back so make sure you stop by and support! Parking was really good with probably 15-20 spots available (maybe more if people parked tight). Dog friendly with free bags if you forget yours but don't be a jerk and not bring them for that reason. Lots of trails with other parks that link up to this one so you could spend a while hiking. A couple fields that seemed maintained. Lots of people and dogs were there when we went on a Saturday (11am ish). Our dog is e collar trained and is very good off leash so it is off leash friendly but given kids come here, be ready to leash up quickly to be respectful.

dakota K.

very fun for dogs and humans if you go when it’s less busy. the water has some sort of flora that’s active at certain times of the year which has caused my dog to break out in hot spots, so be careful around the water! the trails have some holes in the ground so please ground so please watch your step. sometimes, poop doesn’t get scooped which is kinda gross.

there’s a mix of responsible and careless dog owners, some owners take action if their dog is tormenting my dog without me needing to ask, while others will let their dog torment my dog relentlessly and still do nothing about it.

bring food for you or your dog with caution, or dogs will “discover” you. definitely put any food in a ziploc bag, that hides the smell when it’s shut and keeps the dogs away!

Robin T.

Bower Spring is a conservation area in Bolton, MA. It is a great place to walk with your dog (even off leash). Most trails are wide and easy to walk. There is a large pond with clear water and a sandy area where your dog can swim and chase sticks. Everything is surrounded by beautiful woods and meadows. It was a bit hard to find using Bower Springs for the search topic, but if you use Flanagan Road in Bolton it takes you right there.

Mary

This is a beautiful spot with a really nice trail. Be aware there can be a fair number of dogs here, including off leash.

Janet J.

Please remember that this is conservation land, not a dog park, so it is requested that dogs be on leash or under verbal control. It is not safe for an otter, a rabbit, a fox, a bobcat, or even a deer to have a den with young ones, when dogs are running around digging into their dens. It used to be easy to find all these animal tracks in local conservation land, but not any more.

Amy R. S.

Beautiful peaceful park with several calm ponds full of lily pads and a pair of beavers lives here, so cool! They were swimming around doing beaver things which made us look up *what do beavers eat?* it's bark, they eat bark, then we rounded a corner of the trail and there is a beaver, sitting on a log of a tree he clearly chewed down, eating the bark off a twig like corn on the cob. 10/10 hope to come back in the spring maybe there will be baby beavers!