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The campground, also known as Lorraine Campground, has 91 campsites that are spread out sufficiently to provide a real "forest" camping experience. Each campsite is equipped with a picnic table, fire ring and a pedestal grill. A water spigot is located on each campsite and a dumping station is available. We are pleased to inform you that we now have eleven campsites with 20/30/50 AMP hookups! The comfort stations have showers and flush toilets. Comfort station 3 and 4 are accessible.
The campground is located at 133 Jenkins Road, Andover, MA. Route I-93 to Exit 41, follow 125 North (toward Andover) for about 4 miles to the State Police Barracks (on right). Turn right on Harold Parker Road. At the end of Harold Parker Road, take a right onto Jenkins Road. The campground is approximately 1/2 mile on the right.
A good place for hiking, easy trail and not many people. The birds and their singing🥰….I did the 5 mile loop ….forest and pond! The only downside was bugs in some parts of the forest!
Pretty big park with paved roads (careful fast traffic from people cutting through!) in the middle. I didn't walk the trails, but there are a number of them, some going by ponds with waterlilies and blue herons!
Top notch place to go hiking mid week in the winter 🥶 ❄️.
No crowds 🔥
No bugs 💀
LOTS of trails and ponds 😎✨
If you like the outdoors and like to mountain bike, hike, fish, swim...etc. Harold Parker is the place that has something for everyone. Numerous hiking and biking trails. A number of ponds of different sizes and depths for fishing or swimming. Hunting is permitted in select areas of the park during hunting season. It is a great place to go, whether it's summer, winter, spring or fall!
I just happened to drive by, noticing the small bodies of water on either side of the road. Where I stopped didn't have a lot of parking, but I was lucky to get a spot next to two other vehicles. The area seemed to fit four comfortably.
Across from where I parked is a map of the area and in that immediate location seemed to be ongoing construction. The map showed a two mile hike called "the friends loop." I began the trail just past where my vehicle was parked.
It's an easy trail that takes you along the edges of Collins Pond and Brackett Pond, beautiful the whole way. When I went it was the day after a heavy rain so some of the trail was soggy and some streams overtook the planks that would help you cross so there's some navigating and leaping along the way.
The park seems huge, happy to come again and see the rest.
