Where is the Ipswich River, and how big is it?
The Ipswich River is located in northeastern Massachusetts, and flows from its “headwaters” in Burlington, Wilmington and Andover, until it reaches Plum Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean in Ipswich (Click for map) . The river travels a meandering and relatively flat course. The change in elevation from the headwaters to the mouth of the river is only about 115 feet over more than 40 meandering miles (about 26 miles as the crow flies). Tributaries are the smaller feeder streams that drain parts of the watershed and flow into the Ipswich River. The Ipswich River’s tributaries include Bear Meadow, Black, Boston, Emerson, Fish, Gravelly, Howlett, Kimball, Lubbers, Maple Meadow, Martins, Mile, Mosquito, Norris, Nichols, Pye, Sawmill, School and Wills Brooks, Labor-in-Vain and Greenwood Creeks, and the Miles and Skug Rivers.
