1
Nathan Hale State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
547 acres10.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Andover
Andover, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Andover is conserved land, roughly 2,227 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Nathan Hale State Forest (10.3 mi), Doris Chamberlain Pond Nature Preserve (2.2 mi), and Bishop Swamp WMA (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Andover, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Andover outdoors
Conserved land
22%
2,227 of 9,987 acres
Trails
15 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
22
707 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.3 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Doris Chamberlain Pond Nature Preserve
Managed by Town of Andover
69 acres2.2 mi of trail
MTB OrangeMTB Orange/Yellow
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Bishop Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Managed by State of Connecticut
748 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Long Hill Road Open Space
Managed by Town of Andover
31 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 22 parks & preserves
- Hop River State Park Trail51 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Camp Hi Hoti189 ac
- US-6 Corridor180 ac
- Andover Sportsmens Club108 ac
- Shoddy Mill Road Open Space83 ac
- Boston Hill Road Open Space50 ac
- Skinner Hill Preserve33 ac
- Windrush Lane Open Space18 ac
- Bear Swamp Road Open Space18 ac · Directions
- Estonia Club17 ac
- Jonathan Trumbull Highway Open Space15 ac · Directions
- Polomski Parcel7 ac
- Ridge Road Open Space5 ac
- Rockledge Drive Open Space2 ac
- Lake Road Open Space1 ac
- Willimantic Road Open Space1 ac
- Old Andover Cemetery1 ac
- Andover Veterans Monument Park1 ac
Who protects the land
2,227 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 308 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 36 of 40 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Softball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Andover and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Andover's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.