Best anchorages and harbours in Maine
49 documented anchorages and harbours in Maine, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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- 31AnchorageUnited States
Tenants Harbor
3.7Working fishing harbour midway down the St. George peninsula in Maine, on a mud bottom, with shelter from nearly every quarter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
32AnchorageUnited StatesPort Clyde Harbour
3.6Working harbour and anchorage at the tip of the St George peninsula, midcoast Maine, sheltered behind Hupper Island. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
33AnchorageUnited StatesCape Porpoise Harbour
3.6Anchorage at Cape Porpoise, the original village of Kennebunkport on the southern Maine coast, on a sand and mud bottom with shelter from NW through E and round to SW.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
34AnchorageUnited StatesPortsmouth
3.6Anchorage on the Piscataqua River at Portsmouth, on the Maine and New Hampshire boundary, mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
- 35AnchorageUnited States
Camp Island
3.6Anchorage off Camp Island in the Merchant Row archipelago, between Stonington and Isle au Haut, midcoast Maine. Sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 36AnchorageUnited States
Davis Cove
3.6Small cove anchorage on the western side of Penobscot Bay, Maine. Mud bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
37AnchorageUnited StatesWiscasset
3.5Town anchorage on the Sheepscot River in Maine, about 13 miles above the river mouth, in one of the deepest, ice-free harbours in the state.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
38AnchorageUnited StatesBear Island
3.5Anchorage off Bear Island, a 21-acre Maine Coast Heritage Trust conservation island on the eastern edge of Eggemoggin Reach near Deer Isle.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 39AnchorageUnited States
Hornbarn Cove
3.5Quiet cove on the lower St. George River in mid-coast Maine, with a mud bottom and shelter from every quarter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 40AnchorageUnited States
Pickering cove
3.5Anchorage off Pickering Island in East Penobscot Bay, Maine, near the western end of Eggemoggin Reach. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 41AnchorageUnited States
Belfast Anchorage
3.4Anchorage at Belfast Harbour, at the north end of Penobscot Bay where the Passagassawakeag River meets the bay, in Maine. Sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
42AnchorageUnited StatesBoothbay
2.8Anchorage in the inner harbour of Boothbay Harbor, on the midcoast of Maine, with a mud bottom and fresh water available ashore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 43AnchorageUnited States
Harmon Harbor
1.7Sheltered anchorage on Georgetown Island near the mouth of the Sheepscot River, in mid-coast Maine, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
44AnchorageUnited StatesBoothbay harbor
1.2Large, well-sheltered harbour on the mid-coast of Maine, one of the main cruising destinations of the region, easy to enter in all conditions.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 45AnchorageUnited States
Barred Islands
Anchorage in Penobscot Bay near Islesboro, Maine, on a mud bottom giving good holding.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
46AnchorageUnited StatesJameson Point
Mooring area off Jameson Point on the north side of Rockland Harbor, Penobscot Bay, Maine, with three buoys on a mud bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N
- 47AnchorageUnited States
Mooring near South Bristol
Anchorage on the mid-coast of Maine, in the South Bristol and Boothbay region. Rock bottom, with fresh water available.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 48AnchorageUnited States
Western Cove
Anchorage in Penobscot Bay off Eggemoggin Reach, Maine, on a mud bottom giving good holding.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 49AnchorageUnited States
York Harbor
Tidal anchorage on the York River, southern Maine, sheltered from most directions but open to the south-west.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SW, W