Saxtons River

This article is about the river. For the village, see Saxtons River, Vermont.
Not to be confused with Saxton River.
Saxtons River Falls in Saxtons River Village, seen from below the Centennial Bridge (Westminster St), at fairly high flow. Part of Tenney's Mill (red building) is visible behind the bridge; it was powered by water from a dam farther upstream. The foundations of Frey's Mill, which was powered by water from these falls, are just out of the frame on the right.

The Saxtons River is a 22.9-mile-long (36.9 km)[1] river in the U.S. state of Vermont, a tributary of the Connecticut River. Its watershed covers 78 square miles (200 km2) and a range in altitude of 1,800 feet (550 m); land use is about 80% forested and 3% agricultural, and the upper river supports wild brook trout and brown trout, while Atlantic salmon occur but are usually limited to the area below Twin Falls on the lower river.[2][3]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. ^ "Vermont Fish and Wildlife".
  3. ^ "Twin Falls Westminster, VT".