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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451AnchorageUnited StatesHospital Point
3.6Anchorage on the Elizabeth River at the start of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, between Norfolk and Portsmouth in Virginia, at mile marker 0.2.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 452AnchoragePuerto Rico
Isla Caja de Muertos
3.6Anchorage off Caja de Muertos, an uninhabited island 8.4 km off the coast and 6.7 NM south of Ponce, protected as a nature reserve since 1980.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 453AnchorageUnited States
North River anchorage
3.6Anchorage on the North River along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, near Coinjock in north-eastern North Carolina, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 454AnchoragePuerto Rico
Playa Melones
3.6Anchorage off Playa Melones, the closest beach to Dewey on the west coast of Culebra, 0.6 NM from town.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 455AnchoragePuerto Rico
Playa Tamarindo
3.5Anchorage off Playa Tamarindo on the west coast of Culebra, facing Cayo Luis Peña, 1.4 NM north-west of Dewey.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 456AnchorageUnited States
Uganik Passage
3.5Anchorage along Uganik Passage, the channel between Uganik Island and the mainland of Kodiak Island, Alaska.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
457AnchorageUnited StatesYork Town
3.5Anchorage off the historic town of Yorktown on the York River in Virginia, with mud holding and fresh water available ashore.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
458AnchorageUnited StatesLiberty Park Anchorage
3.5Free anchorage off the Liberty State Park bulkhead in Jersey City, New Jersey, within New York Harbor opposite Lower Manhattan.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
459AnchorageUnited StatesWiscasset
3.5Town anchorage on the Sheepscot River in Maine, about 13 miles above the river mouth, in one of the deepest, ice-free harbours in the state.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 460AnchorageUnited States
Matia Island State Park
3.5Marine state park anchorage in the San Juan Islands, Washington, off Rolfe Cove on the northwest side of Matia Island.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
461AnchorageUnited StatesCompo Beach
3.5Anchorage off Compo Beach in Long Island Sound, near the mouth of the Saugatuck River at Westport, Connecticut.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 462AnchoragePuerto Rico
Puerto Real Sud
3.5Anchorage in the southern part of Puerto Real harbour, 500 m south of Marina Puerto Real on the west coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 463AnchorageUnited States
Queen Mary Island
3.5All-round sheltered anchorage in Kilkenny Creek off the Bear River, just off the Intracoastal Waterway in coastal Georgia, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
464AnchorageUnited StatesMatanzas River
3.5Anchorage on the Matanzas River off downtown St Augustine, Florida, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, mud bottom.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 465AnchorageUnited States
Tropic Isle Anchorage
3.5Anchorage on the Intracoastal Waterway at Delray Beach, Florida, with mud bottom and good all-round shelter.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
- 466AnchoragePuerto Rico
Aguadilla Pueblo
3.5Anchorage off the town of Aguadilla, on the north-west coast of Puerto Rico, 1.9 NM south of Crash Boat Beach.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
467AnchorageUnited StatesBear Island
3.5Anchorage off Bear Island, a 21-acre Maine Coast Heritage Trust conservation island on the eastern edge of Eggemoggin Reach near Deer Isle.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
468AnchorageUnited StatesStillwater Cove
3.5Anchorage on the north shore of Carmel Bay at Pebble Beach, California, in the lee of Pescadero Point.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
469AnchorageUnited StatesApostle Islands Sandscapes
3.5Anchorage among the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior, Wisconsin, within the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 470AnchorageUnited States
Hornbarn Cove
3.5Quiet cove on the lower St. George River in mid-coast Maine, with a mud bottom and shelter from every quarter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
471AnchorageUnited StatesPeacock Park
3.5Members' yacht club marina at Brickyard Cove in Richmond, California, on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 472AnchorageUnited States
Pickering cove
3.5Anchorage off Pickering Island in East Penobscot Bay, Maine, near the western end of Eggemoggin Reach. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 473AnchoragePuerto Rico
Puerta de San Juan
3.5Anchorage under the walls of Old San Juan, off the Puerta de San Juan, the last surviving gate in the city walls, just inside the entrance to San Juan Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
474AnchorageUnited StatesBack Creek, Solomons Island
3.5Anchorage further up Back Creek at Solomons Island, Maryland, set among the working marinas off the Patuxent River.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
475AnchorageUnited StatesBon Secour South Fork
3.5Anchorage on the South Fork of the Bon Secour River, near Gulf Shores, Alabama, on a mud bottom with all-round shelter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 476AnchorageUnited States
Caesar Creek
3.5Anchorage in the channel separating Elliott Key and Old Rhodes Key, within Biscayne National Park south of Miami, Florida.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
477AnchorageUnited StatesChesapeake bay
3.5Anchorage in a cove off the Sassafras River near Georgetown, in the upper Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 478AnchorageUnited States
Nichol's Point
3.5Anchorage near The Gut, the narrow passage between North Hero and South Hero islands on Lake Champlain, Vermont.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
479AnchorageUnited StatesCape May anchorage
3.5Anchorage in Cape May Harbour at the southern tip of New Jersey, on a mud bottom, at the southern end of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 480AnchorageUnited States
Ellis Island
3.5Free anchorage in Upper New York Bay off Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, on the New Jersey side, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S