Best anchorages and harbours in New York and New Jersey
19 documented anchorages and harbours in New York and New Jersey, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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1AnchorageUnited StatesBarnegat Inlet
4.9Anchorage just inside Barnegat Inlet on the New Jersey coast, near High Bar Harbor at the north end of Long Beach Island.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
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Tices Shoal (Very Popular Anchoring Spot)
4.9Shallow-water anchorage in Barnegat Bay along the back side of Island Beach State Park, New Jersey.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
3AnchorageUnited StatesSandy Hook
4.8Anchorage in Sandy Hook Bay behind the barrier spit of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, at the southern entrance to New York Harbour.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
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Calf Islands
4.8Day 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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Belden Point
4.5Mooring field off the west side of City Island in Eastchester Bay, the Bronx, New York, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
6AnchorageUnited StatesStatue of Liberty
4.5Anchorage in Upper New York Bay off Liberty State Park, west of Liberty Island, on a mud bottom in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
7AnchorageUnited StatesManhasset Bay
4.3Anchorage 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
8AnchorageUnited StatesNorth of Yonkers Yacht Club
4.3Hudson River anchorage off Yonkers, New York, about 17 miles above The Battery and within sight of the New Jersey Palisades.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
9AnchorageUnited StatesAtlantic Highlands
3.8Anchorage behind the municipal harbour breakwater at Atlantic Highlands, on Sandy Hook Bay in New Jersey.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
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Atlantic City Coast Guard Anchorage
3.7Anchorage off the Coast Guard station at Atlantic City, in Absecon Inlet, New Jersey.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
11AnchorageUnited StatesDyckman Marina
3.6Small marina at the west end of Dyckman Street, on the Hudson River in the Inwood neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York, opposite the New Jersey Palisades.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
12AnchorageUnited StatesLiberty Park Anchorage
3.5Free anchorage off the Liberty State Park bulkhead in Jersey City, New Jersey, within New York Harbor opposite Lower Manhattan.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
13AnchorageUnited StatesCape May anchorage
3.5Anchorage in Cape May Harbour at the southern tip of New Jersey, on a mud bottom, at the southern end of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
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Ellis Island
3.5Free anchorage in Upper New York Bay off Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, on the New Jersey side, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
15AnchorageUnited StatesGravesend Bay
3.4Designated anchorage in south-west Brooklyn, north of Coney Island, off Lower New York Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
16AnchorageUnited StatesSheepshead Bay
2.3Sheltered bay on the southern shore of Brooklyn, New York, lined with marinas and a long-established party-fishing fleet, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
17AnchorageUnited StatesLouis Engel Waterfront Park
Anchorage off Louis Engel Waterfront Park at Ossining, on the east bank of the Hudson River in New York State.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
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Ossining
Anchorage on the east bank of the Hudson River off the village of Ossining, in Westchester County about 30 miles north of Manhattan.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
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Wading River
Tidal estuary in the New Jersey Pinelands, a tributary of the Mullica River, with its lower three miles forming a navigable arm just west of the Garden State Parkway.
- Sheltered W