Saco River
The Saco River is a river in northeastern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine in the United States. It drains a rural area of 1,703 square miles of forests and farmlands west and southwest of Portland, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Saco Bay, 136 miles from its source.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Hampshire and Maine, United States
- Also known as: “Chouacoet”, “River ofSalko”, “River Swanckadocke”, “Sauco”, “Sawacotuck”, “Sawco”, “Sawquatock”, “Shawakotoc”, “Sowaquatocke”, “Sowocotuck”, and “Swanckadock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wood Island Light Station and Ferry Beach State Park.
Wood Island Light Station
Heritage site
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Wood Island Light is an active lighthouse on the eastern edge of Wood Island in Saco Bay, on the southern coast of Maine. The light is just outside the entrance to Biddeford Pool and the end of the Saco River.
Ferry Beach State Park
Nature reserve
Ferry Beach State Park is a public recreation area occupying 117 acres on Saco Bay north of the mouth of the Saco River in Saco, Maine. The state park encompasses a sandy Atlantic Ocean beach, inland hiking trails, and nature center. Ferry Beach State Park is situated 2 miles northwest of Saco River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hills Beach and Fortunes Rocks.
Hills Beach
Hamlet
Hills Beach is a seaside community in Biddeford, York County, Maine, United States, approximately 85 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts. Hills Beach is a narrow stretch of sandy beach on the north side of Biddeford Pool near the mouth of the Saco River and near the Saco Bay.
Fortunes Rocks
Neighborhood
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Fortunes Rocks is seaside community in Biddeford, York County, Maine, located approximately 85 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts. The 1999 novel Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve is loosely based on this Maine seaside neighborhood. Fortunes Rocks is situated 3 miles southwest of Saco River.
Ocean Park
Neighborhood
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Ocean Park is a village in the town of Old Orchard Beach in York County, Maine, United States. A historic family style summer community affiliated with the Free Will Baptists, the community is located in southern Old Orchard Beach on Saco Bay. Ocean Park is situated 3 miles northwest of Saco River.
Saco River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: York County, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Saco River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر ساكو”
- Armenian: “Սակո (գետ)”
- Asturian: “Ríu Saco”
- Catalan: “Saco”
- Cebuano: “Saco River”
- Chuvash: “Сако”
- Dutch: “Saco River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ساكو”
- French: “Rivière Saco”
- French: “Saco River”
- German: “Saco River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Saco”
- Italian: “Saco”
- Russian: “Сако (река)”
- Russian: “Сако”
- Russian: “Соко (река)”
- Ukrainian: “Сако (річка)”
- Ukrainian: “Сако”
- Venetian: “Saco”
- Welsh: “Afon Saco”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Biddeford Pool and Camp Ellis.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sharps Rocks and Stage Island.
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