Best anchorages and harbours in Rhode Island
16 documented anchorages and harbours in Rhode Island, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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1MouillageUnited StatesBlock Island Hotel
5.0Anchorage 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
- 2MouillageUnited States
Mackeral Cove Beach
5.0Cove 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
- 3MouillageUnited States
Bristol Harbour
4.8Mooring 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
- 4MouillageUnited States
Newport
4.6Anchorage and mooring field in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, on the east side of the East Passage of Narragansett Bay, with a mud bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 5MouillageUnited States
3rd beach
4.5Anchorage off Third Beach at Middletown, Rhode Island, on the west side of the entrance to the Sakonnet River, on sand and mud.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
6MouillageUnited StatesBlock island
4.4Anchorage in the Great Salt Pond at New Harbor on Block Island, Rhode Island, on a sand bottom. It is one of the busiest harbours in the Northeast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
7MouillageUnited StatesNewport Bay
4.4Mooring and anchorage area in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, around Goat Island near the entrance from Narragansett Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
8MouillageUnited StatesBrenton Cove
4.1Anchorage and mooring field in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, off Fort Adams State Park, on a sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 9MouillageUnited States
Hog Island
3.7Mud-bottom anchorage off Hog Island, at the entrance to Bristol Harbour in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
- Sheltered S
- 10MouillageUnited States
Dutch Harbor
3.7Harbour 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
- 11MouillageUnited States
Point Judith Harbor Refuge
3.5Anchorage 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
12MouillageUnited StatesGoddard Memorial State Park
3.4Anchorage off Goddard Memorial State Park, on the shore of Greenwich Cove and Greenwich Bay at Warwick, Rhode Island.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 13MouillageUnited States
Potter Cove, Prudence Island
Sheltered anchorage on the north end of Prudence Island, in the geographic centre of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 14MouillageUnited States
Providence Point
Open anchorage off the Bristol shore of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, with a bottom of rock and mud.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 15MouillageUnited States
Watch Hill Cove
Anchorage off Watch Hill, Westerly, Rhode Island, on the edge of Little Narragansett Bay. Sand bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered E, SE, S
16MouillageUnited StatesWesterly
Anchorage off Watch Hill in Westerly, the south-westernmost point of Rhode Island, sheltered by Napatree Point at the entrance to Little Narragansett Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E