Best anchorages and harbours in New England

Block Island Hotel

Anchorage off Old Harbor on the east side of Block Island, Rhode Island, an artificial harbour formed by two breakwaters.

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

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

Camden

Harbour on the western shore of Penobscot Bay in Camden, Maine, with a mud bottom and fresh water available.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Green Island

Anchorage off Green Island, a 48-acre Maine Coast Heritage Trust conservation island in the Merchant Row archipelago between Stonington and Isle au Haut.

• Sheltered NW, N

Hull Bay

Open anchorage off the town of Hull, on the western side of Hingham Bay in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Ram Island

Anchorage in Smith Cove, on Cape Rosier across the Bagaduce River from Castine, in eastern Penobscot Bay, Maine. Sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW

Stage Island

Anchorage inside Stage Island in Wood Island Harbour, near Biddeford Pool, in Maine, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered W, SW, S

Biddeford Pool Yacht Club

Private yacht club at Biddeford Pool on the southern Maine coast, with guest moorings open to transient boats for a fee.

Duck Harbour Isle au Haut

Anchorage on the west side of Isle au Haut, Maine, within Acadia National Park, on a sand and mud bottom with shelter from N through E and round to SE.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Sheepsco River

Anchorage on the Sheepscot River in midcoast Maine, on a mud bottom, sheltered from north through to south-east.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Mackeral Cove Beach

Cove on the east side of the isthmus that links Beavertail to the main body of Conanicut Island, Jamestown, in Narragansett Bay.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Middle Bay

Anchorage on the New York shore of Lake Champlain, north of Plattsburgh, with a sand bottom and shelter from every quarter.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW

Hoppy's Landing

Anchorage off Hoppys Landing, by the causeway linking West Island to the mainland at Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, 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

Onset Bay

Anchorage in Onset Bay on Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, just west of the Cape Cod Canal and the village of Onset.

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

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.

Pope's Island Marina

Marina on the south side of Pope's Island in New Bedford harbour, Massachusetts, inside the hurricane barrier on the Acushnet River.

Burnt Coat Harbour Swans Island

Anchorage at Burnt Coat Harbour, Swans Island, in outer Blue Hill Bay, Maine, on a sand and mud bottom with shelter from NW through E round to SE.

• Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE

Boston Waterboat Marina

A marina on historic Long Wharf in Boston inner harbour, the city's oldest continuously operating yachting facility.

Brown's Wharf Marina

Marina attached to the Brown's Wharf Inn on the east shore of Boothbay Harbor, in midcoast Maine.

Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina

Full-service marina on America's Cup Avenue in downtown Newport, Rhode Island, with the hotel of the same name on its quay.

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.

Great Harbor

Mooring field in Great Harbor at Woods Hole, the village at the south-western tip of Cape Cod, in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S

Monhegan

Mooring buoys in Monhegan Harbour, off Monhegan Island in the Gulf of Maine, about 12 nautical miles from the mainland. Mixed rock, weed and mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, E, SW, S, SE

Carousel Marina

Full-service marina and the only fuel berth in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, on Atlantic Avenue at the east side of the harbour.

Sandy Neck Lighthouse

Anchorage off Beach Point at the tip of Sandy Neck, the barrier beach at the entrance to Barnstable Harbour, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Bristol Harbour

Mooring and anchorage off the town of Bristol on the east side of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, with fresh water available ashore.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

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

North Pomeroy Rock

Anchorage off the Fore River near Back Cove, north of the Portland peninsula, Maine. Mud bottom, all-round shelter.

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