Best anchorages and harbours in New England
645 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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1HarbourBiddeford, United StatesBiddeford Pool Yacht Club
5.0Private yacht club at Biddeford Pool on the southern Maine coast, with guest moorings open to transient boats for a fee.
- 2HarbourCroton-On-Hudson, United States
Half Moon Bay Marina
4.9Marina on the east bank of the Hudson River at Croton-on-Hudson, about 35 miles north of Manhattan.
3HarbourNew Bedford, United StatesPope's Island Marina
4.9Marina on the south side of Pope's Island in New Bedford harbour, Massachusetts, inside the hurricane barrier on the Acushnet River.
4HarbourBoston, United StatesBoston Waterboat Marina
4.9A marina on historic Long Wharf in Boston inner harbour, the city's oldest continuously operating yachting facility.
5HarbourBoothbay Harbor, United StatesBrown's Wharf Marina
4.9Marina attached to the Brown's Wharf Inn on the east shore of Boothbay Harbor, in midcoast Maine.
6HarbourNewport, United StatesNewport Harbor Hotel & Marina
4.9Full-service marina on America's Cup Avenue in downtown Newport, Rhode Island, with the hotel of the same name on its quay.
7HarbourStonington, United StatesMystic Seaport Museum
4.8Working maritime museum on the east bank of the Mystic River in Connecticut, with visitor dockage for boats calling at the museum.
8HarbourBoothbay Harbor, United StatesCarousel Marina
4.8Full-service marina and the only fuel berth in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, on Atlantic Avenue at the east side of the harbour.
9HarbourSouth Portland, United StatesSunset Marina
4.8Full-service marina at 231 Front Street in South Portland, on the western shore of Portland Harbour, Maine.
10HarbourBar Harbor, United StatesBar Harbor moorings
4.7Fifteen town moorings managed by the harbourmaster in Bar Harbor, on Frenchman Bay at the northeast corner of Mount Desert Island.
11HarbourRockland, United StatesLandings Marina
4.7Full-service marina in inner Rockland Harbour on the west side of Penobscot Bay in mid-coast Maine, one block from the downtown waterfront.
12HarbourNewport, United StatesCasey's Marina
4.7Full-service marina on Spring Wharf in downtown Newport, Rhode Island, with 35 berths and a fuel berth.
- 13HarbourWesterly, United States
Watch Hill Boat Yard
4.7New England boatyard and marina on Pasadena Avenue at Watch Hill, Westerly, Rhode Island, with summer dockage and moorings.
14HarbourWesterly, United StatesWatch Hill Yacht Club
4.7Yacht club managing around 72 moorings in Watch Hill Cove, on Little Narragansett Bay at Westerly, Rhode Island.
- 15HarbourCementon, United States
Cementon Dock
4.7Small creek-side dock on the Hudson River at Cementon, a hamlet of the Town of Catskill in Greene County, New York.
- 16HarbourCharlestown, United States
Charlestown Marina
4.6Marina set in the historic Charlestown Navy Yard on Boston Harbor, occupying berths on Piers 6 and 8 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
17HarbourClinton, United StatesCedar Island Marina
4.6A large family-owned marina with about 400 berths on Clinton Harbour, Connecticut, off Long Island Sound.
- 18HarbourCharlestown, United States
Shelter Cove Marina
4.6Marina at the eastern end of Ninigret Pond in Charlestown, Rhode Island, the largest salt pond in the state.
- 19HarbourUnited States
Nyack Boat Club
4.6Member sailing club on the west bank of the Hudson River at Nyack, New York, between the Tappan Zee Bridge and Hook Mountain.
- 20HarbourCementon, United States
Hop-O-Nose Marina
4.6Full-service marina on Catskill Creek at Catskill, New York, near Hudson River mile 112.
- 21HarbourUnited States
Buck's Harbor Marina
4.5Full-service marina in a deep-water harbour at the head of Eggemoggin Reach, near South Brooksville on the Maine coast.
- 22HarbourNew Shoreham, United States
Champlin's Marina
4.5Large marina on the Great Salt Pond at Block Island, one of New England's main offshore yachting destinations.
23HarbourOak Bluffs, United StatesOak Bluffs
4.5Town marina on the north shore of Martha's Vineyard, with 81 berths and 50 moorings.
24HarbourGroton, United StatesMystic Shipyard
4.5Marina at Cape Vincent, New York, near the entrance of the St. Lawrence River off Lake Ontario.
- 25HarbourDarien, United States
Noroton Yacht Club
4.5Private family sailing club founded in 1928 on Noroton Bay at Darien, Connecticut, just west of Long Neck Point.
26HarbourNew Castle, United StatesPortsmouth Yacht Club
4.5Member yacht club at New Castle, New Hampshire, on the Piscataqua River, with visitor moorings and a public fuel berth.
27HarbourNorwalk, United StatesNorwalk Cove Marina
4.5Full-service marina with over 400 berths on the Norwalk River at East Norwalk, Connecticut.
28HarbourPort Jefferson, United StatesPort Jefferson Yacht Club
4.5Sailing club on Port Jefferson Harbour, a deep-water harbour on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York.
29HarbourHarpswell, United StatesDolphin Marine Services
4.4Full-service marina and boatyard on the tip of Basin Point in South Harpswell, Maine, on Pott's Harbor in Casco Bay.
- 30HarbourFalmouth, United States
Falmouth Town Marina
4.4Town-run marina inside Falmouth Inner Harbor on the south coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 108 berths on seven floating finger pontoons.