Bearcamp River Explained

Bearcamp River
Pushpin Map:New Hampshire#USA
Pushpin Map Size:250 px
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:New Hampshire
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Carroll
Subdivision Type4:Towns
Subdivision Name4:Sandwich, Tamworth, Ossipee
Length:26.3miles
Source1:Sandwich Notch
Source1 Location:Sandwich
Source1 Coordinates:43.8369°N -71.5122°W
Source1 Elevation:1420feet
Mouth:Ossipee Lake
Mouth Location:Ossipee
Mouth Coordinates:43.7975°N -71.1575°W
Mouth Elevation:407feet
Tributaries Left:Cold River, Swift River, Chocorua River

The Bearcamp River is a 26.3adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] river at the southern edge of the White Mountains in New Hampshire, the United States. It is the largest tributary of Ossipee Lake, part of the Saco River watershed leading to the Atlantic Ocean.

The Bearcamp River rises in Sandwich Notch, at the northeast end of the Squam Mountain Range and the western end of the Sandwich Range, in the town of Sandwich, New Hampshire. It flows to the southeast, dropping over Beede Falls, and quickly reaches the lowlands at the base of the White Mountains. The river flows east through Sandwich, entering Tamworth at the juncture of the Cold River. Passing the villages of South Tamworth and Whittier, the river nears the base of the Ossipee Mountains to the south. It passes the village of West Ossipee and enters Ossipee Lake after flowing through a small delta.

New Hampshire Route 25 follows the river through Tamworth to West Ossipee.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.granit.unh.edu New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system