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Mooring fields

Every harbor in the directory with guest or transient moorings — who to hail and on which VHF channel, what a ball costs, whether there's launch service, and how reliably the field fills on a summer weekend.

43 harbors
Reserve or hail

Apponagansett Bay — Padanaram

South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Reserve or hail

Bristol Harbor

Bristol, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Reserve or hail

Clinton Harbor

Clinton, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Reserve or hail

Cuttyhunk Pond

Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsBusy
Reserve or hail

Dering Harbor — Shelter Island

Shelter Island, New York
GoodMooring fieldModerate
First-come

Dutch Harbor

Jamestown, Rhode Island
FairMooring fieldQuiet
Reserve or hail

Eastchester Bay — City Island

City Island (Bronx), New York
GoodMooring fieldBusy
Reserve or hail

Edgartown Harbor

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
FairAnchor + mooringsBusy
Reserve or hail

Essex — Connecticut River

Connecticut River, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Reserve or hail

Great Salt Pond (New Harbor)

Block Island, Rhode Island
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsBusy
Reserve or hail

Greenport — Stirling Basin

Greenport, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Reserve or hail

Greenwich Cove — East Greenwich

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
First-come

Hamburg Cove — Connecticut River

Connecticut River, Connecticut
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsModerate
Reservable

Huntington Harbor

Huntington, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Reserve or hail

Lake Montauk

Montauk, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
First-come

Lake Tashmoo

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Reserve or hail

Manhasset Bay — Port Washington

Port Washington, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Reserve or hail

Mattapoisett Harbor

Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Reservable

Menemsha Basin

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldBusy
Reserve or hail

Milford Harbor

Milford, Connecticut
FairMooring fieldModerate
Reserve or hail

Nantucket Harbor

Nantucket, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Reserve or hail

New London Harbor — Thames River

New London, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Reserve or hail

Newport Harbor — Brenton Cove

Newport, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Reservable

Niantic Bay & River

East Lyme, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Reservable

Northport Harbor

Northport, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Reserve or hail

Norwalk Islands — Sheffield Harbor

Norwalk Islands, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Reserve or hail

Onset Harbor

Wareham, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Reserve or hail

Orient Harbor

Orient, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Reserve or hail

Oyster Bay Harbor

Oyster Bay, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Reserve or hail

Port Jefferson Harbor

Port Jefferson, New York
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsBusy
First-come

Quissett Harbor

Falmouth, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Reservable

Red Brook Harbor — Pocasset

Bourne, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Reserve or hail

Sag Harbor

Sag Harbor, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Reserve or hail

Sakonnet Harbor

Little Compton, Rhode Island
GoodMooring fieldModerate
Reserve or hail

Sippican Harbor — Marion

Marion, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Reserve or hail

Stonington Harbor

Stonington, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Reserve or hail

Three Mile Harbor — East Hampton

East Hampton, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Reserve or hail

Vineyard Haven Harbor

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Reservable

Watch Hill Cove

Watch Hill, Rhode Island
FairMooring fieldBusy
Reserve or hail

West Falmouth Harbor

Falmouth, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Reserve or hail

West Harbor — Fishers Island

Fishers Island, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Reserve or hail

Wickford Harbor

North Kingstown, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Reservable

Woods Hole — Great Harbor & Eel Pond

Woods Hole, Massachusetts
FairAnchor + mooringsBusy