Spicket River facts for kids

Left: Providence Hill Brook, Captain Pond Brook, World End Brook
Right: Widow Harris Brook, Policy Brook

Quick facts for kids Spicket River
Bridge on Osgood St in Methuen, MA
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Country	United States
States	New Hampshire, Massachusetts
County	Rockingham, NH Essex, MA
Towns and city	Derry, NH, Salem, NH; Methuen, MA, Lawrence, MA
Physical characteristics
Main source	Island Pond Derry, NH 205 ft (62 m) 42°51′27″N 71°12′48″W / 42.85750°N 71.21333°W / 42.85750; -71.21333
River mouth	Merrimack River Methuen, MA 31 ft (9.4 m) 42°42′22″N 71°8′47″W / 42.70611°N 71.14639°W / 42.70611; -71.14639
Length	17.7 mi (28.5 km)
Basin features
Tributaries	Left: Providence Hill Brook, Captain Pond Brook, World End Brook Right: Widow Harris Brook, Policy Brook

The Spicket River is a 17.7-mile-long (28.5 km) river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a left tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed. It is sometimes spelled "Spickett".

The Spicket River begins at the outlet of Island Pond in Derry, New Hampshire, and flows south into Salem, New Hampshire, passing through the Arlington Mill Reservoir. The river continues through Salem, encountering copious suburban development, and enters the city of Methuen, Massachusetts, where it drops nearly 100 feet (30 m) in elevation over a series of dams on its way to the Merrimack River in Lawrence.

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