| Chocorua 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: | Albany, Tamworth, Ossipee |
| Length: | 15.2miles |
| Source1: | Mount Chocorua |
| Source1 Location: | Albany |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 43.9617°N -71.2669°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 2820feet |
| Mouth: | Bearcamp River |
| Mouth Location: | West Ossipee |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 43.8153°N -71.1989°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 410feet |
| Tributaries Left: | Deer Brook |
| Tributaries Right: | Stony Brook |
The Chocorua River is a 15.2miles[1] river located in eastern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Bearcamp River, part of the Ossipee Lake / Saco River watershed leading to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Chocorua River rises on the eastern slopes of Mount Chocorua, a prominent rocky knob at the southeast margin of the White Mountains. The river flows south into lowlands at the base of the mountain and arrives at Chocorua Lake, noted for its outstanding view of Mount Chocorua. Beyond the lake, the river flows south to the village of Chocorua with a picturesque mill dam, then continues into the flat, sandy Ossipee Lake region, reaching the Bearcamp River at West Ossipee.
New Hampshire Route 16 parallels the Chocorua River for most of its length.
In the early 20th century, innkeepers purchased the granite mill dam at the southern end of Moore's Pond on the river in Chocorua village. In 1912, the owners of the Chocorua Inn converted the mill dam into a hydroelectric operation hoping to supply energy to part of the town. A year or so later the dam was demolished in a flood, never to be reconstructed. As the eastern portion of the dam was breached, the levee broke and released two thirds of the pond in a few hours, causing the water level to drop and allowing former marshlands to thrive again.