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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- 481MouillageUnited States
Sausalito
3.5Anchorage in Richardson Bay off Sausalito, California, on a mixed rock and mud bottom near the head of San Francisco Bay.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 482MouillageUnited States
Uganik South
3.5Anchorage in the South Arm of Uganik Bay, a fjord on the north coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska, off Shelikof Strait.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
483MouillageUnited StatesHalifax River
3.5Anchorage on the Halifax River off Daytona Beach, on the Intracoastal Waterway near ICW mile 830, in Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
484MouillageUnited StatesJuneau
3.5Anchorage on Gastineau Channel off downtown Juneau, the capital of Alaska. Rock and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, W, SW, S
- 485MouillageUnited States
Point Judith Harbor Refuge
3.5Anchorage inside the Point Judith Harbor of Refuge at Narragansett, Rhode Island, at the south-western tip of Narragansett Bay, on sand and mud.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 486MouillageUnited States
Quamino rock bay
3.5Anchorage in Cohasset Harbour, Massachusetts, beside Big Quamino Rock, a barren islet off the inner harbour.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 487MouillageUnited States
Belfast Anchorage
3.4Anchorage at Belfast Harbour, at the north end of Penobscot Bay where the Passagassawakeag River meets the bay, in Maine. Sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 488MouillageUnited States
Little Fishermans Cove
3.4Open anchorage on the coast of Santa Catalina Island, California, with a sand bottom. It sits about 20 nautical miles south-west of San Pedro.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
- 489MouillageUnited States
Cape Florida Channel
3.4Channel anchorage along the south-west shore of Key Biscayne, Florida, inside Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
490MouillageUnited StatesGravesend Bay
3.4Designated anchorage in south-west Brooklyn, north of Coney Island, off Lower New York Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 491MouillagePuerto Rico
Punta Montalva
3.4Anchorage off Punta Montalva, 3.8 NM east of La Parguera, on the edge of the Bahía Montalva mangrove protected by the La Parguera nature reserve.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 492MouillageU.S. Virgin Islands
Salt Pond Bay
3.4Bay on the south-east coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, at the start of the Ram Head trail.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
493MouillageUnited StatesA9 "Cruiser" Anchorage
3.4Designated cruisers anchorage in San Diego Bay, California, off the eastern tip of Harbor Island, with fresh water available nearby.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 494MouillageUnited States
Burbank Point
3.4Marsh anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway in Cumberland Sound, on Georgia's southernmost stretch of coast near St Marys.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
- 495MouillagePuerto Rico
Cayo Santiago
3.4Anchorage off Cayo Santiago, the monkey island 0.5 NM off Punta Santiago at Humacao, east coast of Puerto Rico, home to a rhesus macaque colony since 1938.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 496MouillageUnited States
Ponce de Leon Inlet
3.4Anchorage at Ponce de Leon Inlet, where the Halifax River and Intracoastal Waterway meet the Atlantic on Florida's east coast, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
497MouillageUnited StatesAndrew’s Bay
3.4Cove on the west side of Seward Park on Lake Washington, Seattle, and the busiest anchorage on the lake.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 498MouillagePuerto Rico
Cayo Lobo
3.4Day anchorage at Cayo Lobo, a rocky cay 2.4 NM west of Cayo Luis Peña, off Culebra, known as a boat dive site.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 499MouillageUnited States
Marina Jack Mooring Fields
3.4Mooring buoy field off downtown Sarasota on Florida's Gulf coast, with around 60 numbered moorings on a sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
500MouillageUnited StatesGoddard Memorial State Park
3.4Anchorage off Goddard Memorial State Park, on the shore of Greenwich Cove and Greenwich Bay at Warwick, Rhode Island.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
501MouillageUnited StatesNeuse River
3.4Anchorage on the Neuse River off New Bern, North Carolina, where the Neuse meets the Trent River, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW
- 502MouillageU.S. Virgin Islands
Schooner Bay
3.4Anchorage in the eastern part of Christiansted harbour on St. Croix, between the town waterfront and Gallows Bay.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 503MouillagePuerto Rico
Bahía de Mayagüez
3.3Anchorage in Mayagüez Bay, off the city of Mayagüez on the west coast of Puerto Rico, 8 NM north of Puerto Real.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
504MouillageUnited StatesOffatts Bayou
3.3Anchorage in a bayou on the south side of Galveston Island, Texas, with sand and mud bottom and protection from the S and SW.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 505MouillageUnited States
Timber point
3.3Anchorage off Timber Point on Elk Neck, in the upper Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Bohemia River, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 506MouillageUnited States
Town Creek
3.3Anchorage in Town Creek at Oxford, a tributary of the Tred Avon River on Maryland's Eastern Shore, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 507MouillageUnited States
Indian Rock
3.3Open anchorage off Santa Catalina Island, California, on a sand bottom. It lies roughly 19 nautical miles south-west of San Pedro.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
- 508MouillageUnited States
Wrangell Airport
3.3Anchorage off the Wrangell Airport shore on the east side of Wrangell Island, along Zimovia Strait in South-East Alaska.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
509MouillageUnited StatesCatalina Harbor
3.3Mooring off the West End of Santa Catalina Island, California, near Howland's Landing, set on a sand bottom with all-round shelter.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 510MouillagePuerto Rico
La Parguera
3.3Anchorage 0.6 NM east of the village of La Parguera, on the south-west coast of Puerto Rico, inside the La Parguera nature reserve.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E