Sandy River (Kennebec River tributary)

Sandy River
Stereoscopic view of the river c. 1875
Location
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Phillips, Maine[1]
• elevation	1,700 feet (520 m)
Mouth
• location	Kennebec River
• coordinates	44°45′52″N 69°53′23″W / 44.7644°N 69.8898°W / 44.7644; -69.8898 (Sandy River)
• elevation	156 feet (48 m)
Length	73 miles (117 km)[2]
Discharge
• average	874 cu ft/s (24.7 m3/s)[3]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Lemon Stream
• right	South Branch Sandy River

Sandy River
Legend
Sandy River Ponds Appalachian Trail SR 4 Smalls Falls Chandler Mill Stream Crossman Stream SR 4 Saddleback Stream Madrid SR 4 SR 4 South Branch Sandy River Orbeton Stream Cottle Brook SR 142 former covered bridge SR 149 Phillips former Salmon Hole bridge Mount Blue Stream Dickey Brook Valley Brook SR 145 Strong McLeary Brook Winter Brook SR 4 Fairbanks Barker Stream Beaver Brook former MEC bridge US 2 Farmington Temple Stream Cascade Brook Beales Brook Wilson Stream SR 41 Farmington Falls McGurdy Stream Bragdon Brook Muddy Brook US 2 New Sharon Hale Brook Josiah Brook Bog Stream Lemon Stream Indian Stream Pelton Brook Kennebec River

The Sandy River is a 73.3-mile-long (118.0 km)^[2] tributary of the Kennebec River in the U.S. state of Maine.

The Sandy River originates in the Sandy River Ponds (44°53′37″N 70°32′26″W / 44.8937°N 70.5406°W / 44.8937; -70.5406 (Sandy River source)) at an elevation of 1,700 feet (520 m) in Sandy River Plantation. The river flows south to a confluence with Chandler Mill Stream in Maine Township E and then easterly to its confluence with Saddleback Stream in Madrid, and Orbeton Stream in Phillips. The river then flows southeasterly through the villages of Phillips and Strong. The river flows south from Strong to Farmington and flows northeasterly from Farmington Falls through New Sharon to discharge into the Kennebec River in Norridgewock a short distance south of the Madison town line. Maine State Route 4 follows the river from the Sandy River Ponds and bridges it at Strong along the way to Farmington, where it is again bridged. The river is bridged once more at Farmington by U.S. Route 2. Route 2 follows the river downstream to New Sharon where it makes the last bridged crossing of the river before its confluence with the Kennebec.