Andover Trails Committee - Carmel Woods




	Interactive Map Major Trail Systems Bay Circuit Trail Shawsheen River Greenway Andover Conservation Commission Land Carmel Woods Castle Park Doyle Link Mary French Reservation Hagget's Pond & Rail Trail Virginia Hammond Res. Merrimack River Reservation Penguin Park Pole Hill Pomp's Pond/Foster's Island Robert Pustell Reservation W. Elementary School Woods Wood Hill/Bald Hill AVIS Reservations Baker’s Meadow Burns Reservation Deer Jump Reservation Goldsmith Woodlands Greene Reservation Hammond Reservation Indian Ridge Reservation Keck Reservation Lupine Reservation Purdon Reservation Rafton Reservation Shawsheen River Reservation Skug River Reservation Smith Reservation Spalding Reservation Stanley Reservation Sunset Rock Reservation Taft Reservation Vale Reservation West Parish Meadow Wilkinson Reservation Massachusetts dcr Harold Parker State Forest Town of Andover Land Fish Brook Penguin Park Sanborn School Woods South School Woods W. Elementary School Woods Trustees of the Reservations Ward Reservation Other Land Cochran Wildlife Sanctuary Den Rock Park West Parish Cemetery			Carmel Woods Features: The forest covering most of the hillside is composed of pines and mixed hardwoods. Many interesting rock formations and ferns can be observed on the open ledges at the top of the hill. History: Carmel Woods was once part of a larger Town Forest (36.5 acres in 1896). Needy townspeople were housed nearby, in the large white house across from the Carmel Road entrance. During the 19th century there was some controversy over whether or not to allow the poor to gather firewood from the forest. Several controlled harvests of timber and firewood were conducted. In 1897 the Andover Park Commission built the carriage road that now serves as the principal trail. The open space at the top of the hill was and is a favorite picnic area and the site of many Boy Scout camp-outs.		Size: 20 acres Location: At the end of Carmel Road off of Walnut Street Parking: Small parking area off of Carmel Road

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