Gridley 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: | Hillsborough |
Subdivision Type4: | Towns |
Subdivision Name4: | New Ipswich, Sharon, Peterborough |
Length: | 6.3miles |
Source1: | Wapack Range |
Source1 Location: | New Ipswich |
Source1 Coordinates: | 42.7792°N -71.8911°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 1480feet |
Mouth: | Contoocook River |
Mouth Location: | Peterborough |
Mouth Coordinates: | 42.8356°N -71.9767°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 818feet |
The Gridley River is a 6.3adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] river in southern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Contoocook River, part of the Merrimack River watershed. Most of the river's length is within the town of Sharon.
The Gridley River begins in the northwestern corner of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, on the western slopes of Kidder Mountain in the Wapack Range. The small stream flows west into Tophet Swamp, where it picks up a tributary from the northeast. The river soon enters the town of Sharon and heads north through wetlands and intervening steep patches, reaching the Contoocook River just within the southwestern corner of Peterborough.[2]