Peabody 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: | Coos |
Subdivision Type4: | Town |
Subdivision Name4: | Gorham |
Length: | 12.9miles |
Source1: | Mount Washington |
Source1 Location: | Sargent's Purchase |
Source1 Coordinates: | 44.2764°N -71.2667°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 1134order=flipNaNorder=flip |
Mouth: | Androscoggin River |
Mouth Location: | Gorham |
Mouth Coordinates: | 44.39°N -71.1606°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 750feet |
Tributaries Left: | West Branch, Culhane Brook, Barnes Brook, Bear Spring Brook |
Tributaries Right: | Thompson Brook, Nineteenmile Brook, Cowboy Brook, Imp Brook, Townline Brook, Clay Brook, Stony Brook |
The Peabody River is a 12.9adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] river in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Androscoggin River, which flows south and east into Maine, joining the Kennebec River near the Atlantic Ocean.
The Peabody River rises in Pinkham Notch, on the eastern slopes of Mount Washington. The river flows northeast to the Androscoggin River in Gorham, New Hampshire, collecting tributaries from the Presidential Range to the west and the Carter-Moriah Range to the east. Its most significant tributary is the West Branch of the Peabody River, emerging from Great Gulf, a deep and long glacial cirque surrounded by the peaks of the Presidential Range.
New Hampshire Route 16 follows the Peabody River for most of the river's length.