Best anchorages and harbours in New England

Newport Bay

Mooring and anchorage area in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, around Goat Island near the entrance from Narragansett Bay.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Falmouth Town Marina

Town-run marina inside Falmouth Inner Harbor on the south coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 108 berths on seven floating finger pontoons.

Manhasset Bay

Anchorage 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

Orient Harbour

Anchorage 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

North of Yonkers Yacht Club

Hudson River anchorage off Yonkers, New York, about 17 miles above The Battery and within sight of the New Jersey Palisades.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Bull Island

Anchorage 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

Charles Island

Anchorage by Gumbys Head in the Westport River, near Westport Point, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S

Northport Harbour

Anchorage 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

Seguin Island

Mooring 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

Gumbys Head

Anchorage by Gumbys Head in the Westport River, near Westport Point, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Southold

Anchorage 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

Burton island

Anchorage 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

Town of Wareham Moorings

Transient 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

Kittery Point

Mooring and anchorage area at Pepperrell Cove, just inside the mouth of the Piscataqua River in southern Maine.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Thimble Islands

Archipelago of pink-granite islands and rocky outcrops in Long Island Sound, off Stony Creek in Branford, Connecticut.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Brenton Cove

Anchorage 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

Duck Island Anchorage, Westbrook

Anchorage 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

Owen parc beach

Mooring 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

Gloucester Inner Harbor

Working fishing harbour at Gloucester on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, about 25 miles north-east of Boston, sheltered behind a long breakwater.

Somes Harbor

Anchorage 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

Coecles Harbor anchorage

Anchorage 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

Edgartown Mooring field

Town mooring field in Edgartown harbour on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom with good holding.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Fishers Island Yacht Club

Members' yacht club on the north side of Fishers Island in West Harbor, at the eastern entrance to Long Island Sound. Two miles off the Connecticut coast opposite Stonington.

Abel Marina

Mooring field off the Henry R. Abel boatyard at the head of Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Crows Nest Marina

Full-service marina at 495 New Street, Oceanside, New York, on a canal off East Bay behind the Long Beach barrier island.

Mattapoisett Boatyard

Full-service boatyard on the north side of Mattapoisett Harbour, a sheltered inlet on the north shore of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

Marina at Slocum Cove

Full-service marina on the east bank of the Acushnet River in Fairhaven, opposite New Bedford, operated by the Northeast Maritime Institute.

Dodson Boatyard

Working boatyard and transient stop on Stonington Harbour, Connecticut, with moorings, berths and a fuel dock.

Navy Sailing Center and Marina

Recreational marina on Coasters Harbor Island at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, reserved for the Navy community.

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