Andover

Coming Soon!

Town Parks

• Doris Chamberlin Nature Preserve —★★— 2.5 miles — Easy trails and a small picnic area with an option to extend your hike on the Hop River Trail
• Talbot Parcel — 8.84 acres — possible future trail (accepted by town vote in January 2021)

Land Trust

• Northern CT Land Trust
  • Unidentified parcel — 8.54 acres — (possible future trail)

State Parks and Forests

• Bishop Swamp WMA —★★— 6 miles — Rarely traveled, this secluded wildlife management area has a few surprises
• Hop River Trail State Park —★★★— 20 miles — Andover has a nearly 5 mile section of the trail including the covered bridge over Rt. 316 and heads for many miles in either direction
• Nathan Hale State Forest —★★★— 12 miles — A large southern portion of the forest lies in Andover with a network of forest paths, old farm roads, and horse trails

• Nathan Hale State Forest — Popular area with a large network of MTB specific trails
• Hop River Trail State Park — Cycling more than mountain biking, but can be biked in either direction
• Doris Chamberlin Nature Preserve — There is at least one flowy MTB trail criss-crossing the Percy Cook trail

• Bishop Swamp — A small area where boating is possible along Jurovaty Road
• Andover Lake is privately owned and not open to the public

Coming Soon!

Andover was a parish named 1747 likely from Andover, Mass.  The town officially incorporated from land in Coventry and Hebron in May 1848 making it the 146th oldest town in Connecticut.