Sandy River (Kennebec River tributary)

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Sandy River

| image = On the Sandy River, Me, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg

| image_size =

| image_caption = Stereoscopic view of the river c. 1875

| source1_location = Phillips, Maine{{cite web | url=https://maineanencyclopedia.com/sandy-river-phillips-to-farmington/ | title=Sandy River, Phillips to Farmington | Maine: An Encyclopedia | date=14 August 2013 }}

| mouth_location = Kennebec River

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|44.7644|-69.8898|region:US-ME|format=dms|name=Sandy River|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| length = {{convert|73|mi}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|1700|ft}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|156|ft}}

| discharge1_avg = {{convert|874|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}York (1976) p. 14.

| basin_size =

| tributaries_left = Lemon Stream

| tributaries_right = South Branch Sandy River

}}

{{routemap

|title=Sandy River

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WKBHFa~~Sandy River Ponds

fWBRÜCKE1q~~Appalachian Trail

RYoW1q~~{{jctrdt|state=ME|ME|4}}

RP2oWq~~Smalls Falls

WABZg+r~~Chandler Mill Stream

WABZg+r~~Crossman Stream

RYoW1q~~{{jctrdt|state=ME|ME|4}}

WABZg+l~~Saddleback Stream

RP2oWq~~Madrid

RYoW1q~~{{jctrdt|state=ME|ME|4}}

RYoW1q~~{{jctrdt|state=ME|ME|4}}

WABZg+r~~South Branch Sandy River

WABZg+l~~Orbeton Stream

WABZg+r~~Cottle Brook

RYoW1q~~{{jctrdt|state=ME|ME|142}}

exhKRZWaeq~~former covered bridge

RYoW1q~~{{jctrdt|state=ME|ME|149}} Phillips

exhKRZWaeq~~former Salmon Hole bridge

WABZg+r~~Mount Blue Stream

WABZg+r~~Dickey Brook

WABZg+l~~Valley Brook

RYoW1q~~{{jctrdt|state=ME|ME|145}} Strong

WABZg+l~~McLeary Brook

WABZg+l~~Winter Brook

RYoW1q~~{{jctrdt|state=ME|ME|4}} Fairbanks

WABZg+l~~Barker Stream

WABZg+l~~Beaver Brook

exhKRZWaeq~~former MEC bridge

RYoW1q~~{{jctrdt|state=NH|US|2}} Farmington

WABZg+r~~Temple Stream

WABZg+l~~Cascade Brook

WABZg+l~~Beales Brook

WABZg+r~~Wilson Stream

RYoW1q~~{{jctrdt|state=ME|ME|41}} Farmington Falls

WABZg+r~~McGurdy Stream

WABZg+l~~Bragdon Brook

WABZg+l~~Muddy Brook

RYoW1q~~{{jctrdt|state=NH|US|2}} New Sharon

WABZg+l~~Hale Brook

WABZg+l~~Josiah Brook

WABZg+r~~Bog Stream

WABZg+l~~Lemon Stream

WABZg+r~~Indian Stream

WABZg+l~~Pelton Brook

WABZqr~~Kennebec River

}}

The Sandy River is a {{convert|73.3|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed June 30, 2011 tributary of the Kennebec River in the U.S. state of Maine.

The Sandy River originates in the Sandy River Ponds ({{coord|44.8937|-70.5406 |format=dms |type:river_region:US-ME |name= Sandy River source}}) at an elevation of {{convert|1700|ft}} 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.