Peabody River Explained

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.

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Notes and References

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