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Best anchorages and harbours in Long Island Sound

48 documented anchorages and harbours in Long Island Sound, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.

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  1. Norwalk River anchorage1
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    Norwalk River anchorage

    5.0

    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
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    Coecles Harbour

    4.9

    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
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    West Harbor

    4.9

    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
  4. Lloyd Harbor4
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    Lloyd Harbor

    4.8

    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
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    Calf Islands

    4.8

    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
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    Hamburg Cove

    4.7

    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
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    Oyster Bay Harbor

    4.7

    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
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    Port Jefferson

    4.7

    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
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    Eaton's neck lighthouse

    4.7

    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
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    Long beach point

    4.5

    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
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    Majors Harbor

    4.5

    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
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    South Montauk Lake

    4.5

    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
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    Belden Point

    4.5

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

    • Sheltered NE, E, SE
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    Oyster Bay anchorage

    4.5

    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
  15. Sag Harbor Bay15
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    Sag Harbor Bay

    4.5

    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
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    Threemile Harbor

    4.4

    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
  17. Manhasset Bay17
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    Manhasset Bay

    4.3

    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
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    Orient Harbour

    4.3

    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
  19. North of Yonkers Yacht Club19
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    North of Yonkers Yacht Club

    4.3

    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
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    Charles Island

    4.2

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

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
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    Northport Harbour

    4.2

    Anchorage basin off the village of Northport, at the southeastern end of Northport Bay on the north shore of Long Island, New York.

    • Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
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    Southold

    4.2

    Anchorage off Southold on the North Fork of Long Island, New York, in the Peconic Bay system between Town Creek and Jockey Creek.

    • Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
  23. Thimble Islands23
    AnchorageUnited States

    Thimble Islands

    4.2

    Archipelago of pink-granite islands and rocky outcrops in Long Island Sound, off Stony Creek in Branford, Connecticut.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
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    Duck Island Anchorage, Westbrook

    4.1

    Anchorage behind Duck Island off Westbrook on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, sheltered by the island and its breakwaters.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
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    Coecles Harbor anchorage

    4.1

    Anchorage inside Coecles Harbor on Shelter Island, at the eastern end of New York's Peconic Bays, on a sand bottom.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
  26. Port Jefferson Moorings and Launch Service26
    AnchorageUnited States

    Port Jefferson Moorings and Launch Service

    3.8

    Visitor mooring field run by a launch service in Port Jefferson Harbour, on the north shore of Long Island, New York.

    • Paid
    • Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
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    New-London waterfront

    3.8

    Mooring field and anchorage on the Thames River off downtown New London, Connecticut.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
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    Raymond Rocks East

    3.6

    Anchorage off East Norwalk in the Norwalk Islands, Long Island Sound, Connecticut, mud bottom.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
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    Rocky Point

    3.6

    Anchorage in Stirling Basin off Greenport, on the North Fork of Long Island, with sand and mud bottom.

    • Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
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    Mattituck Creek anchorage

    3.6

    Anchorage in Mattituck Creek on the North Fork of Long Island, reached from the south shore of Long Island Sound.

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