Boxford/North Andover, Massachusettts

Total Acres: 85 acres

Year Conserved: 2004

Property Description

Carter Fields is located in an area with a significant base of conserved land owned by the town of North Andover, including the Mazurenko Farm (104 acres), Carter Hill (27 acres), and Barker Hill (55 acres). All of these parcels and Carter Fields are part of the Lake Cochichewick watershed, North Andover's sole source of drinking water.

Special Features

A large blue-heron rookery becomes active in May and June, as up to 70 pairs of herons create annual nests at this site.  Not an original feature of this property, it was created by beaver activity that dammed a nearby stream, creating a wetland of dead, standing trees. This local establishment is another example of the beaver’s reemergence over the last two decades and a reminder of our interwoven ecology.

Carter Fields Trail & Locus Map (pdf)

Parking

Park in the lot next to the playing fields.

Directions

Traveling west on 133, turn right onto Bradford Street. Drive approximately 1.0 mile, and turn right onto Carter Fields Road.