Harbour

Pope's Island Marina

Name: Pope's Island Marina
Address: New Bedford, US
Telephone: +15089791456

4.6New Bedford, United StatesCape Cod and the Islands

Type: Harbour

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

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Reached from Buzzards Bay through the New Bedford hurricane barrier, a stone barrier with a 150ft gate that closes ahead of storms. Carry on up the buoyed channel into the Upper Harbour, east of the New Bedford to Fairhaven bridge. Approach and dockside depths around 10ft.

Practical

Around 200 berths on 810ft of fixed pier plus over 300 moorings, run by the New Bedford Port Authority. Transient berths kept aside. Power at 30, 50 and 100 amp, fresh water, WiFi, pump-out, showers, laundry and a marine store. Fuel berth on site.

Ashore

Launch service runs to downtown New Bedford and its National Historic Landmark District. The New Bedford Whaling Museum, open since 1903, and the Seamen's Bethel sit within the whaling national historical park, a short walk from the landing.