Best anchorages and harbours in Maine

BELFAST MARINA

Private marina at 15 Front Street in Belfast Harbour, on the west side of Penobscot Bay in Maine.

Bittersweet Landing Boatyard

Boatyard on The Gut at South Bristol, Maine, the narrow channel linking John's Bay to the Damariscotta River.

Boothbay Harbor Marina

Marina on Wharf Street in downtown Boothbay Harbor, Maine, on the west side of the harbour.

Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club

Yacht club on the west side of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, with one of the better protected mooring fields on the coast.

Breakwater Marina

Marina on the South Portland shore of Portland Harbour, Casco Bay, with 125 floating berths and a handful kept for visitors.

Brewer South Freeport Marine

Full-service boatyard and marina on the Harraseeket River at South Freeport, Maine, sitting next to Strouts Point Wharf Company.

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.

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.

Centerboard Yacht Club

Non-profit yacht club in South Portland, Maine, with shore frontage and a mooring field in Portland Harbor, Casco Bay.

Chebeague Island Boat Yard

Full-service boatyard on Chebeague Island, the largest island in Casco Bay, about 10 miles north-east of Portland, Maine.

Chicks Marina

Family-run marina on Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport, Maine, on the Kennebunk River.

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.

Dysart's Great Harbor Marina

Full-service marina at the head of Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine, gateway to Acadia National Park.

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.

Gamage Shipyard

Historic shipyard and marina on a peninsula at The Gut, South Bristol, Maine, between John's Bay and the Damariscotta River.

Great Bay Marine

Year-round full-service marina and boatyard on the Piscataqua River at Newington, New Hampshire, about 6 miles up from the harbour mouth.

Handy Boat

Full-service marina and boatyard on Casco Bay at Falmouth, Maine, working since 1934.

Hinckley Marina

Yard and marina of the Hinckley Company in Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine, on the quiet western side of Acadia National Park.

Hodgdon Marina - Boothbay Harbor

Full-service marina on the quiet side of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, within walking distance of the town.

Hodgdon Yacht Services

Full-service boatyard at the head of Ebenecook Harbour, on Southport Island in the Boothbay region of midcoast Maine.

Islesboro MarineBucks Harbor Yacht Club

Yacht club offering a small number of guest moorings in Buck's Harbour, at the head of Eggemoggin Reach near South Brooksville, Maine.

Jameson Point

Mooring area off Jameson Point on the north side of Rockland Harbor, Penobscot Bay, Maine, with three buoys on a mud bottom.

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Journey's End Marina

Full-service marina and boatyard on the west shore of Rockland Harbor, Maine, with 75 seasonal berths and 800 feet of transient pontoon.

Kennebunkport Marina

Marina inside the mouth of the Kennebunk River at Kennebunkport, Maine, sheltered from open-water winds and seas.

Kittery Point Yacht Club

Yacht club on Goat Island in New Castle, New Hampshire, on the Piscataqua River near the harbour mouth.

Maine Yacht Center

Full-service boatyard and marina on the Presumpscot River side of Portland, Casco Bay, with 80 berths and a 990ft pontoon.

Marston's Marina

Small-boat marina on the tidal Saco River at Saco, Maine, about 3.5 miles upriver from the Camp Ellis entrance and roughly 2 miles below the town of Saco.

Naples Marina

Freshwater marina on Long Lake at Naples, in southern Maine, with over 40 rental slips, a fuel dock and a ship store.

NH Port Authority Commercial Fish Pier

State-owned commercial fishing pier on Peirce Island in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on the Piscataqua River. Not a leisure marina.

Northeast Harbor

Town harbour on the south shore of Mount Desert Island in Maine, at the gateway to Acadia National Park, sheltered north of Bear and Sutton islands.