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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31AnchorageUnited StatesEbenecook Harbour, Southport
4.7Anchorage in Ebenecook Harbour on Southport Island, Maine, off the Sheepscot River, on a mud bottom with shelter from most directions.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W
- 32AnchorageUnited States
Pulpit Harbor
4.7Almost landlocked anchorage on the north-west shore of North Haven island, in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Mud bottom with very good holding.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 33AnchorageUnited States
South Bristol Harbor
4.7Anchorage in The Gut, the narrow tidal passage that separates Rutherford Island from the mainland at South Bristol, Maine.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 34AnchorageUnited States
Eaton's neck lighthouse
4.7Anchorage off Eatons Neck at the entrance to Huntington Bay on Long Island Sound, New York. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
35AnchorageUnited StatesHarpswell harbor - Stover's point bay
4.7Anchorage off Stover's Point in Harpswell, Maine, set among the islands of Casco Bay on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
36AnchorageUnited StatesBlue Hill Inner Harbor
4.7Inner harbour at the head of Blue Hill Bay in Maine, separated from the outer harbour by Parker Point and Sculpin Point.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
37AnchorageUnited StatesBurlington
4.7Mooring field off the Burlington waterfront on the Vermont shore of Lake Champlain, with a sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered SW, W
38AnchorageUnited StatesIsle of Shoals
4.6Anchorage at the Isles of Shoals, a small archipelago about 6 miles off the New Hampshire and Maine coast. Gosport Harbour lies between Star, Cedar and Smuttynose islands.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
39AnchorageUnited StatesPease Ledge
4.6Anchorage off Pease Ledge in the north-western approach to Cuttyhunk, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. The ledge itself uncovers at low water.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
40AnchorageUnited StatesPort Clyde
4.6Anchorage at the southern tip of the St. George peninsula in mid-coast Maine, on a mud bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 41AnchorageUnited States
Newport
4.6Anchorage and mooring field in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, on the east side of the East Passage of Narragansett Bay, with a mud bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
42AnchorageUnited StatesBack Harbor (Sandy Bay)
4.6Anchorage in Sandy Bay off Rockport, Cape Ann, with a sand bottom and the Sandy Bay Yacht Club 0.2 nm to the south-east.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 43AnchorageUnited States
Matinicus Harbor
4.6Harbour on the east side of Matinicus Island, the most seaward inhabited island of Penobscot Bay, Maine, 22 nm from Rockland.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
44AnchorageUnited StatesRockland Harbor
4.6Working harbour on the western shore of Penobscot Bay, Maine, sheltered by a granite breakwater nearly a mile long.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 45AnchorageUnited States
Sheep Island
4.6Mooring in Castine Harbor at the mouth of the Bagaduce River, head of Penobscot Bay, Maine, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W
- 46AnchorageUnited States
Long beach point
4.5Anchorage off Long Beach Point, the low sandbar that separates Orient Harbor from Gardiners Bay at the tip of Long Island's North Fork, New York.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 47AnchorageUnited States
Majors Harbor
4.5Anchorage on the south-east side of Gardiners Island, set on the east side of Gardiners Bay between the forks of eastern Long Island, New York.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
- 48AnchorageUnited States
Menemsha Bight
4.5Anchorage in Menemsha Bight on the north-west shore of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, about 2.5 miles east of Gay Head, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 49AnchorageUnited States
South Montauk Lake
4.5Anchorage at the southern end of Lake Montauk, a 900-acre embayment on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 50AnchorageUnited States
Warren XOVE
4.5Temporary anchorage in the southern reach of Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts, off Warren Avenue between Plymouth Beach and Rocky Point.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 51AnchorageUnited States
Belden Point
4.5Mooring field off the west side of City Island in Eastchester Bay, the Bronx, New York, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
52AnchorageUnited StatesEdgartown Harbour
4.5Harbour on the east side of Martha's Vineyard, with anchoring permitted in the outer harbour over a sand bottom.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 53AnchorageUnited States
Oyster Bay anchorage
4.5Anchorage in Oyster Bay on the north shore of Long Island, off Centre Island, opening onto Long Island Sound.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
54AnchorageUnited StatesCape Elizabeth - Little Cove
4.5Small 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
- 55AnchorageUnited States
3rd beach
4.5Anchorage off Third Beach at Middletown, Rhode Island, on the west side of the entrance to the Sakonnet River, on sand and mud.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 56AnchorageUnited States
Seal Ledge
4.5Anchorage near Seal Ledge on the south-western side of Rockland Harbour, Maine. Mud bottom, sheltered.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
57AnchorageUnited StatesSag Harbor Bay
4.5Anchorage off the village of Sag Harbor, on Shelter Island Sound at the eastern end of Long Island, New York.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 58AnchorageUnited States
Malletts Bay Anchorage
4.5Anchorage on Lake Champlain off Burlington, Vermont, about 4 nautical miles north of Burlington Harbor Marina.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
59AnchorageUnited StatesBlock island
4.4Anchorage in the Great Salt Pond at New Harbor on Block Island, Rhode Island, on a sand bottom. It is one of the busiest harbours in the Northeast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 60AnchorageUnited States
Threemile Harbor
4.4Anchorage in Three Mile Harbor at East Hampton, New York, sand bottom, sheltered from the west but exposed to winds from the south-west to north-west.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW