1
Harold Parker State Forest
Nature preserve
1,004 acres28.4 mi of trail
Oak Tree HillBay Circuit TrailBear Pond TrailWhite RabbitYellow Diamond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Andover
Andover, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of Andover is conserved land, roughly 3,356 acres. There are about 135 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Harold Parker State Forest (28.4 mi), Ward Reservation (7 mi), and Deer Jump Reservation (5.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Andover, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Andover outdoors
Conserved land
16%
3,356 of 20,453 acres
Trails
135 mi
4.2 mi per sq mi · 61 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
124
92 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.3 mi
0.1 mi lanes · 1.1 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
Ward Reservation
Nature preserve
351 acres7 mi of trail
Bay Circuit TrailGreg's TrailMargaret's TrailSanborn TrailFive Crossings Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Deer Jump Reservation
Nature preserve
142 acres5.9 mi of trail
Merrimack River TrailBay Circuit Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Goldsmith Reservation
Nature preserve
158 acres4 mi of trail
Clarence's TrailPine TrailHigh Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Doyle Link
Nature preserve
88 acres3.9 mi of trail
Bay Circuit Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
6
Wood Hill/Bald Hill Reservation
Nature preserve
251 acres3.4 mi of trail
Wood Hill TrailBald Hill TrailWedgewood TrailHaggetts Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Dog Park and Bald Hill Reservation
7
Cochran Sanctuary
Managed by Phillips Academy
87 acres3.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Pustell Reservation
Nature preserve
117 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 60 parks & preserves
- Harold R. Rafton Reservation193 ac · 2.8 mi trail · Directions
- Foster's Island Reservation136 ac · 2.3 mi trail · Directions
- Vale Reservation49 ac · 2.3 mi trail · Directions
- Fish Brook North Reservation333 ac · 2.1 mi trail · Directions
- Peggy Keck Reservation49 ac · 2 mi trail · Directions
- Baker's Meadow Reservation66 ac · 1.7 mi trail · Directions
- Amy Gordon Taft Reservation62 ac · 1.6 mi trail · Directions
- Albert Retelle Reservation51 ac · 1.6 mi trail · Directions
- Pole Hill Reservation37 ac · 1.6 mi trail
- Shawsheen River Reservation35 ac · 1.5 mi trail
- Indian Ridge Reservation28 ac · 1.5 mi trail · Directions
- Carmel Woods36 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- Ann Rawlins Greene Reservation29 ac · 1.2 mi trail
- Skug River Reservation43 ac · 1.1 mi trail · Directions
- Nat Smith Reservation71 ac · 1 mi trail
- Bellevue Reservation53 ac · 1 mi trail · Directions
- Andover Recreation Park28 ac · 1 mi trail · Directions
- Deer Jump/Susan Stott Reservation25 ac · 1 mi trail
- Fosters Pond Reservation43 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Hammond Reservation32 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Lightning Tree Reservation24 ac · 0.9 mi trail
- Serio's Grove Reservation25 ac · 0.8 mi trail
- Wilkinson Reservation29 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- West Parish Meadow28 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Bonier Reservation22 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Stanley Reservation15 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Sanborn Reservation24 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Fish Brook South Reservation164 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Den Rock Park (ECGA Land)34 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Merrimac River Reservation10 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Sakowich Reservation8 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Virginia Hammond Reservation42 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Sacred Heart Reservation17 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Deer Jump/Spalding Reservation15 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Purdon Reservation10 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Hearthstone Reservation53 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Great Meadow Reservation38 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Mary French Reservation16 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Pomp's Pond Park14 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Andover Conservation Land10 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Belmont Park Reservation30 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Deyermond Park12 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Husseys Brook Reservation10 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Jenkins Trail Reservation10 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Lower Shawsheen Field9 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Dug Pond Reservation8 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Pulte Open Space8 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Salem Street Green Area6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Deer Jump/Behrakis Reservation6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Sherman Reservation5 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Burns Reservation5 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Collins Reservation4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
Who protects the land
3,356 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 245 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 16 of 251 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes4.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis55
- Basketball22
- Soccer20
- Baseball19
- Softball6
- Pickleball3
- Lacrosse3
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.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andover | 16.4% | 134.8 mi | 124 |
| Tewksbury | 15% | 38.6 mi | 49 |
| Methuen | 6.6% | 15.4 mi | 18 |
| Wilmington | 11.5% | 17.0 mi | 23 |
| Dracut | 14.3% | 20.7 mi | 25 |
| Lawrence | 8.7% | 15.2 mi | 33 |
| North Andover | 19.8% | 96.6 mi | 44 |
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 25.9-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.