Best anchorages and harbours in Maine

Bar Harbor moorings

Fifteen town moorings managed by the harbourmaster in Bar Harbor, on Frenchman Bay at the northeast corner of Mount Desert Island.

Portsmouth Yacht Club

Member yacht club at New Castle, New Hampshire, on the Piscataqua River, with visitor moorings and a public fuel berth.

Cape Elizabeth - Little Cove

Small open cove on the Cape Elizabeth shore at the southern edge of Casco Bay, Maine, on a sand bottom with shelter from NW through W round to S.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Frenchboro

Anchorage and mooring field at Lunt Harbor, Frenchboro, on Long Island in Blue Hill Bay, Maine, about 8 nm south of Mount Desert Island.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Linekin Bay Resort

Resort moorings in Lewis Cove on the west side of Linekin Bay, near Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Buck's Harbor Marina

Full-service marina in a deep-water harbour at the head of Eggemoggin Reach, near South Brooksville on the Maine coast.

Bear Island

Anchorage off Bear Island, a 21-acre Maine Coast Heritage Trust conservation island on the eastern edge of Eggemoggin Reach near Deer Isle.

• Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Camp Island

Anchorage off Camp Island in the Merchant Row archipelago, between Stonington and Isle au Haut, midcoast Maine. Sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Davis Cove

Small cove anchorage on the western side of Penobscot Bay, Maine. Mud bottom with good holding.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Hornbarn Cove

Quiet 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

Lakeman Harbour

Tight 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

Pickering cove

Anchorage off Pickering Island in East Penobscot Bay, Maine, near the western end of Eggemoggin Reach. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Port Clyde Harbour

Working 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

Portsmouth

Anchorage on the Piscataqua River at Portsmouth, on the Maine and New Hampshire boundary, mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE

Tenants Harbor

Working 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

Wiscasset

Town 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

Billings Diesel & Marine

Full-service boatyard founded in 1967 at Moose Island, Stonington, on the southern tip of Deer Isle in Penobscot Bay.

Portsmouth Yacht Club

Members' 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.

Safe Harbor Kittery Point

Marina 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.

Cape Porpoise Harbour

Anchorage 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

Eastern Cove

Anchorage 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

Hurricane Island

Guest 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

Belfast Anchorage

Anchorage 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

Dolphin Marina

Family-run marina at the tip of Basin Point in South Harpswell, in the heart of Casco Bay, Maine.

Boothbay

Anchorage 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

Harmon Harbor

Sheltered 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

South Port Marine

Full-service marina on the South Portland side of Casco Bay, opposite downtown Portland, Maine.

Boothbay harbor

Large, 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

Badgers Island Marina

Marina on the Maine bank of the Piscataqua River at Kittery, opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about 2 nm from the river mouth.

Barred Islands

Anchorage in Penobscot Bay near Islesboro, Maine, on a mud bottom giving good holding.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE