West Branch 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: | Townships |
Subdivision Name4: | Thompson & Meserves Purchase, Greens Grant |
Length: | 5.8miles |
Source1: | Spaulding Lake (Great Gulf) |
Source1 Location: | Thompson & Meserves Purchase |
Source1 Coordinates: | 44.2844°N -71.3081°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 1290m (4,230feet) |
Mouth: | Peabody River |
Mouth Location: | Greens Grant |
Mouth Coordinates: | 44.3108°N -71.2214°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1340feet |
Tributaries Left: | Parapet Brook |
Tributaries Right: | Chandler Brook |
The West Branch of the Peabody River is a 5.8adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] river in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Peabody River, which flows into the Androscoggin River, which in turn flows east and south into Maine, joining the Kennebec River near the Atlantic Ocean. The West Branch of the Peabody is within the Great Gulf Wilderness of the White Mountain National Forest for most of its length. It is paralleled by the Great Gulf Trail, a popular route for backpackers.
The stream rises in Great Gulf, a large glacial cirque on the northern side of Mount Washington. The West Branch flows from the outlet of Spaulding Lake, a tarn seated at the foot of the east face of Mount Clay, and proceeds northeast deeper into the gulf, with Mount Jefferson of the Presidential Range to the west and Chandlers Ridge, a northern spur of Mount Washington, to the east. Upon reaching the outlet of Jefferson Ravine, the river turns east, with Mount Adams and Mount Madison rising above its northern bank.
The river ends at the Peabody River, north (downstream) of Glen House, the entrance to the Mount Washington Auto Road.