On Saturday May 16, 2015, 20 volunteers with the Friends of the Milford Upper Charles Trail conducted the annual trail census. The trail census is one of the ways used to understand the many ways the trail is used on a typical day. The census is done with volunteers strategically stationed at several trail heads: Louisa Lake, Fino Field Hopkinton and at the Rte. 109 trail crossing.

The census began at 8am and went until 6pm.

This year's tally identified 2,066 users enjoying the trail! Robert Weidknecht, the Holliston Trail Committee Chair, had this to say about the trail census results: "The 1998 Feasibility study done by MAPC predicted 2,500 users on a weekend day for the fully-built trail. This is only a 6.7 mile section of the then planned 26 mile trail. This far exceeds the expected usage. Well done Milford."

Below are the 2015 Trail Census results showing total number of people per location and respective percentages by location, type of use and time of day:

The popularity of the Milford Upper Charles Trail is steadily increasing as evidenced by the annual trail count held on May 15, 2010. Volunteers at two locations along the trail took a tally of people, dogs, bikers, strollers, rollerbladers, wheelchairs & joggers over a 12 hour period. Along the Louisa Lake portion of the trail, the average number of individuals enjoying the trail is 113, while the Fino field section of the trail averges 81 individuals per hour.