Best anchorages and harbours in New England

Nantucket

240-berth marina inside Nantucket Harbour, on the north shore of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.

Hornbarn Cove

Quiet cove on the lower St. George River in mid-coast Maine, with a mud bottom and shelter from every quarter.

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

Pickering cove

Anchorage off Pickering Island in East Penobscot Bay, Maine, near the western end of Eggemoggin Reach. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Nichol's Point

Anchorage near The Gut, the narrow passage between North Hero and South Hero islands on Lake Champlain, Vermont.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Point Judith Harbor Refuge

Anchorage inside the Point Judith Harbor of Refuge at Narragansett, Rhode Island, at the south-western tip of Narragansett Bay, on sand and mud.

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

Quamino rock bay

Anchorage in Cohasset Harbour, Massachusetts, beside Big Quamino Rock, a barren islet off the inner harbour.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Acushnet River Safe Boating

Members' marina of the Acushnet River Safe Boating Club at 80 Middle Street, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on the east bank of the Acushnet River opposite New Bedford.

Belfast Anchorage

Anchorage at Belfast Harbour, at the north end of Penobscot Bay where the Passagassawakeag River meets the bay, in Maine. Sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Billings Diesel & Marine

Full-service boatyard founded in 1967 at Moose Island, Stonington, on the southern tip of Deer Isle in Penobscot Bay.

Safe Harbor Kittery Point

Marina in the Back Channel of the Piscataqua River, on the Maine side of the river opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with direct open access to the Gulf of Maine.

Goddard Memorial State Park

Anchorage off Goddard Memorial State Park, on the shore of Greenwich Cove and Greenwich Bay at Warwick, Rhode Island.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Annisquam Yacht Club

Private sailing club on the Annisquam River at Annisquam village, Gloucester, Massachusetts, founded in 1896.

Dolphin Marina

Family-run marina at the tip of Basin Point in South Harpswell, in the heart of Casco Bay, Maine.

Safe Harbor New England Boatworks

Boatyard and marina at the north end of Aquidneck Island, in Portsmouth on the East Passage of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

West Neck Harbor

Sheltered anchorage off the south-west shore of Shelter Island, in the Peconic estuary of eastern Long Island, New York.

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

Stamford Harbour

Outer harbour anchorage at Stamford on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, about 33 miles east of New York.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Cape Ann Marina

Year-round marina on the Annisquam River just inside Gloucester harbour, on the north shore of Massachusetts, about 40 miles north of Boston.

Joshua Cove

Cove on the Guilford shore of Long Island Sound, Connecticut, just north of the Sachem's Head peninsula, with a bottom of rock and mud.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Oyster Bay Cove

Anchorage in Oyster Bay Harbor on the north shore of Long Island, New York, on the Oyster Bay Cove side east of the mooring fleet, on a mud bottom.

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

Monty's Bay Marina

Marina in a bay on the New York shore of Lake Champlain at West Chazy, about 8 miles north of Plattsburgh, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered S

Cotuit Bay

Bay anchorage on the south coast of Cape Cod, sheltered behind Osterville Grand Island off Nantucket Sound, in the village of Cotuit, Massachusetts.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW

Bridgeport Harbor Marina

Full-service marina with more than 200 berths on the Steelpointe peninsula, in the main Bridgeport Harbour on Long Island Sound in Connecticut.

Quai municipal de Vergennes

Free city dock at Macdonough Park on the east bank of Otter Creek, at the head of navigation in Vergennes, Vermont.

Vergennes City Docks

Municipal docks on Otter Creek at Vergennes, Vermont, reached from Lake Champlain about seven miles up the creek below the falls.

Tripp's Marina

Full-service family-run marina on the East Branch of the Westport River at Westport Point.

Boothbay

Anchorage in the inner harbour of Boothbay Harbor, on the midcoast of Maine, with a mud bottom and fresh water available ashore.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Canal cape cod

Waiting anchorage off the eastern entrance of the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts, on a sand bottom in Cape Cod Bay.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE

Pipes Cove

Sheltered cove between Greenport and Shelter Island on the North Fork of Long Island, New York. Mud bottom, six berths, fresh water available.

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

Vineyard Haven Harbour

Harbour between East Chop and West Chop on Martha's Vineyard, in the town of Tisbury, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Calf Pasture Beach

Anchorage off Calf Pasture Beach at the eastern point of Norwalk, Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E