Weir Hill

North Andover Visitors

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North Andover, Massachusetts

Stevens Street, North Andover, Massachusetts, MA 01840
Telephone Number: 978-682-3580
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Hours: Open year-round, daily, 8am to sunset.
Admission: Free to all.

(The Early Settlement Trail)

Weir Hill (pronounced "wire hill") is a double drumlin that rises 305 feet and includes more than a mile of shoreline on Lake Cochichewick. Four miles of trails pass over the crest of the hill and track the edge of the lake. A broad meadow provides magnificent views of Stevens Pond and the Merrimack Valley. The Reservation is named for the fish weirs (woven fences with stakes) that were once submerged by Native Americans in Cochichewick Brook to catch alewives before they reached Lake Cochichewick to spawn. In colonial days, nearby brooks powered gristmills, and, until the early twentieth century, the cleared slopes of Weir Hill were used to graze sheep and cattle.

Credit: (c) TTOR / Tom Reichard

Website: Weir HIll

Email: neregion@ttor.org

Weir Hill

North Andover, Massachusetts

Stevens Street, North Andover, Massachusetts, MA 01840 Telephone Number: 978-682-3580 Map

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Stevens Street, North Andover, Massachusetts, MA 01840
Telephone Number: 978-682-3580
Map