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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- 571AnchorageUnited States
Islandale Anchorage
2.7Anchorage in Rosario Strait among the San Juan Islands of Washington, between Lopez Island and James Island.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 572AnchoragePuerto Rico
Playa Córcega
2.7Anchorage off Playa Córcega, south of the town of Rincón on the west coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 573AnchorageUnited States
Big Drakes Bay
2.7Anchorage off Peacock Park in Coconut Grove, on the western shore of Biscayne Bay, Miami.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 574AnchorageUnited States
South Lake
2.7Man-made lake south of Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Florida, opening to the Intracoastal Waterway through a short inlet.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
575AnchorageUnited StatesBechers bay
2.7Broad semicircular bay on the north-east side of Santa Rosa Island, the main point of entry to the island in Channel Islands National Park, California.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
576AnchorageUnited StatesCalf Pasture Beach
2.7Anchorage off Calf Pasture Beach at the eastern point of Norwalk, Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 577AnchorageUnited States
Phil Foster Park
2.7Anchorage off Phil Foster Park at Riviera Beach, Florida, near the foot of the Blue Heron Bridge.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S
- 578AnchorageUnited States
Dog Hammock Spit
2.6Anchorage off Dog Hammock Spit on the Sapelo River, coastal Georgia, mud bottom, used as a stop on the Intracoastal Waterway.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
- 579AnchoragePuerto Rico
Playa El Guano, Maunabo
2.6Anchorage off Playa El Guano at Maunabo, on the south-east coast of Puerto Rico, 4.8 NM south-west of Palmas del Mar.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 580AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Genti Bay, Reef Bay
2.6Western corner of Reef Bay on the south coast of St. John, within Virgin Islands National Park, where the Reef Bay Trail comes down to the sea.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 581AnchoragePuerto Rico
Cayo Chiva
2.6Anchorage by Cayo Chiva on the south coast of Vieques, 3.2 NM east of Esperanza, off the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
582AnchorageUnited StatesMatanzas Pass
2.6Municipal mooring field in Matanzas Pass at Fort Myers Beach, Florida, run by the town on Estero Island.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
- 583AnchoragePuerto Rico
Cayo Luis Peña SE
2.6Anchorage off the south-east beach of Cayo Luis Peña, across the channel from Dewey, Culebra, 1.6 NM away.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 584AnchoragePuerto Rico
Cayo Diablo
2.6Mooring off Cayo Diablo, a small cay in the eastern part of La Cordillera Reef Natural Reserve, 6 NM north-east of Fajardo.
- Sheltered NW, N
585AnchorageUnited StatesHarbor Road
2.6Anchorage in the West Ocean City harbour basin on the Isle of Wight Bay, Ocean City, Maryland, behind the barrier island.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 586AnchorageUnited States
Vilano Beach Anchorage
2.6Anchorage on the Tolomato River near St Augustine, Florida, just off the Intracoastal Waterway on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered E, SW, W
587AnchorageUnited StatesSan Juan Island
2.6Anchorage off San Juan Island, in the San Juan archipelago of Washington State. Sand and weed bottom, sheltered from east through south-west.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 588AnchorageUnited States
Capers Iland
2.6Anchorage off Capers Island, an undeveloped barrier island north of Isle of Palms in South Carolina, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
589AnchorageUnited StatesWaikiki Beach
2.5Open roadstead off Waikiki Beach on the south shore of Oahu, below Diamond Head, in Honolulu.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 590AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Sandy Point
2.5Anchorage off Sandy Point, the south-west tip of St. Croix, next to Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 591AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Cruz Bay
2.5Main harbour and town of St. John, on the west coast, where the ferries from Red Hook and Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas come in.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 592AnchorageUnited States
Sunken Island
2.5Anchorage off a spoil island in Hillsborough Bay, in the upper reaches of Tampa Bay, Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 593AnchorageUnited States
Oyster bay
2.5Inner bay on the Wilderness Waterway within Everglades National Park, Florida, about 18 miles north of Flamingo via Whitewater Bay.
- Sheltered SE
- 594AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Coral Bay
2.4Large bay on the south-east side of St. John, with the small settlement of Coral Bay and its harbour at the head.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
595AnchorageUnited StatesSheepshead Bay
2.3Sheltered bay on the southern shore of Brooklyn, New York, lined with marinas and a long-established party-fishing fleet, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 596AnchorageUnited States
Clipper Cove
2.2Anchorage between Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, California, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 597AnchorageUnited States
Lovers Cove
2.1Open anchorage off Santa Catalina Island, California, on sand. It lies about 22 nautical miles south of San Pedro across the channel.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
- 598AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía de Mulas, Isabel Segunda
2.1Harbour of Isabel Segunda, the main town of Vieques, on the north coast of the island, 13.6 NM from Puerto del Rey.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 599AnchorageUnited States
Harmon Harbor
1.7Sheltered anchorage on Georgetown Island near the mouth of the Sheepscot River, in mid-coast Maine, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
600AnchorageUnited StatesMount Sinai
1.7Anchorage in Mount Sinai Harbor on the north shore of Long Island, about a mile north-east of Port Jefferson, New York, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE