Jones Brook is a 10.6 mile long (17.1 km) stream

Stream

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

 located in eastern New Hampshire

New Hampshire

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 in the United States

United States

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. It is a tributary

Tributary

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 of the Branch River

Branch River (New Hampshire)

The Branch River is an 11.9 mile long river located in eastern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Salmon Falls River, part of the Piscataqua River watershed leading to the Atlantic Ocean....

, which leads to the Salmon Falls River

Salmon Falls River

The Salmon Falls River is a tributary of the Piscataqua River in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire. It rises at Great East Lake and flows south-southeast for approximately , forming the border between Maine and New Hampshire....

, part of the Piscataqua River

Piscataqua River

The Piscataqua River, in the northeastern United States, is a long tidal estuary formed by the confluence of the Salmon Falls and Cocheco rivers...

 watershed

Drainage basin

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 leading to the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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.

Jones Brook rises in the Moose Mountains, on the border between Brookfield

Brookfield, New Hampshire

Brookfield is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 712 at the 2010 census.-History:Settled in 1726 by Scottish-Irish immigrants, the town was first named Coleraine. Fertile ground made it popular with farmers. It was later renamed Brookfield, after...

 and Middleton, New Hampshire

Middleton, New Hampshire

Middleton is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,783 at the 2010 census.-History:Granted by the Masonian Proprietors in 1749, the town was named after Sir Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, who was in charge of convoy service between Barbados and the...

, and flows southeast through Middleton. Upon entering Milton

Milton, New Hampshire

Milton is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,598 at the 2010 census. A manufacturing, resort and residential town, Milton includes the village of Milton Mills...

, the stream turns back to the northwest and joins the Branch River downstream from the village of Union.