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North Andover was the original heart of colonial Andover, settled in the 1640s along the Cochichewick Brook, and its Old Center still feels like it: a sloping town common ringed by white clapboard houses, a meetinghouse and the 1715 Parson Barnard House. Poet Anne Bradstreet, the first published writer in the English colonies, lived here.
Later, mills along the brook in the Machine Shop Village and on the Merrimack River gave the town an industrial side, while wealthy Boston families built country estates. One of them, the Stevens-Coolidge House and Gardens, is now open to the public with formal gardens and greenhouses.
Green space is the town's real draw. Weir Hill and the Ward Reservation offer hilltop views, Harold Parker State Forest spreads across thousands of wooded acres with ponds, and Lake Cochichewick shimmers below farm stands such as Smolak Farms, where apple picking and cider doughnuts fill autumn weekends.
The Colonial Revival country home of diplomat John Gardner Coolidge and Helen Stevens Coolidge, now run by The Trustees. Its grounds include a French-inspired parterre, a rose garden, a serpentine brick wall and working greenhouses. Gardens are best in June; check house tour dates.
The historic heart of the town, where a sloping common is framed by 18th- and 19th-century homes, the First Church and the North Andover Historical Society. A short stroll takes in centuries of New England architecture. Visit in fall when maples blaze above the white clapboards.
A rare early 18th-century timber-framed house on Osgood Street, once home to Reverend Thomas Barnard and long linked by tradition to poet Anne Bradstreet. The North Andover Historical Society opens it for tours on selected days, showing period rooms and building details.
A Trustees property of woods and meadows rising above the shore of Lake Cochichewick, with a network of easy trails that lead to views over the water. It is quiet on weekdays and lovely in autumn. Swimming and boating are not allowed, as the lake supplies the town's drinking water.
A large Trustees reservation spanning Andover and North Andover, including Holt Hill, one of the highest points in Essex County, where a ring of stones marks the solstice sunrise. A boardwalk crosses a quaking bog. Clear days bring views of the Boston skyline from the summit.
More than 3,000 acres of woods, ponds and old roads crossing North Andover and neighboring towns, used for hiking, mountain biking, fishing and seasonal camping. Berry Pond has a small swimming area in summer. Trails can be muddy in spring, so wear proper boots.
A glacial lake that serves as North Andover's water supply, surrounded by protected woodland and farmland. Scenic roads and the trails of Weir Hill skirt its shores, offering peaceful views, especially at sunset. Keep to marked paths, as access to the water itself is restricted.
A family farm known for pick-your-own strawberries, peaches and apples, a farm stand and bakery with warm cider doughnuts, and animals for kids to visit. Autumn weekends bring crowds for apple picking and hayrides. Go early in the day and check what is in season before you drive.
A graceful wrought-iron bowstring arch bridge built in the 1860s to a patented design by Thomas Moseley, rescued and re-erected as a footbridge on the Merrimack College campus. It is among the oldest surviving iron bridges in the country. Visitors can walk across it at any time.
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