| Mad River | |
| Pushpin Map: | New Hampshire#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 250 px |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | New Hampshire |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Grafton |
| Subdivision Type4: | Towns |
| Subdivision Name4: | Livermore, Waterville Valley, Thornton, Campton |
| Length: | 17.9miles |
| Source1: | Greeley Ponds |
| Source1 Location: | White Mountain National Forest |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 44.0117°N -71.5069°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 2240feet |
| Mouth: | Pemigewasset River |
| Mouth Location: | Campton |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 43.8389°N -71.6517°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 543feet |
| Tributaries Left: | Flume Brook, Cascade Brook, Snows Brook, Drakes Brook, Smarts Brook, Chickenboro Brook |
| Tributaries Right: | West Branch, Hardy Brook |
The Mad River is a 17.9adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] river in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pemigewasset River, part of the Merrimack River watershed.
The Mad River begins at the Greeley Ponds in Mad River Notch, a mountain pass between Mount Osceola to the west and Mount Kancamagus to the east, in the township of Livermore. The river descends to the south, followed by the Greeley Pond Trail, to the town of Waterville Valley, where the West Branch enters.
After winding through the Waterville Valley Resort community, the Mad River proceeds southwest over continuous boulder-strewn rapids into a corner of the town of Thornton, eventually settling out in Campton Pond in the town of Campton.[2] Passing over a small hydroelectric dam at Campton Upper Village, the river descends over some small waterfalls and enters the floodplain of the Pemigewasset River, which it joins near Interstate 93.
For most of the river's length below Waterville Valley, it is paralleled by New Hampshire Route 49.