Best anchorages and harbours in Boston and the North Shore

Marblehead Yacht Club

Yacht club on Marblehead Harbour, north of Boston in Massachusetts, in the old Shipyard neighbourhood.

Marina at Admirals Hill

A 140-berth marina on the Mystic River at Chelsea, just upstream of Boston inner harbour, with bridge-free access.

MarineMax Boston

Full-service marina on the Town River at Quincy, just south of Boston, with around 255 wet berths.

Newburyport Boat Basin

Marina on the Merrimack River at Newburyport, Massachusetts, about 4.5 miles upriver from the Atlantic and 1.5 miles from the town centre.

Newburyport Harbor Marina

Full-service marina on the Merrimack River at Newburyport, Massachusetts, about 2.5 miles upstream of the river mouth.

Newburyport Yacht Club

Club marina on the Merrimack River at Newburyport, Massachusetts, two miles upriver from the river mouth.

NH Port Authority Commercial Fish Pier

State-owned commercial fishing pier on Peirce Island in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on the Piscataqua River. Not a leisure marina.

Pepperrell Cove

Sheltered mooring field at Kittery Point, Maine, just inside the mouth of the Piscataqua River near Fort McClary.

Perley's Marina Repair

Boatyard and marina about one mile up the Rowley River at Rowley, Massachusetts, in the Plum Island Sound estuary.

Pickering Wharf Marina

Marina on Pickering Wharf in Salem harbour, Massachusetts, set against the shops and restaurants of the historic waterfront.

Pier 7 Marina

Marina at the head of the South Channel in Gloucester Inner Harbor, Cape Ann, Massachusetts.

Pike Marine

Family-run marina at 80 Main Street in Essex, Massachusetts, on the Essex River in Cape Ann.

Piscataqua Marina

Small marina on Badgers Island, Kittery, Maine, on the Piscataqua River opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Point of Pines Yacht Club

Family boating club at 28 Rice Avenue in Revere, Massachusetts, on Broad Sound at the mouth of the Saugus River, about 10 miles north of Boston.

Pope's Landing Marine

Full-service marina and boatyard on the Danvers River at Danvers, Massachusetts, on the North Shore off Route 128.

Port Norfolk Yacht Club

Members' boating club on the Neponset River at Port Norfolk in Dorchester, south of Boston.

Portsmouth Harbor Cruises

Tour-boat landing at 64 Ceres Street in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on the Piscataqua River, home berth of the M/V Heritage.

Prescott Park Municipal Dock

Public floating dock on the Piscataqua River in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with 10 berths, 8 of them for visiting boats.

Ring's Island Marina

Marina on Ring's Island, on the Salisbury side of the Merrimack River, opposite Newburyport in Massachusetts.

Riverfront Marina

Family-run marina on the Parker River at Newbury, Massachusetts, taken over by Riverfront Marine in 1991.

Rye Harbor State Marina

State-run harbour at Rye, New Hampshire, set inside two stone breakwaters, with a public landing and pontoon at the head of the basin.

Safe Harbor Marina Bay

Full-service marina on Dorchester Bay at North Quincy, about 7 miles south of Boston.

Safe Harbor Sunset Bay

Marina on the southern shore of Boston Harbor at Hull, Massachusetts, part of the Safe Harbor network.

Safe Harbor Wentworth By The Sea

Full-service marina in Little Harbour at the mouth of the Piscataqua River, on New Castle island near Portsmouth.

SailTime Boston at Fan Pier

Fractional sailing club based at Fan Pier Marina in Boston's Seaport District, on the inner harbour.

Salem Willows Yacht Club

Member yacht club on Salem Harbour in Massachusetts, at Salem Willows Park, with around 60 berths for boats up to 40 feet.

Scituate Harbor Marina

Marina on the western shore of Scituate Harbour, a sheltered South Shore harbour south of Boston, Massachusetts.

Squantum

Mooring buoy off Squantum, a peninsula of Quincy in Massachusetts, bordered by Dorchester Bay and Quincy Bay south of Boston Harbour.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Steamboat Wharf Marina

Full-service marina and boatyard on the Weir River in Hull, in a protected cove across from World's End.

Tern Harbor Marina

Family-run full-service marina near the mouth of the Weymouth Back River, on the Hingham and Weymouth line in Massachusetts.