Best anchorages and harbours in New England

153 documented anchorages and harbours in New England, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.

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  1. 91
    MouillageUnited States

    Tenants Harbor

    3.7

    Working 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
  2. 92
    MouillageUnited States

    Dutch Harbor

    3.7

    Harbour on the west side of Conanicut Island at Jamestown, Rhode Island, between the island and Dutch Island in the West Passage of Narragansett Bay.

    • Sheltered N, NE, W, E, S, SE
  3. Port Clyde Harbour93
    MouillageUnited States

    Port Clyde Harbour

    3.6

    Working 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
  4. 94
    MouillageUnited States

    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
  5. Cape Porpoise Harbour95
    MouillageUnited States

    Cape Porpoise Harbour

    3.6

    Anchorage 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
  6. Portsmouth96
    MouillageUnited States

    Portsmouth

    3.6

    Anchorage on the Piscataqua River at Portsmouth, on the Maine and New Hampshire boundary, mud bottom.

    • Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
  7. 97
    MouillageUnited States

    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
  8. 98
    MouillageUnited States

    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
  9. 99
    MouillageUnited States

    Camp Island

    3.6

    Anchorage 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
  10. Dyckman Marina100
    MouillageUnited States

    Dyckman Marina

    3.6

    Small 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
  11. South Boston Yacht Club101
    MouillageUnited States

    South Boston Yacht Club

    3.6

    Yacht club mooring field in Dorchester Bay, off South Boston, Massachusetts, inside the inner harbour.

    • Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
  12. 102
    MouillageUnited States

    Davis Cove

    3.6

    Small cove anchorage on the western side of Penobscot Bay, Maine. Mud bottom with good holding.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
  13. Wiscasset103
    MouillageUnited States

    Wiscasset

    3.5

    Town 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
  14. Compo Beach104
    MouillageUnited States

    Compo Beach

    3.5

    Anchorage off Compo Beach in Long Island Sound, near the mouth of the Saugatuck River at Westport, Connecticut.

    • Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
  15. Bear Island105
    MouillageUnited States

    Bear Island

    3.5

    Anchorage 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
  16. 106
    MouillageUnited States

    Hornbarn Cove

    3.5

    Quiet 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
  17. 107
    MouillageUnited States

    Pickering cove

    3.5

    Anchorage off Pickering Island in East Penobscot Bay, Maine, near the western end of Eggemoggin Reach. Mud bottom.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
  18. 108
    MouillageUnited States

    Nichol's Point

    3.5

    Anchorage near The Gut, the narrow passage between North Hero and South Hero islands on Lake Champlain, Vermont.

    • Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
  19. 109
    MouillageUnited States

    Point Judith Harbor Refuge

    3.5

    Anchorage inside the Point Judith Harbor of Refuge at Narragansett, Rhode Island, at the south-western tip of Narragansett Bay, on sand and mud.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
  20. 110
    MouillageUnited States

    Quamino rock bay

    3.5

    Anchorage in Cohasset Harbour, Massachusetts, beside Big Quamino Rock, a barren islet off the inner harbour.

    • Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
  21. 111
    MouillageUnited States

    Belfast Anchorage

    3.4

    Anchorage 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
  22. Goddard Memorial State Park112
    MouillageUnited States

    Goddard Memorial State Park

    3.4

    Anchorage off Goddard Memorial State Park, on the shore of Greenwich Cove and Greenwich Bay at Warwick, Rhode Island.

    • Sheltered SW, S, SE
  23. 113
    MouillageUnited States

    West Neck Harbor

    3.3

    Sheltered anchorage off the south-west shore of Shelter Island, in the Peconic estuary of eastern Long Island, New York.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
  24. 114
    MouillageUnited States

    Stamford Harbour

    3.3

    Outer harbour anchorage at Stamford on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, about 33 miles east of New York.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
  25. Joshua Cove115
    MouillageUnited States

    Joshua Cove

    3.2

    Cove on the Guilford shore of Long Island Sound, Connecticut, just north of the Sachem's Head peninsula, with a bottom of rock and mud.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE
  26. 116
    MouillageUnited States

    Oyster Bay Cove

    3.2

    Anchorage in Oyster Bay Harbor on the north shore of Long Island, New York, on the Oyster Bay Cove side east of the mooring fleet, on a mud bottom.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
  27. 117
    MouillageUnited States

    Monty's Bay Marina

    3.2

    Marina in a bay on the New York shore of Lake Champlain at West Chazy, about 8 miles north of Plattsburgh, with a sand bottom.

    • Sheltered S
  28. 118
    MouillageUnited States

    Cotuit Bay

    3.1

    Bay anchorage on the south coast of Cape Cod, sheltered behind Osterville Grand Island off Nantucket Sound, in the village of Cotuit, Massachusetts.

    • Paid
    • Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW
  29. Boothbay119
    MouillageUnited States

    Boothbay

    2.8

    Anchorage 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
  30. Canal cape cod120
    MouillageUnited States

    Canal cape cod

    2.8

    Waiting anchorage off the eastern entrance of the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts, on a sand bottom in Cape Cod Bay.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE