Best anchorages and harbours in Maine
49 documented anchorages and harbours in Maine, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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- 31AnchorageUnited States
Hornbarn Cove
4.0Quiet cove on the lower St. George River in mid-coast Maine, with a mud bottom and shelter from every quarter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 32AnchorageUnited States
Lakeman Harbour
4.0Tight pond-sized cove off the north-east corner of Roque Harbor, in the Roque Island archipelago of downeast Washington County, Maine. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 33AnchorageUnited States
Pickering cove
4.0Anchorage off Pickering Island in East Penobscot Bay, Maine, near the western end of Eggemoggin Reach. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
34AnchorageUnited StatesPort Clyde Harbour
4.0Working harbour and anchorage at the tip of the St George peninsula, midcoast Maine, sheltered behind Hupper Island. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
35AnchorageUnited StatesPortsmouth
4.0Anchorage on the Piscataqua River at Portsmouth, on the Maine and New Hampshire boundary, mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
- 36AnchorageUnited States
Tenants Harbor
4.0Working fishing harbour midway down the St. George peninsula in Maine, on a mud bottom, with shelter from nearly every quarter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
37AnchorageUnited StatesWiscasset
4.0Town anchorage on the Sheepscot River in Maine, about 13 miles above the river mouth, in one of the deepest, ice-free harbours in the state.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
38AnchorageUnited StatesCape Porpoise Harbour
3.5Anchorage at Cape Porpoise, the original village of Kennebunkport on the southern Maine coast, on a sand and mud bottom with shelter from NW through E and round to SW.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 39AnchorageUnited States
Eastern Cove
3.5Anchorage in Eastern Cove on the south side of Mount Desert Island, midcoast Maine. Sand bottom with patches of weed.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 40AnchorageUnited States
Hurricane Island
3.5Guest moorings off the east side of Hurricane Island, in the Fox Islands group of Penobscot Bay, Maine. Mud bottom, shelter from north-west through south-west.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 41AnchorageUnited States
Belfast Anchorage
3.3Anchorage at Belfast Harbour, at the north end of Penobscot Bay where the Passagassawakeag River meets the bay, in Maine. Sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
42AnchorageUnited StatesBoothbay
2.5Anchorage in the inner harbour of Boothbay Harbor, on the midcoast of Maine, with a mud bottom and fresh water available ashore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 43AnchorageUnited States
Harmon Harbor
2.0Sheltered anchorage on Georgetown Island near the mouth of the Sheepscot River, in mid-coast Maine, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
44AnchorageUnited StatesBoothbay harbor
1.0Large, well-sheltered harbour on the mid-coast of Maine, one of the main cruising destinations of the region, easy to enter in all conditions.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 45AnchorageUnited States
Barred Islands
Anchorage in Penobscot Bay near Islesboro, Maine, on a mud bottom giving good holding.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
46AnchorageUnited StatesJameson Point
Mooring area off Jameson Point on the north side of Rockland Harbor, Penobscot Bay, Maine, with three buoys on a mud bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N
- 47AnchorageUnited States
Mooring near South Bristol
Anchorage on the mid-coast of Maine, in the South Bristol and Boothbay region. Rock bottom, with fresh water available.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 48AnchorageUnited States
Western Cove
Anchorage in Penobscot Bay off Eggemoggin Reach, Maine, on a mud bottom giving good holding.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 49AnchorageUnited States
York Harbor
Tidal anchorage on the York River, southern Maine, sheltered from most directions but open to the south-west.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SW, W