Best anchorages and harbours in Rhode Island
16 documented anchorages and harbours in Rhode Island, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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- 1AnchorageUnited States
3rd beach
5.0Anchorage 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
2AnchorageUnited StatesBlock Island Hotel
5.0Anchorage 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
- 3AnchorageUnited States
Mackeral Cove Beach
5.0Cove 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
- 4AnchorageUnited States
Newport
4.9Anchorage 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
- 5AnchorageUnited States
Bristol Harbour
4.7Mooring 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
6AnchorageUnited StatesBrenton Cove
4.5Anchorage 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
7AnchorageUnited StatesNewport Bay
4.3Mooring and anchorage area in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, around Goat Island near the entrance from Narragansett Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
8AnchorageUnited StatesBlock island
4.1Anchorage 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
- 9AnchorageUnited States
Dutch Harbor
4.0Harbour on the west side of Conanicut Island at Jamestown, Rhode Island, between the island and Dutch Island in the West Passage of Narragansett Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, S, SE
- 10AnchorageUnited States
Hog Island
4.0Mud-bottom anchorage off Hog Island, at the entrance to Bristol Harbour in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
- Sheltered S
11AnchorageUnited StatesGoddard Memorial State Park
3.7Anchorage off Goddard Memorial State Park, on the shore of Greenwich Cove and Greenwich Bay at Warwick, Rhode Island.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 12AnchorageUnited States
Point Judith Harbor Refuge
3.3Anchorage 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
- 13AnchorageUnited States
Potter Cove, Prudence Island
Sheltered anchorage on the north end of Prudence Island, in the geographic centre of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 14AnchorageUnited States
Providence Point
Open anchorage off the Bristol shore of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, with a bottom of rock and mud.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 15AnchorageUnited States
Watch Hill Cove
Anchorage off Watch Hill, Westerly, Rhode Island, on the edge of Little Narragansett Bay. Sand bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered E, SE, S
16AnchorageUnited StatesWesterly
Anchorage off Watch Hill in Westerly, the south-westernmost point of Rhode Island, sheltered by Napatree Point at the entrance to Little Narragansett Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E