Best anchorages and harbours in Boston and the North Shore
90 documented anchorages and harbours in Boston and the North Shore, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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1HarbourBoston, United StatesBoston Waterboat Marina
4.9A marina on historic Long Wharf in Boston inner harbour, the city's oldest continuously operating yachting facility.
- 2HarbourCharlestown, United States
Charlestown Marina
4.6Marina set in the historic Charlestown Navy Yard on Boston Harbor, occupying berths on Piers 6 and 8 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
3HarbourNew Castle, United StatesPortsmouth Yacht Club
4.5Member yacht club at New Castle, New Hampshire, on the Piscataqua River, with visitor moorings and a public fuel berth.
4HarbourGloucester, United StatesGloucester Inner Harbor
4.1Working fishing harbour at Gloucester on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, about 25 miles north-east of Boston, sheltered behind a long breakwater.
5HarbourLynn, United StatesSeaport Landing Marina
3.8Municipal marina on the Lynnway in Lynn, Massachusetts, on the north shore of Boston harbour about 10 miles north of Boston.
6HarbourNew Castle, United StatesPortsmouth Yacht Club
3.8Members' yacht club on the Piscataqua River in New Castle, New Hampshire, with a public fuel berth and transient moorings off the clubhouse and in Pepperrell Cove across the river in Maine.
7HarbourKittery, United StatesSafe Harbor Kittery Point
3.4Marina in the Back Channel of the Piscataqua River, on the Maine side of the river opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with direct open access to the Gulf of Maine.
8HarbourGloucester, United StatesAnnisquam Yacht Club
3.3Private sailing club on the Annisquam River at Annisquam village, Gloucester, Massachusetts, founded in 1896.
9HarbourGloucester, United StatesCape Ann Marina
3.2Year-round marina on the Annisquam River just inside Gloucester harbour, on the north shore of Massachusetts, about 40 miles north of Boston.
- 10HarbourWinthrop, United States
Atlantis Marina
Marina of about 130 berths at 550 Pleasant Street, Winthrop, Massachusetts, set in the sheltered water of Winthrop Harbor.
11HarbourKittery, United StatesBadgers Island Marina
Marina on the Maine bank of the Piscataqua River at Kittery, opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about 2 nm from the river mouth.
12HarbourGloucester, United StatesBeacon Marine Basin Inc
Family-owned marina at 211 East Main Street in East Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Smiths Cove off the inner harbour.
- 13HarbourWeymouth, United States
Bert's Boat Yard-Marina
Small semi-private boatyard on Norton Street at North Weymouth, Massachusetts, used mainly by South Shore Yacht Club members.
- 14HarbourBeverly, United States
Beverly Port Marina Inc
Full-service marina at 43 Water Street, Beverly, at the mouth of Beverly Harbour on the North Shore of Massachusetts.
- 15HarbourBeverly, United States
Beverly Port Marina Inc
Full-service marina at 43 Water Street in Beverly Harbour, on the Massachusetts North Shore, holding around 300 boats in summer.
16HarbourBoston, United StatesBoston Harbor Shipyard & Marina
Full-service marina at Jeffries Point in East Boston, on the site of the former East Boston shipyard.
17HarbourBoston, United StatesBoston Harbor, Barking Crab Marina
Small marina in Fort Point Channel, Boston, behind the Barking Crab seafood restaurant, between the Northern Avenue Bridge and the Evelyn Moakley Bridge.
18HarbourMarblehead, United StatesBoston Yacht Club
Yacht club station in Marblehead Harbour, on the Massachusetts North Shore, with moorings, pontoon berths and a fuel berth on the waterfront.
- 19HarbourBraintree, United States
Braintree Yacht Club
Members' yacht club at the head of the Weymouth Fore River, in Braintree, Massachusetts, in the most sheltered waters of Boston Harbour.
- 20HarbourGloucester, United States
Brown's Yacht Yard
Year-round full-service boatyard on the eastern shore of Gloucester's Inner Harbour at Cripple Cove, Massachusetts.
21HarbourQuincy, United StatesCaptain's Cove Marina
Marina of 180 berths in a sheltered inlet of the Town River at Quincy, in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.
22HarbourBoston, United StatesCarefree Boat Club Boston
Members' boat club at Boston Harbor Shipyard and Marina, 256 Marginal Street, East Boston, on the north shore of the inner harbour.
- 23HarbourCohasset, United States
Cohasset Harbor Marina
Marina of 75 floating berths at the end of Parker Avenue in Cohasset, on the South Shore of Massachusetts.
- 24HarbourCohasset, United States
Cohasset Sailing Club
Community sailing club at 19 Lighthouse Lane on Cohasset Harbour, on the Massachusetts South Shore.
- 25HarbourCohasset, United States
Cohasset Yacht Club
Yacht club founded in 1894 on Cohasset Harbour, on the South Shore of Massachusetts.
26HarbourBoston, United StatesConstitution Marina Your Boston Harbor Destination
A 265-berth marina in the Charlestown Navy Yard on Boston inner harbour, on the Freedom Trail.
- 27HarbourSalisbury, United States
Cove Marina
Marina on the north bank of the Merrimack River at Salisbury, Massachusetts, just west of the Route 1 Newburyport bridge.
28HarbourWinthrop, United StatesCrystal Cove Marina
Marina of 118 berths in Winthrop, on the northern edge of Boston inner harbour, Massachusetts.
- 29HarbourBoston, United States
Dorchester Yacht Club
Members' yacht club on Dorchester Bay near the mouth of the Neponset River, south of Boston.
- 30HarbourBoston, United States
East Boston Yacht Club
Family boating and social club on the East Boston waterfront at 1 Rice Street, on the inner side of Boston Harbor in Massachusetts.