Best anchorages and harbours in Long Island Sound
48 documented anchorages and harbours in Long Island Sound, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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31AnchorageUnited StatesDyckman Marina
3.6Small 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
32AnchorageUnited StatesCompo Beach
3.5Anchorage off Compo Beach in Long Island Sound, near the mouth of the Saugatuck River at Westport, Connecticut.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 33AnchorageUnited States
West Neck Harbor
3.3Sheltered 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
- 34AnchorageUnited States
Stamford Harbour
3.3Outer harbour anchorage at Stamford on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, about 33 miles east of New York.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
35AnchorageUnited StatesJoshua Cove
3.2Cove 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
- 36AnchorageUnited States
Oyster Bay Cove
3.2Anchorage 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
37AnchorageUnited StatesPipes Cove
2.7Sheltered cove between Greenport and Shelter Island on the North Fork of Long Island, New York. Mud bottom, six berths, fresh water available.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
38AnchorageUnited StatesCalf Pasture Beach
2.7Anchorage off Calf Pasture Beach at the eastern point of Norwalk, Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
39AnchorageUnited StatesSheepshead Bay
2.3Sheltered bay on the southern shore of Brooklyn, New York, lined with marinas and a long-established party-fishing fleet, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
40AnchorageUnited StatesMount Sinai
1.7Anchorage in Mount Sinai Harbor on the north shore of Long Island, about a mile north-east of Port Jefferson, New York, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
41AnchorageUnited StatesDering Harbor
Mooring harbour on the north-west shore of Shelter Island, New York, with direct access to Long Island Sound.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 42AnchorageUnited States
Little Peconic Bay North
Anchorage on the northern side of Little Peconic Bay, off the North Fork of Long Island near Cutchogue, New York.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 43AnchorageUnited States
Stonington Harbor
Anchorage in Stonington Harbour, off Fishers Island Sound in south-eastern Connecticut, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
44AnchorageUnited StatesLouis Engel Waterfront Park
Anchorage off Louis Engel Waterfront Park at Ossining, on the east bank of the Hudson River in New York State.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 45AnchorageUnited States
Ossining
Anchorage on the east bank of the Hudson River off the village of Ossining, in Westchester County about 30 miles north of Manhattan.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
46AnchorageUnited StatesSheffield island
Anchorage off Sheffield Island, the southernmost of the Norwalk Islands on northern Long Island Sound, in Connecticut, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered E, SE
- 47AnchorageUnited 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
48AnchorageUnited 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