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Sheltered from a north wind

When it's blowing from the north (northerly), these anchorages are the ones to head for — protected from that direction and ranked by holding. Prefer to pick the direction yourself? Use the wind shelter finder.

43 harbors
Good in a north

Great Salt Pond (New Harbor)

Block Island, Rhode Island
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a north

Cuttyhunk Pond

Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a north

Hadley Harbor — Naushon Island

Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
ExcellentAnchorageModerate
Good in a north

Coecles Harbor — Shelter Island

Shelter Island, New York
ExcellentAnchorageQuiet
Good in a north

Port Jefferson Harbor

Port Jefferson, New York
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a north

Hamburg Cove — Connecticut River

Connecticut River, Connecticut
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a north

Newport Harbor — Brenton Cove

Newport, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a north

Wickford Harbor

North Kingstown, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a north

Bristol Harbor

Bristol, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a north

Sakonnet Harbor

Little Compton, Rhode Island
GoodMooring fieldModerate
Good in a north

Quissett Harbor

Falmouth, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a north

West Falmouth Harbor

Falmouth, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a north

Red Brook Harbor — Pocasset

Bourne, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a north

Onset Harbor

Wareham, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a north

Sippican Harbor — Marion

Marion, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a north

Apponagansett Bay — Padanaram

South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a north

Mattapoisett Harbor

Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a north

New Bedford & Fairhaven Harbor

New Bedford, Massachusetts
GoodMarinaModerate
Good in a north

Lake Tashmoo

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a north

Nantucket Harbor

Nantucket, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a north

West Harbor — Fishers Island

Fishers Island, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a north

Stonington Harbor

Stonington, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a north

Three Mile Harbor — East Hampton

East Hampton, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a north

Greenport — Stirling Basin

Greenport, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a north

Orient Harbor

Orient, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a north

New London Harbor — Thames River

New London, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a north

Niantic Bay & River

East Lyme, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a north

Norwalk Islands — Sheffield Harbor

Norwalk Islands, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a north

Captain Islands — Greenwich

Greenwich, Connecticut
GoodAnchorageQuiet
Good in a north

Oyster Bay Harbor

Oyster Bay, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a north

Duck Island Roads — Westbrook

Westbrook, Connecticut
GoodAnchorageQuiet
Good in a north

Essex — Connecticut River

Connecticut River, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a north

Guilford Harbor

Guilford, Connecticut
GoodMarinaModerate
Good in a north

Clinton Harbor

Clinton, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a north

Eastchester Bay — City Island

City Island (Bronx), New York
GoodMooring fieldBusy
Good in a north

Point Judith Pond

Narragansett, Rhode Island
FairAnchorageBusy
Good in a north

Woods Hole — Great Harbor & Eel Pond

Woods Hole, Massachusetts
FairAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a north

Edgartown Harbor

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
FairAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a north

Mystic River — Downtown

Mystic, Connecticut
FairMarinaModerate
Good in a north

Watch Hill Cove

Watch Hill, Rhode Island
FairMooring fieldBusy
Good in a north

Milford Harbor

Milford, Connecticut
FairMooring fieldModerate
Good in a north

Thimble Islands — Stony Creek

Branford, Connecticut
FairAnchorageBusy
Good in a north

Old Harbor

Block Island, Rhode Island
PoorMarinaBusy