Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Pulpit Harbor, ME

Pulpit Harbor is a secure anchorage for small vessels of about 13-foot draft or less. Keep in midchannel and anchor in its broad part in depths of 18 to 33 feet.
Another good all-weather anchorage for small craft is reported to be in the southwesterly prong, just inside the entrance, in 18 to 27 feet. More sheltered anchorage in 8 to 10 feet is toward the northeast end of the harbor, where there is a public float landing with 3 feet alongside. There is a telephone at the landing. Gasoline, provisions, and most supplies can be obtained by calling North Haven from the landing.
Navigation:
Click the “Map View” button above to see a chart of this harbor.
The entrance to Pulpit Harbor, on the northwest side of North Haven Island, has a clear width of over 100 yards. Pulpit Rock, 10 feet high and pointed, is near the end of the reef extending 250 yards northeastward from the western point at the entrance. The rock is a good mark. To enter, give the north side of Pulpit Rock and the eastern shore just northward of the entrance a berth of over 100 yards, and enter in midchannel eastward of Pulpit Rock.