Black Brook (Merrimack River tributary)

Black Brook is an 11.4-mile-long (18.3 km)[1] stream located in southern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, which flows to the Gulf of Maine.

Black Brook
Black Brook at site of former dam in Manchester, NH (2011)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Hampshire
CountiesMerrimack, Hillsborough
MunicipalitiesDunbarton, Goffstown, Manchester
Physical characteristics
SourceKimball Pond
  locationDunbarton
  coordinates43°4′54″N 71°34′31″W
  elevation494 ft (151 m)
MouthMerrimack River
  location
Manchester
  coordinates
43°0′34″N 71°28′31″W
  elevation
175 ft (53 m)
Length11.4 mi (18.3 km)

Black Brook begins at the outlet of Kimball Pond in Dunbarton, New Hampshire. The brook travels southeast into Goffstown and then Manchester, joining the Merrimack just upstream from Amoskeag Falls.

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