Lynnfield Boy Scouts Clear Dump Site on Conservation Land

LYNNFIELD, MA — A Boy Scout troop in Lynnfield worked hard to clean up a popular trail, just in time for summer hikers and adventurers to enjoy.

The Lynnfield Boy Scout Troop 48 cleared trash and construction debris from the Conservation Commission’s Bow Ridge/Kallenberg Quarry trail over the Fourth of July weekend.

Boy Scouts Erik Bell, Jonathan Biggar, CJ Gonzalez, Isaac Medford, Dan West, Lucas Williams, and Cub Scout Zachary Wehle worked to unearth an old construction materials dump site situated in the midst of the popular walking and biking trail. The boys worked hard, removing part of a chain link fence, rusted car parts, a refrigerator, truck tires and other large-scale debris.

Thanks to the scouts, the Lynnfield DPW was able to dispose of the materials early the following week.

The trail is popular with summer hikers and mountain bikers. Bow Ridge marks the highest point in Lynnfield, where on a clear day one can see the Boston skyline to the south and Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire to the north. Kallenberg Quarry, formally the Robin Rock Granite Company, provided the granite blocks used to build Boston’s U.S. Customs House.