The Spicket River is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

located in

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...

and

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

in the

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. It is a left

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...

of the

Merrimack River The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an occasional earlier spelling) is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Mass ...

, part of the

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watershed. It is sometimes spelled "Spickett". The Spicket River begins at the outlet of

Island Pond Island Pond is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Brighton in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 750 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography I ...

Derry, New Hampshire Derry is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 34,317 at the 2020 census. Although it is a town and not a city, Derry is the most populous community in Rockingham County and the fourth most populous in the ...

, and flows south into

Salem, New Hampshire Salem is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 30,089 at the 2020 census. Being located on Interstate 93 as the first town in New Hampshire, which lacks any state sales tax, Salem has grown into a commerci ...

, passing through the

Arlington Mill Reservoir Arlington Mill Reservoir, known locally as "Arlington Pond", is a New Hampshire GRANIT state geograph ...

. The river continues through Salem, encountering copious suburban development, and enters the city of

Methuen, Massachusetts Methuen () is a 23 square mile (60 km2) city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 53,059 at the 2020 census. Methuen lies along the northwestern edge of Essex County, just east of Middlesex County and just south of ...

, where it drops nearly in elevation over a series of dams on its way to the Merrimack River in Lawrence. Image:Spicketboathouse.jpg, Boat house circa 1900 in

Image:Spicket River3.jpg, Broadway Bridge, Methuen image:Spicket River 2.jpg, Spicket River Dam in Methuen image:Sands bridge southside.jpg, Sands Bridge on Hampshire Rd, Methuen

References

Lawrence, Massachusetts Tributaries of the Merrimack River Methuen, Massachusetts Rivers of Essex County, Massachusetts Rivers of New Hampshire Rivers of Massachusetts Rivers of Rockingham County, New Hampshire {{NewHampshire-river-stub

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