Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Block Island Hotel

Anchorage off Old Harbor on the east side of Block Island, Rhode Island, an artificial harbour formed by two breakwaters.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Norwalk River anchorage

Anchorage on the Norwalk River off South Norwalk, Connecticut, behind the Norwalk Islands on the north shore of Long Island Sound.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Stock Island Marina

Deep-water marina on Stock Island, just east of Key West in the Florida Keys, with 288 floating berths.

Beaufort Docks

All-transient marina on the Front Street waterfront in historic Beaufort, North Carolina, on Taylor Creek.

Camden

Harbour on the western shore of Penobscot Bay in Camden, Maine, with a mud bottom and fresh water available.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Cedar point

Anchorage 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

Green Island

Anchorage off Green Island, a 48-acre Maine Coast Heritage Trust conservation island in the Merchant Row archipelago between Stonington and Isle au Haut.

• Sheltered NW, N

Hull Bay

Open anchorage off the town of Hull, on the western side of Hingham Bay in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Lake Worth Beach anchorage

Anchorage in Lake Worth Lagoon near Lake Worth Beach, on Florida's east coast. Sand bottom, sheltered from north-west through south-west but open to the east.

• Sheltered NW, W, E, SW

Little Marsh Island

ICW anchorage near Little Marsh Island, off Sister Creek east of Jacksonville in north-east Florida.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

PORT 32 Jacksonville at Ortega Landing

Marina at the mouth of the Ortega River where it joins the St Johns River, near the Avondale district of Jacksonville, Florida.

Patos Island Marine State Park

Anchorage and two mooring buoys at Active Cove, the northernmost San Juan island in Washington, close to the Canadian border.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE

Pier Sixty-Six Marina

Deep-water yacht marina at the foot of the Pier Sixty-Six tower in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on the approaches to Port Everglades.

Port Townsend Boat Haven

Working harbour on the south-west side of Port Townsend, at the entrance to Admiralty Inlet and Puget Sound.

Ram Island

Anchorage in Smith Cove, on Cape Rosier across the Bagaduce River from Castine, in eastern Penobscot Bay, Maine. Sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW

Harborage Marina - St. Pete

Marina on Salt Creek in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, set off Tampa Bay on the city's eastern waterfront.

Mile hammock bay

Man-made basin just off the Intracoastal Waterway inside the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base in North Carolina, on a bottom of sand and mud.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Shoreline Marina

Large municipal marina in downtown Long Beach, California, between the Queen Mary and the convention centre, opened in 1982.

SL1 South

Anchorage on the Caloosahatchee River in the Fort Myers area of Florida, part of the Okeechobee Waterway between the Gulf and Lake Okeechobee.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Stage Island

Anchorage inside Stage Island in Wood Island Harbour, near Biddeford Pool, in Maine, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered W, SW, S

The Slips

Private marina and club on the Yeocomico River in Kinsale, on Virginia's Northern Neck, about 8 NM upriver from the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay.

Waikiki Yacht Club

Private yacht club inside Ala Wai Boat Harbor on the south shore of Oahu, Honolulu. About 150 member berths in front of the clubhouse.

Backcreek Anchorage

Anchorage on Back Creek, on the eastern side of Annapolis, Maryland, off the Chesapeake Bay.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Biddeford Pool Yacht Club

Private yacht club at Biddeford Pool on the southern Maine coast, with guest moorings open to transient boats for a fee.

City of Long Beach: Rainbow Harbor

Public harbour in downtown Long Beach, California, between Shoreline Village and the Aquarium of the Pacific.

Duck Harbour Isle au Haut

Anchorage on the west side of Isle au Haut, Maine, within Acadia National Park, on a sand and mud bottom with shelter from N through E and round to SE.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Safe Harbor Harbortown

Marina and boatyard on the Indian River Lagoon at Fort Pierce, Florida, just west of the Fort Pierce Inlet.

Sheepsco River

Anchorage on the Sheepscot River in midcoast Maine, on a mud bottom, sheltered from north through to south-east.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Acton Cove

Anchorage 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

Crow's Nest

Marina and restaurant just inside Venice Inlet on the island of Venice, between the Gulf of Mexico and the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida.