Best anchorages and harbours in Maine
60 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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1HarbourBiddeford, United StatesBiddeford Pool Yacht Club
4.8Private yacht club at Biddeford Pool on the southern Maine coast, with guest moorings open to transient boats for a fee.
2HarbourHarpswell, United StatesDolphin Marine Services
4.8Full-service marina and boatyard on the tip of Basin Point in South Harpswell, Maine, on Pott's Harbor in Casco Bay.
3HarbourBoothbay Harbor, United StatesBrown's Wharf Marina
4.6Marina attached to the Brown's Wharf Inn on the east shore of Boothbay Harbor, in midcoast Maine.
4HarbourBoothbay Harbor, United StatesCarousel Marina
4.6Full-service marina and the only fuel berth in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, on Atlantic Avenue at the east side of the harbour.
5HarbourRockland, United StatesLandings Marina
4.6Full-service marina in inner Rockland Harbour on the west side of Penobscot Bay in mid-coast Maine, one block from the downtown waterfront.
6HarbourSouth Portland, United StatesSunset Marina
4.6Full-service marina at 231 Front Street in South Portland, on the western shore of Portland Harbour, Maine.
7HarbourBar Harbor, United StatesBar Harbor moorings
4.4Fifteen town moorings managed by the harbourmaster in Bar Harbor, on Frenchman Bay at the northeast corner of Mount Desert Island.
8HarbourNew Castle, United StatesPortsmouth Yacht Club
4.4Member yacht club at New Castle, New Hampshire, on the Piscataqua River, with visitor moorings and a public fuel berth.
- 9HarbourUnited States
Buck's Harbor Marina
4.2Full-service marina in a deep-water harbour at the head of Eggemoggin Reach, near South Brooksville on the Maine coast.
- 10HarbourStonington, United States
Billings Diesel & Marine
3.8Full-service boatyard founded in 1967 at Moose Island, Stonington, on the southern tip of Deer Isle in Penobscot Bay.
11HarbourNew Castle, United StatesPortsmouth Yacht Club
3.6Members' yacht club on the Piscataqua River in New Castle, New Hampshire, with a public fuel berth and transient moorings off the clubhouse and in Pepperrell Cove across the river in Maine.
12HarbourKittery, United StatesSafe Harbor Kittery Point
3.6Marina in the Back Channel of the Piscataqua River, on the Maine side of the river opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with direct open access to the Gulf of Maine.
13HarbourUnited StatesDolphin Marina
3.0Family-run marina at the tip of Basin Point in South Harpswell, in the heart of Casco Bay, Maine.
14HarbourSouth Portland, United StatesSouth Port Marine
2.0Full-service marina on the South Portland side of Casco Bay, opposite downtown Portland, Maine.
15HarbourKittery, United StatesBadgers Island Marina
Marina on the Maine bank of the Piscataqua River at Kittery, opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about 2 nm from the river mouth.
16HarbourBelfast, United StatesBELFAST MARINA
Private marina at 15 Front Street in Belfast Harbour, on the west side of Penobscot Bay in Maine.
- 17HarbourSouth Bristol, United States
Bittersweet Landing Boatyard
Boatyard on The Gut at South Bristol, Maine, the narrow channel linking John's Bay to the Damariscotta River.
18HarbourBoothbay Harbor, United StatesBoothbay Harbor Marina
Marina on Wharf Street in downtown Boothbay Harbor, Maine, on the west side of the harbour.
19HarbourBoothbay Harbor, United StatesBoothbay Harbor Yacht Club
Yacht club on the west side of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, with one of the better protected mooring fields on the coast.
20HarbourSouth Portland, United StatesBreakwater Marina
Marina on the South Portland shore of Portland Harbour, Casco Bay, with 125 floating berths and a handful kept for visitors.
21HarbourFreeport, United StatesBrewer South Freeport Marine
Full-service boatyard and marina on the Harraseeket River at South Freeport, Maine, sitting next to Strouts Point Wharf Company.
- 22HarbourBrooksville, United States
Buck's Harbor Marina
Full-service marina in a protected deep-water harbour at South Brooksville, at the head of Eggemoggin Reach in Penobscot Bay, Maine.
- 23HarbourCastine, United States
Castine Maine Town Dock
Town wharf with floating docks in Castine, on a peninsula between the Bagaduce River and Penobscot Bay, Maine. The harbour is deep and well sheltered.
24HarbourSouth Portland, United StatesCenterboard Yacht Club
Non-profit yacht club in South Portland, Maine, with shore frontage and a mooring field in Portland Harbor, Casco Bay.
25HarbourCumberland, United StatesChebeague Island Boat Yard
Full-service boatyard on Chebeague Island, the largest island in Casco Bay, about 10 miles north-east of Portland, Maine.
26HarbourKennebunkport, United StatesChicks Marina
Family-run marina on Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport, Maine, on the Kennebunk River.
- 27HarbourPortland, United States
DiMillo's Marina
Marina at Long Wharf in Portland's Old Port, Casco Bay, with around 130 floating berths and a fuel berth, open year round.
- 28HarbourSouthwest Harbor, United States
Dysart's Great Harbor Marina
Full-service marina at the head of Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine, gateway to Acadia National Park.
- 29HarbourPortland, United States
Fore Points Marina
Marina on the Portland waterfront in Casco Bay, with 150 floating berths plus 12 megayacht berths behind a wave-attenuating breakwater pontoon.
- 30HarbourSouth Bristol, United States
Gamage Shipyard
Historic shipyard and marina on a peninsula at The Gut, South Bristol, Maine, between John's Bay and the Damariscotta River.