Mooring options are few on Monhegan. If you pick up a mooring, don’t leave your boat unattended until you know it’s available for the night.
Ask for harbormaster Sherman Stanley (207-594-9342) or check with a lobsterman in the harbor if any options are available. If there is nothing available in the inner harbor, they may direct you to a mooring outside that will be used by one of the local ferry boats during day hours. If vacant, it’s usually available for an overnight after the last boat leaves.
There really is no good protection on Monhegan island to overnight. Even in benign conditions, it’s rare there is not some wave action even in the harbor itself.
Navigation:
Click the “Map View” button above to see a chart of this harbor.
Monhegan Island Light (43°45’53″N., 69°18’57″W.), 178 feet above the water, is shown from a white tower connected to a white building, on the middle of the island. Within 3 miles of the island the light is obscured between west and southwest. A sound signal is on Manana Island, a small rocky island about 110 feet high, close westward of Monhegan Island.
The deeper water in the harbor favors Manana Island. Entry into the harbor from the south is clear. A depth of 12 feet can be taken through the northern entrance between the wharf on Monhegan Island and the grass-covered rocky islet on the end of the ledge making out from Manana Island. The channel west of the small islet is shoal and has a depth of only 3 feet. In entering from the north the best water leads close to the end of the wharf.
