Ham Branch | |
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: | Grafton |
Subdivision Type4: | Towns |
Subdivision Name4: | Easton, Franconia |
Length: | 12.2miles |
Source1: | White Mountain National Forest |
Source1 Location: | Easton |
Source1 Coordinates: | 44.1028°N -71.7861°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 2120feet |
Mouth: | Gale River |
Mouth Location: | Franconia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 44.2281°N -71.7542°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 915feet |
Tributaries Right: | Reel Brook, Slide Brook, Judd Brook, Kendall Brook, Coppermine Brook |
The Ham Branch of the Gale River is a 12.2adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] river in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States. Via the Gale River, it is a tributary of the Ammonoosuc River and part of the Connecticut River watershed.
The Ham Branch rises in the town of Easton and flows north through a valley at the western base of the Kinsman Range of the White Mountains. The river collects such tributaries as Reel Brook, Slide Brook, and Coppermine Brook before joining the Gale River in the village of Franconia. New Hampshire Route 116 follows the Ham Branch for nearly its entire course.