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Best anchorages and harbours in New England

153 documented anchorages and harbours in New England, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.

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  1. Block Island Hotel1
    AnchorageUnited States

    Block Island Hotel

    5.0

    Anchorage off Old Harbor on the east side of Block Island, Rhode Island, an artificial harbour formed by two breakwaters.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
  2. Norwalk River anchorage2
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    Norwalk River anchorage

    5.0

    Anchorage on the Norwalk River off South Norwalk, Connecticut, behind the Norwalk Islands on the north shore of Long Island Sound.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
  3. Camden3
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    Camden

    5.0

    Harbour on the western shore of Penobscot Bay in Camden, Maine, with a mud bottom and fresh water available.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
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    Green Island

    5.0

    Anchorage off Green Island, a 48-acre Maine Coast Heritage Trust conservation island in the Merchant Row archipelago between Stonington and Isle au Haut.

    • Sheltered NW, N
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    Hull Bay

    5.0

    Open anchorage off the town of Hull, on the western side of Hingham Bay in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
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    Ram Island

    5.0

    Anchorage in Smith Cove, on Cape Rosier across the Bagaduce River from Castine, in eastern Penobscot Bay, Maine. Sand bottom.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
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    Stage Island

    5.0

    Anchorage inside Stage Island in Wood Island Harbour, near Biddeford Pool, in Maine, with a mud bottom.

    • Sheltered W, SW, S
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    Duck Harbour Isle au Haut

    5.0

    Anchorage on the west side of Isle au Haut, Maine, within Acadia National Park, on a sand and mud bottom with shelter from N through E and round to SE.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
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    Sheepsco River

    5.0

    Anchorage on the Sheepscot River in midcoast Maine, on a mud bottom, sheltered from north through to south-east.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
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    Mackeral Cove Beach

    5.0

    Cove on the east side of the isthmus that links Beavertail to the main body of Conanicut Island, Jamestown, in Narragansett Bay.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
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    Middle Bay

    5.0

    Anchorage on the New York shore of Lake Champlain, north of Plattsburgh, with a sand bottom and shelter from every quarter.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
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    Hoppy's Landing

    5.0

    Anchorage off Hoppys Landing, by the causeway linking West Island to the mainland at Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
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    Coecles Harbour

    4.9

    Anchorage in Coecles Harbour on the east side of Shelter Island in New York, ringed by tidal creeks and oak woodland, mud bottom.

    • Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
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    Onset Bay

    4.9

    Anchorage in Onset Bay on Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, just west of the Cape Cod Canal and the village of Onset.

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

    4.9

    West Harbor on the north side of Fishers Island, New York, the island's main harbour with the ferry landing and a broad mooring field.

    • Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
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    Burnt Coat Harbour Swans Island

    4.9

    Anchorage at Burnt Coat Harbour, Swans Island, in outer Blue Hill Bay, Maine, on a sand and mud bottom with shelter from NW through E round to SE.

    • Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
  17. Great Harbor17
    AnchorageUnited States

    Great Harbor

    4.8

    Mooring field in Great Harbor at Woods Hole, the village at the south-western tip of Cape Cod, in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
  18. Monhegan18
    AnchorageUnited States

    Monhegan

    4.8

    Mooring buoys in Monhegan Harbour, off Monhegan Island in the Gulf of Maine, about 12 nautical miles from the mainland. Mixed rock, weed and mud bottom.

    • Sheltered NW, E, SW, S, SE
  19. Sandy Neck Lighthouse19
    AnchorageUnited States

    Sandy Neck Lighthouse

    4.8

    Anchorage off Beach Point at the tip of Sandy Neck, the barrier beach at the entrance to Barnstable Harbour, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
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    Bristol Harbour

    4.8

    Mooring and anchorage off the town of Bristol on the east side of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, with fresh water available ashore.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
  21. Lloyd Harbor21
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    Lloyd Harbor

    4.8

    Sheltered harbour branching west off Huntington Bay on the north shore of Long Island, New York. Mud bottom, well protected from all directions.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
  22. North Pomeroy Rock22
    AnchorageUnited States

    North Pomeroy Rock

    4.8

    Anchorage off the Fore River near Back Cove, north of the Portland peninsula, Maine. Mud bottom, all-round shelter.

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

    4.8

    Anchorage in Sippican Harbour off Marion, Massachusetts, at the head of Buzzards Bay, with a mud and weed bottom and shelter from NW through SW winds.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
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    Calf Islands

    4.8

    Day anchorage off the Calf Islands in Captain Harbor, fronting the Byram shore of Greenwich, Connecticut, in western Long Island Sound.

    • Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
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    Carry Bay

    4.8

    Anchorage in Carry Bay off North Hero on Lake Champlain, Vermont, with a mud bottom and shelter from NW through SE winds.

    • Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
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    Hamburg Cove

    4.7

    Marina and RV resort in the Seabrook district of New Orleans, at the junction of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal and Lake Pontchartrain.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
  27. Manana Island27
    AnchorageUnited States

    Manana Island

    4.7

    Mooring buoys in Monhegan Harbour, the channel between Monhegan Island and smaller Manana Island, about 12 nautical miles off the Maine coast. Mud bottom.

    • Paid
    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
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    Oyster Bay Harbor

    4.7

    Mooring in Oyster Bay Harbor on the North Shore of Long Island, New York, set on a sand bottom with all-round shelter.

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

    4.7

    Anchorage and mooring field in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, off Fort Adams State Park, on a sand and mud bottom.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
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    Sloop Bay

    4.7

    Anchorage on Valcour Island in Lake Champlain, New York, on a sand bottom, sheltered from the west but open to the east and north-east.

    • Sheltered SW, W, NW