The Drakes River is a 2.1 mile long (3.4 km) stream

Stream

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 located in southeastern New Hampshire

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 in the United States

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. It is a tributary

Tributary

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 of the Taylor River, a tidal inlet

Estuary

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 (via the Hampton River

Hampton River (New Hampshire)

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) of the Atlantic Ocean

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.

The river rises in an office park just southeast of the Interstate 95

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/NH 101

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 interchange in Hampton, New Hampshire

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. It flows south, through Coffin Pond, and reaches the Taylor River just west of the Route 1

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crossing of the Hampton saltmarsh.