Best anchorages and harbours in Chesapeake Bay
77 documented anchorages and harbours in Chesapeake Bay, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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- 1AnchorageUnited States
Cedar point
5.0Anchorage near Cedar Point on the Yeocomico River, a tidal tributary of the lower Potomac in the Northern Neck of Virginia.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
2AnchorageUnited StatesBackcreek Anchorage
5.0Anchorage on Back Creek, on the eastern side of Annapolis, Maryland, off the Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
3AnchorageUnited StatesActon Cove
5.0Anchorage on Spa Creek in the Eastport neighbourhood of Annapolis, Maryland, sand bottom, sheltered from most directions but open to the east.
- Sheltered N, NE, S, SW, W, NW
4AnchorageUnited StatesJackson Creek West
5.0Protected anchorage in the western branch of Jackson Creek at Deltaville, Virginia, off the Piankatank River near Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
5AnchorageUnited StatesSpa Creek
4.9Municipal mooring field on Spa Creek at Annapolis, Maryland, between the city dock and the Spa Creek bridge.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
6AnchorageUnited StatesCambridge roadstead
4.9Open roadstead anchorage on the Choptank River off Cambridge, Maryland, near the mouth of Cambridge Creek.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
7AnchorageUnited StatesRedhouse Cove
4.9Anchorage in a cove of the Magothy River by Gibson Island, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 8AnchorageUnited States
Sarah Creek
4.9Sheltered creek opening off the York River at Gloucester Point, Virginia, opposite Yorktown on the Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 9AnchorageUnited States
Selby Bay
4.9Anchorage off the South River on the Chesapeake Bay, about 5 miles south of Annapolis in Maryland. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW
- 10AnchorageUnited States
Sellman Creek
4.9Anchorage in Sellman Creek, a tidal creek of the Rhode River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 11AnchorageUnited States
Mallard Point Anchorage
4.8Anchorage on the Maryland Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, near the mouth of the Chester River, set on a sand bottom with all-round shelter.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 12AnchorageUnited States
Inner Worton Creek
4.8Anchorage in the inner basin of Worton Creek on Maryland's Eastern Shore, about 1.5 miles inside the Chesapeake Bay north of Rock Hall.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 13AnchorageUnited States
Donovans Pier
4.8Anchorage off the Donovans Pier shore on the South River, at Edgewater in Maryland, within the wider Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
- 14AnchorageUnited States
Whitehall
4.8Anchorage in Whitehall Bay, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay about 7.5 miles east of Annapolis, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 15AnchorageUnited States
Worton Creek
4.8Anchorage in Worton Creek, a sheltered tributary on the eastern shore of the upper Chesapeake Bay in Kent County, Maryland.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 16AnchorageUnited States
Trippe Creek
4.8Anchorage in Trippe Creek off the Tred Avon River near Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 17AnchorageUnited States
Claiborne
4.8Open anchorage off the village of Claiborne, on the point dividing Eastern Bay from the Miles River in Talbot County, Maryland.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
- 18AnchorageUnited States
Zimmerman Mooring Ball
4.8Mooring buoy on the East River off Mobjack Bay at Cardinal, Virginia, alongside the Zimmerman Marine yard.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 19AnchorageUnited States
Galloway Creek
4.8Anchorage on the north shore of Middle River at Bowleys Quarters, upper Chesapeake Bay, about nine miles north of Baltimore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 20AnchorageUnited States
South Creek
4.7Anchorage at the mouth of South Creek on the West River near Galesville, Maryland, with a mud bottom and shelter on all sides.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 21AnchorageUnited States
Thomas Creek
4.7Creek anchorage off the East River in Mobjack Bay, Mathews County, Virginia, with a mud bottom and good holding.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 22AnchorageUnited States
Harness Creek
4.7Sheltered anchorage in Harness Creek off the South River, about 3 miles south-west of Annapolis, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
23AnchorageUnited StatesWashington D.C. the Wharf
4.7Mooring field in the Washington Channel of the Potomac River, at The Wharf in Washington D.C.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 24AnchorageUnited States
East River and Put In Creek
4.7Anchorage in the East River, a tributary of Mobjack Bay in Mathews County, Virginia, with Put In Creek branching off at its head.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
25AnchorageUnited StatesSkipjack Cove
4.7Anchorage in a sheltered cove off the Sassafras River near Georgetown, Maryland, about seven miles up from the river mouth.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 26AnchorageUnited States
Back Creek, Solomons Island
4.6Anchorage in Back Creek at Solomons Island, Maryland, the inlet off the Patuxent River where most of the town's marinas lie.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 27AnchorageUnited States
Town creek
4.6Sheltered creek anchorage off Solomons Island, at the mouth of the Patuxent River in Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, S
- 28AnchorageUnited States
Mill Creek
4.6Sheltered creek off the Patuxent River at Solomons, in Calvert County, Maryland, a much used anchorage on the lower Chesapeake.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 29AnchorageUnited States
Backway to St. Michael
4.6Anchorage in the Miles River off St. Michaels, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Eastern Shore. Sand and mud bottom, sheltered from most directions.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
30AnchorageUnited StatesBaltimore
4.6Anchorage on the Patapsco River off the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, on the north-western Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW