Best anchorages and harbours in Alaska
16 documented anchorages and harbours in Alaska, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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- 1AnchorageUnited States
Samsing Cove
4.6Remote anchorage in south-east Alaska on the inland side of Baranof Island, in the Alexander Archipelago.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
2AnchorageUnited StatesSitka
4.6Anchorage off Sitka, on the west coast of Baranof Island in Sitka Sound, south-east Alaska.
- Sheltered NW, NE, E, SE
- 3AnchorageUnited States
Foggy Bay
4.5Anchorage on the east shore of Revillagigedo Channel, about 50 miles north of Prince Rupert, on the Inside Passage route to Ketchikan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 4AnchorageUnited States
Nuka Island
4.4Anchorage at Nuka Island, on the south-western edge of Kenai Fjords National Park, about 26 miles south-east of Homer, Alaska.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 5AnchorageUnited States
Fanshaw Bay
4.2Bay indenting the eastern shore of Frederick Sound, on the north-east side of Cape Fanshaw in the Alexander Archipelago, about 83 miles south of Juneau.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 6AnchorageUnited States
Red Bay
4.1Bay on the north coast of Prince of Wales Island, opening northeast into Sumner Strait in Southeast Alaska.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
7AnchorageUnited StatesPetersburg
4.1Fishing town on the northern tip of Mitkof Island, at the junction of Wrangell Narrows and Frederick Sound in South-East Alaska.
- Sheltered NW, N, E, S, SE
8AnchorageUnited StatesHarbor Point
4.1Anchorage on the Mansfield Peninsula in Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska, with a mud and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, E, S, SE
- 9AnchorageUnited States
Horseshoe Bay
3.6Anchorage on Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, a remote stretch of the Inside Passage with no road access.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 10AnchorageUnited States
Whitestone Rock
3.6Anchorage near Whitestone Rock, an islet off the north-west coast of Baranof Island, south-east Alaska.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
11AnchorageUnited StatesJuneau
3.5Anchorage on Gastineau Channel off downtown Juneau, the capital of Alaska. Rock and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, W, SW, S
- 12AnchorageUnited States
Wrangell Airport
3.3Anchorage off the Wrangell Airport shore on the east side of Wrangell Island, along Zimovia Strait in South-East Alaska.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 13AnchorageUnited States
Ratz Harbor
3.3Bay indenting the north-east coast of Prince of Wales Island on the west side of Clarence Strait, Southeast Alaska.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 14AnchorageUnited States
East Clump Blow Hole
Anchorage in the Tongass Narrows near Ketchikan, southeast Alaska, on a rocky bottom and sheltered from W, SW and S winds.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 15AnchorageUnited States
South Twin Bay
Anchorage in western Prince William Sound, Alaska, in the waters off Knight Island Passage near the Native village of Chenega.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 16AnchorageUnited States
Thumb Cove
Anchorage on the east side of Resurrection Bay, within Thumb Cove State Marine Park, about 7.8 miles south-east of Seward, Alaska.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE