Best anchorages and harbours in Long Island Sound

Dodson Boatyard

Working boatyard and transient stop on Stonington Harbour, Connecticut, with moorings, berths and a fuel dock.

Safe Harbor Yacht Haven

Full-service marina of more than 380 berths on the East Branch of Stamford Harbour, Connecticut, taking vessels up to 200 feet, with a maximum draught of about 4 metres.

Charles Island

Anchorage by Gumbys Head in the Westport River, near Westport Point, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S

Compo Beach

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

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Duck Island Anchorage, Westbrook

Anchorage behind Duck Island off Westbrook on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, sheltered by the island and its breakwaters.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Mattituck Creek anchorage

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

North of Yonkers Yacht Club

Hudson River anchorage off Yonkers, New York, about 17 miles above The Battery and within sight of the New Jersey Palisades.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Northport Harbour

Anchorage basin off the village of Northport, at the southeastern end of Northport Bay on the north shore of Long Island, New York.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Orient Harbour

Anchorage off the hamlet of Orient at the eastern tip of Long Island's North Fork, in Long Island Sound, New York.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW

Raymond Rocks East

Anchorage off East Norwalk in the Norwalk Islands, Long Island Sound, Connecticut, mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S

Rocky Point

Anchorage in Stirling Basin off Greenport, on the North Fork of Long Island, with sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Coecles Harbor anchorage

Anchorage inside Coecles Harbor on Shelter Island, at the eastern end of New York's Peconic Bays, on a sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW

Southold

Anchorage off Southold on the North Fork of Long Island, New York, in the Peconic Bay system between Town Creek and Jockey Creek.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Thimble Islands

Archipelago of pink-granite islands and rocky outcrops in Long Island Sound, off Stony Creek in Branford, Connecticut.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Dyckman Marina

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

New-London waterfront

Mooring field and anchorage on the Thames River off downtown New London, Connecticut.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Oyster Bay Cove

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

Bridgeport Harbor Marina

Full-service marina with more than 200 berths on the Steelpointe peninsula, in the main Bridgeport Harbour on Long Island Sound in Connecticut.

Pequonnock Yacht Club

Private yacht club at City Point, New Haven, on the west side of New Haven Harbor in Connecticut.

Calf Pasture Beach

Anchorage off Calf Pasture Beach at the eastern point of Norwalk, Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Joshua Cove

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

Pipes Cove

Sheltered 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

Stamford Harbour

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

West Neck Harbor

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

North Minneford Yacht Club

Marina and yacht club on the eastern shore of City Island, in the Bronx, on western Long Island Sound.

Mount Sinai

Anchorage 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

Sheepshead Bay

Sheltered 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

Al Grover's High & Dry

Full-service marina on Woodcleft Canal in Freeport, New York, on the South Shore back bays close to the Atlantic.

Al Grovers High & Dry Marina

Full-service marina at 500 South Main Street in Freeport, on the Long Island canals close to the Nautical Mile.

Aldrich Boat Yard

Boatyard and marina on Weesuck Creek at East Quogue, New York, near the north shore of Shinnecock Bay.