Assabet River
The Assabet River is a small, 34.4-mile long river located about 20 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The Assabet rises from a swampy area known as the Assabet Reservoir in Westborough, Massachusetts, and flows northeast before merging with the Sudbury River at Egg Rock in Concord, Massachusetts, to become the Concord River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Asabeth River”, “Assabet Flow”, “Assabeth River”, “Elizabeth River”, “North Assabeth River”, and “North River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Egg Rock and Old North Bridge.
Egg Rock
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Egg Rock is an outcrop of Silurian Straw Hollow Diorite at the confluence of the Assabet and Sudbury rivers, where they form the Concord River in Concord, Massachusetts.
Old North Bridge
Bridge
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The North Bridge, often colloquially called the Old North Bridge, is a historic site in Concord, Massachusetts, spanning the Concord River. On April 19, 1775, the first day of the American Revolutionary War, provincial minutemen and militia companies numbering approximately 400 engaged roughly 90 British Army troops at this location.
Concord Free Public Library
Library
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The Concord Free Public Library is a public library in the town of Concord, Massachusetts. The main building is located at 129 Main Street, and the Fowler branch is located at 1322 Main Street in West Concord.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Concord and West Concord.
Concord
Maybe you’ve never heard of sleepy Concord Massachusetts population 18,000, but your life has certainly been impacted by it. This is where "the shot heard round the world" was fired in the spring of 1775, setting off a chain of events that would eventually lead to the creation of the United States.
West Concord
Hamlet
West Concord is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of Concord in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,320 at the 2020 census. West Concord is situated 2 miles west of Assabet River.
Lincoln
Village
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Maybe you’ve never heard of sleepy Concord Massachusetts population 18,000, but your life has certainly been impacted by it. This is where "the shot heard round the world" was fired in the spring of 1775, setting off a chain of events that would eventually lead to the creation of the United States. Lincoln is situated 4 miles southeast of Assabet River.
Assabet River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Assabet River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Assabet”
- Catalan: “Assabet”
- Cebuano: “Assabet River”
- Chinese: “阿萨贝特河”
- Chinese: “阿薩伯特河”
- Dutch: “Assabet River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اسابيت”
- French: “Assabet River”
- German: “Assabet River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Assabet”
- Venetian: “Assabet”
- Welsh: “Afon Assabet”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Plain and Meriams Corner.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sudbury River and Nashawtuc Hill.
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