Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Lakeman Harbour

Tight pond-sized cove off the north-east corner of Roque Harbor, in the Roque Island archipelago of downeast Washington County, Maine. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

North River

Anchorage on the North River, a tidal arm of Mobjack Bay off Chesapeake Bay, in Mathews County, Virginia.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Bahía de Salinas

Anchorage in the inner bay of Salinas, 200 m off Marina de Salinas, one of the main cruising stops on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Atlantic City Coast Guard Anchorage

Anchorage off the Coast Guard station at Atlantic City, in Absecon Inlet, New Jersey.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Breton Bay - East Anchorage

Anchorage in Breton Bay, a tributary off the Potomac River North near Leonardtown, Maryland. Mud bottom with good holding.

Fish Bay

Bay on the south coast of St. John, between Ditleff Point and Reef Bay.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Fredericksburg Cove

Anchorage in Charlotte Amalie harbour on St. Thomas, between the downtown waterfront and Yacht Haven Grande.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Hog Island

Mud-bottom anchorage off Hog Island, at the entrance to Bristol Harbour in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

• Sheltered S

Spoil Island SL

Anchorage off a spoil island in the Indian River Lagoon near Fort Pierce, Florida, with sand and mud bottom.

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

Tide Mill Cove

Anchorage in St. Michaels harbour off the Miles River, on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, W, NW

Robertson Island

Anchorage in Pensacola Bay, north-west Florida, on a weed bottom, lying 3.5 nautical miles south-west of the Bayou Grande Sailing Marina at NAS Pensacola.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW

Patos Island

Patos Island is the north-westernmost point of the contiguous United States, a marine state park in the San Juan Islands of Washington reached only by boat.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE

Tenants Harbor

Working fishing harbour midway down the St. George peninsula in Maine, on a mud bottom, with shelter from nearly every quarter.

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

Wisteria Island

Anchorage off the north side of Wisteria Island, an uninhabited spoil island about 600 yards from Key West, Florida. Locally known as Christmas Tree Island.

• Sheltered E, S, SE

Chippewa Harbor

Sheltered anchorage on the south shore of Isle Royale, a wilderness national park island in Lake Superior, Michigan.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE

Schoonmaker Beach

Anchorage in Richardson Bay off Sausalito, California, on the north side of San Francisco Bay. The bottom is soft mud.

• Sheltered SW, W

Siskiwit Bay

Anchorage in Siskiwit Bay on the south shore of Isle Royale, a wilderness national park island in Lake Superior, Michigan.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Spoil Island

Anchorage off a spoil island in the Indian River Lagoon near Fort Pierce, Florida, with a sand bottom and shelter from wind in every quarter.

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

Key Lois

Anchorage off Key Lois, an uninhabited mangrove island in the Lower Florida Keys, south of Summerland Key. Algae and mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Snorkel Beach

Anchorage off a small beach on the south-west side of Culebrita, off the east coast of Culebra, 0.4 NM from Bahía Tortuga.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Bruffs Island Anchorage

Anchorage off Bruffs Island where the Wye River splits around Wye Island, on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

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

Crash Boat Beach

Anchorage off Crash Boat Beach, Aguadilla, on the north-west corner of Puerto Rico, 1.9 NM north of Aguadilla town.

• Sheltered NE

Dutch Harbor

Harbour on the west side of Conanicut Island at Jamestown, Rhode Island, between the island and Dutch Island in the West Passage of Narragansett Bay.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, S, SE

Kodiak Bay

Remote anchorage near Larsen Harbour on the south coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska, with sand, mud and weed holding.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Christmas Cove

Cove on the west side of Great St. James, off the east end of St. Thomas, within the St. Thomas East End Reserves, with a mooring field and the floating Pizza Pi boat.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Duncan Bay

Sheltered bay on Lake Huron about 2 miles east of Cheboygan, Michigan, within the Straits of Mackinac.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Olowalu

Anchorage off Olowalu on the west coast of Maui, Hawaii, about 4 nm south of Lahaina. Sand and rock bottom, sheltered from NW through E.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Bloody point

Anchorage in the North Edisto River, between Kiawah and Seabrook Islands in South Carolina. Mud bottom, sheltered from every direction.

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

Port Clyde Harbour

Working harbour and anchorage at the tip of the St George peninsula, midcoast Maine, sheltered behind Hupper Island. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Sandy Bay

Bay with a sand beach on the north side of the West End of St. Thomas.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE