Best anchorages and harbours in United States
749 documented anchorages and harbours in United States, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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- 331AnchoragePuerto Rico
Canal San Antonio
4.1Designated anchorage in the San Antonio Channel, San Juan, just west of San Juan Bay Marina and the Club Náutico de San Juan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
332AnchorageUnited StatesSeville Harbor
4.1Anchorage off the Seville waterfront in downtown Pensacola, Florida, on a mud bottom in Pensacola Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
333AnchorageUnited StatesCrescent City Harbor anchorage
4.1Anchorage in the outer harbour at Crescent City, on the northern California coast. Rock and mud bottom, open to the south.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
- 334AnchorageUnited 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
335AnchorageUnited StatesSomes Harbor
4.1Anchorage at the head of Somes Sound on Mount Desert Island, Maine, off the village of Somesville at the edge of Acadia National Park.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
336AnchorageUnited StatesBig Bay Creek, Edisto Beach
4.1Anchorage on Big Bay Creek behind Edisto Beach, South Carolina, beside The Plantation Course golf course and close to the Intracoastal Waterway.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 337AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía de la Punta Conejo
4.1Bay by Punta Conejo on the south coast of Vieques, 5.3 NM east of Esperanza, on the edge of the former US Navy range.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 338AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Frenchman Bay
4.1Bay with a beach on the south coast of St. Thomas, east of the entrance to Charlotte Amalie harbour.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 339AnchorageUnited States
Kodiak
4.1Anchorage off the town of Kodiak on Kodiak Island, in the Gulf of Alaska, with a sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SE
- 340AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Little Lameshur Bay
4.1Bay with a beach on the south coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, just west of Great Lameshur Bay.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 341AnchoragePuerto Rico
Luis Pena Beach
4.1Anchorage off a beach on the north side of Cayo Luis Peña, off the west coast of Culebra, 1.9 NM from Dewey.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
342AnchorageUnited 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
343AnchorageUnited StatesCumberland island
4.1Anchorage on the back side of Cumberland Island, the southernmost barrier island of Georgia, in the marshes between the island and St Marys. Sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
344AnchorageUnited StatesLettuce Lake
4.1Free anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway at Pompano Beach, Florida, set well back from the channel.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
345AnchorageUnited StatesLittle Bayou
4.1Enclosed anchorage on Pentwater Lake at Pentwater, off the Lake Michigan shore.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
346AnchorageUnited StatesSanta Barbara anchorage (Seasonal)
4.1Seasonal open-roadstead anchorage off Santa Barbara on the southern California coast, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 347AnchorageUnited States
First Sassafras Bend
4.1Anchorage on the first bend of the Sassafras River above its mouth, upper Chesapeake Bay, with the marinas of Georgetown to the east.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
348AnchorageUnited StatesHarbor Point
4.1Anchorage on the Mansfield Peninsula in Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska, with a mud and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, E, S, SE
- 349AnchorageUnited States
Coecles Harbor anchorage
4.1Anchorage inside Coecles Harbor on Shelter Island, at the eastern end of New York's Peconic Bays, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
- 350AnchoragePuerto Rico
Arrecife Margarita
4.0Anchorage on sand by the Margarita reef, 4.7 NM south-west of La Parguera, off the south-west coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
351AnchorageUnited StatesIndian Key Anchorage
4.0Anchorage off Indian Key, an 11-acre historic island in the Florida Keys near Islamorada, lying just inside the Hawk Channel passage south-east of U.S. 1.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 352AnchoragePuerto Rico
Isla Palominos
4.0Mooring field off Isla Palominos, a private island in La Cordillera chain 3.5 NM east of Fajardo, leased to the El Conquistador resort.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
353AnchorageUnited StatesSpencer Spit
4.0Anchorage off Spencer Spit State Park on the eastern shore of Lopez Island, San Juan Islands, Washington, overlooking Lopez Sound.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 354AnchorageUnited States
Windmill
4.0Anchorage in the cove behind Windmill Point on the Ware River, Mobjack Bay, Virginia, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S, SE
355AnchorageUnited StatesEdgartown Mooring field
4.0Town mooring field in Edgartown harbour on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 356AnchoragePuerto Rico
Carrucho
4.0Anchorage 0.7 NM south of Marina de Salinas, in the outer part of Bahía de Salinas on the south coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 357AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Cinnamon Bay
4.0Bay on the north shore of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, with a long sand beach and the park's Cinnamon Bay campground behind it.
- Paid
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 358AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Maho Bay
4.0Bay on the north shore of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, next to Francis Bay, with its beach along the North Shore Road.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 359AnchorageUnited States
Abel Marina
4.0Mooring field off the Henry R. Abel boatyard at the head of Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 360AnchoragePuerto Rico
Copamarina Beach
4.0Anchorage off the beach of the Copamarina resort at Caña Gorda, Guánica, on the south-west coast of Puerto Rico, 0.5 NM from Cayo Aurora.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE