Best anchorages and harbours in Long Island Sound

Norwalk River anchorage

Anchorage on the Norwalk River off South Norwalk, Connecticut, behind the Norwalk Islands on the north shore of Long Island Sound.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Coecles Harbour

Anchorage in Coecles Harbour on the east side of Shelter Island in New York, ringed by tidal creeks and oak woodland, mud bottom.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

West Harbor

West Harbor on the north side of Fishers Island, New York, the island's main harbour with the ferry landing and a broad mooring field.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Half Moon Bay Marina

Marina on the east bank of the Hudson River at Croton-on-Hudson, about 35 miles north of Manhattan.

Mystic Seaport Museum

Working maritime museum on the east bank of the Mystic River in Connecticut, with visitor dockage for boats calling at the museum.

Lloyd Harbor

Sheltered harbour branching west off Huntington Bay on the north shore of Long Island, New York. Mud bottom, well protected from all directions.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Calf Islands

Day anchorage off the Calf Islands in Captain Harbor, fronting the Byram shore of Greenwich, Connecticut, in western Long Island Sound.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Hamburg Cove

Marina and RV resort in the Seabrook district of New Orleans, at the junction of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal and Lake Pontchartrain.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Oyster Bay Harbor

Mooring in Oyster Bay Harbor on the North Shore of Long Island, New York, set on a sand bottom with all-round shelter.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Port Jefferson

Anchorage and mooring field in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, off Fort Adams State Park, on a sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Watch Hill Boat Yard

New England boatyard and marina on Pasadena Avenue at Watch Hill, Westerly, Rhode Island, with summer dockage and moorings.

Eaton's neck lighthouse

Anchorage off Eatons Neck at the entrance to Huntington Bay on Long Island Sound, New York. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Watch Hill Yacht Club

Yacht club managing around 72 moorings in Watch Hill Cove, on Little Narragansett Bay at Westerly, Rhode Island.

Cedar Island Marina

A large family-owned marina with about 400 berths on Clinton Harbour, Connecticut, off Long Island Sound.

Nyack Boat Club

Member sailing club on the west bank of the Hudson River at Nyack, New York, between the Tappan Zee Bridge and Hook Mountain.

Long beach point

Anchorage off Long Beach Point, the low sandbar that separates Orient Harbor from Gardiners Bay at the tip of Long Island's North Fork, New York.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Majors Harbor

Anchorage on the south-east side of Gardiners Island, set on the east side of Gardiners Bay between the forks of eastern Long Island, New York.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE

South Montauk Lake

Anchorage at the southern end of Lake Montauk, a 900-acre embayment on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Belden Point

Mooring field off the west side of City Island in Eastchester Bay, the Bronx, New York, on a mud bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Oyster Bay anchorage

Anchorage in Oyster Bay on the north shore of Long Island, off Centre Island, opening onto Long Island Sound.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Mystic Shipyard

Marina at Cape Vincent, New York, near the entrance of the St. Lawrence River off Lake Ontario.

Noroton Yacht Club

Private family sailing club founded in 1928 on Noroton Bay at Darien, Connecticut, just west of Long Neck Point.

Norwalk Cove Marina

Full-service marina with over 400 berths on the Norwalk River at East Norwalk, Connecticut.

Port Jefferson Yacht Club

Sailing club on Port Jefferson Harbour, a deep-water harbour on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York.

Sag Harbor Bay

Anchorage off the village of Sag Harbor, on Shelter Island Sound at the eastern end of Long Island, New York.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Threemile Harbor

Anchorage in Three Mile Harbor at East Hampton, New York, sand bottom, sheltered from the west but exposed to winds from the south-west to north-west.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Manhasset Bay

Anchorage and mooring field in Manhasset Bay off Port Washington, on the south shore of Long Island Sound.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Orient Harbour

Anchorage off the hamlet of Orient at the eastern tip of Long Island's North Fork, in Long Island Sound, New York.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW

North of Yonkers Yacht Club

Hudson River anchorage off Yonkers, New York, about 17 miles above The Battery and within sight of the New Jersey Palisades.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Charles Island

Anchorage by Gumbys Head in the Westport River, near Westport Point, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S