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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61AnchorageUnited StatesCuttyhunk Pond
4.4Enclosed pond at the western end of Cuttyhunk Island, the outermost of the Elizabeth Islands between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
62AnchorageUnited StatesNewport Bay
4.4Mooring and anchorage area in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, around Goat Island near the entrance from Narragansett Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
63AnchorageUnited StatesManhasset Bay
4.3Anchorage and mooring field in Manhasset Bay off Port Washington, on the south shore of Long Island Sound.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 64AnchorageUnited States
Orient Harbour
4.3Anchorage off the hamlet of Orient at the eastern tip of Long Island's North Fork, in Long Island Sound, New York.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
65AnchorageUnited StatesNorth of Yonkers Yacht Club
4.3Hudson River anchorage off Yonkers, New York, about 17 miles above The Battery and within sight of the New Jersey Palisades.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 66AnchorageUnited States
Bull Island
4.2Anchorage at Bull Island in Hadley Harbour, at the eastern end of Naushon Island in the Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 67AnchorageUnited States
Charles Island
4.2Anchorage by Gumbys Head in the Westport River, near Westport Point, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
- 68AnchorageUnited States
Northport Harbour
4.2Anchorage basin off the village of Northport, at the southeastern end of Northport Bay on the north shore of Long Island, New York.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
69AnchorageUnited StatesSeguin Island
4.2Mooring field in Seguin Cove on the north side of Seguin Island, a high plateau 2.5 nautical miles off the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
70AnchorageUnited StatesGumbys Head
4.2Anchorage by Gumbys Head in the Westport River, near Westport Point, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 71AnchorageUnited States
Southold
4.2Anchorage off Southold on the North Fork of Long Island, New York, in the Peconic Bay system between Town Creek and Jockey Creek.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 72AnchorageUnited States
Burton island
4.2Anchorage off Burton Island State Park in the Inland Sea of Lake Champlain, Vermont. Mud bottom, sheltered from the south-west through south-east.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 73AnchorageUnited States
Town of Wareham Moorings
4.2Transient mooring buoys managed by the Wareham harbour master on the Wareham River, a tributary of Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
74AnchorageUnited StatesKittery Point
4.2Mooring and anchorage area at Pepperrell Cove, just inside the mouth of the Piscataqua River in southern Maine.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
75AnchorageUnited StatesThimble Islands
4.2Archipelago of pink-granite islands and rocky outcrops in Long Island Sound, off Stony Creek in Branford, Connecticut.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
76AnchorageUnited StatesBrenton Cove
4.1Anchorage and mooring field in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, off Fort Adams State Park, on a sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 77AnchorageUnited States
Duck Island Anchorage, Westbrook
4.1Anchorage behind Duck Island off Westbrook on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, sheltered by the island and its breakwaters.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
78AnchorageUnited StatesOwen parc beach
4.1Mooring buoy field off Owen Park, a public park and beach on Vineyard Haven Harbour, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S, SE
79AnchorageUnited StatesSomes Harbor
4.1Anchorage at the head of Somes Sound on Mount Desert Island, Maine, off the village of Somesville at the edge of Acadia National Park.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 80AnchorageUnited States
Coecles Harbor anchorage
4.1Anchorage inside Coecles Harbor on Shelter Island, at the eastern end of New York's Peconic Bays, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
81AnchorageUnited StatesEdgartown Mooring field
4.0Town mooring field in Edgartown harbour on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 82AnchorageUnited States
Abel Marina
4.0Mooring field off the Henry R. Abel boatyard at the head of Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
83AnchorageUnited StatesLinekin Bay Resort
3.9Resort moorings in Lewis Cove on the west side of Linekin Bay, near Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 84AnchorageUnited States
Hurricane Island
3.8Guest 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
- 85AnchorageUnited States
Eastern Cove
3.8Anchorage 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
86AnchorageUnited StatesPort Jefferson Moorings and Launch Service
3.8Visitor mooring field run by a launch service in Port Jefferson Harbour, on the north shore of Long Island, New York.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
87AnchorageUnited StatesFrenchboro
3.8Anchorage 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
- 88AnchorageUnited States
New-London waterfront
3.8Mooring field and anchorage on the Thames River off downtown New London, Connecticut.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 89AnchorageUnited States
Lakeman Harbour
3.7Tight 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
- 90AnchorageUnited States
Hog Island
3.7Mud-bottom anchorage off Hog Island, at the entrance to Bristol Harbour in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
- Sheltered S