Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Port O'Connor

Anchorage off Port O'Connor on the south-west shore of Matagorda Bay, Texas, on the north side of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

Ocean Park

Anchorage off Ocean Park beach in San Juan, on the Atlantic coast of Puerto Rico east of Condado.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Ossining

Anchorage on the east bank of the Hudson River off the village of Ossining, in Westchester County about 30 miles north of Manhattan.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Oswego

Anchorage off the mouth of the Oswego River on the south shore of Lake Ontario, sand bottom, protected from SE, S and SW winds.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Oyster Bay

Tree-lined anchorage on Lake Charlevoix in Michigan, just outside the town of Charlevoix, with depths of 8 to 12 feet over mud.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Packery Channel

Anchorage in Packery Channel on North Padre Island near Corpus Christi, Texas, on a sand bottom.

Parish Lake

Sheltered anchorage among the Les Cheneaux Islands on the north shore of Lake Huron, in Michigan's eastern Upper Peninsula.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Parson’s Landing

Anchorage off Hoppys Landing, by the causeway linking West Island to the mainland at Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

• Sheltered S, SE

Peanut Island

Anchorage off Peanut Island in Lake Worth at Riviera Beach, Florida, sand bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE, S

Pedersens Bay

Anchorage in Pedersens Bay on Washington Island, in Detroit Harbor at the top of the Door County peninsula in Wisconsin.

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

Pelican Bay

Sheltered anchorage behind Pelican Island at the western end of Dauphin Island, Alabama, near the mouth of Mobile Bay.

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

Pirates Cove

Sheltered anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway near Dania Beach, southern Florida, lying between Dania Beach Marina to the north and Hollywood Marina to the south.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Bonefish Bay Anchorage

Anchorage in Bonefish Bay off Coco Plum at Marathon, in the middle Florida Keys, on a sand bottom, protected from SE, S and SW winds.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Playa Santa

Anchorage off Playa Santa, in the municipality of Guánica, 2.3 NM south-west of Ensenada on the south-west coast of Puerto Rico.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Point Au Roche Anchorage

Anchorage on the western shore of Lake Champlain near Plattsburgh, New York. Sand bottom, sheltered from north through north-west.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Point bay

Anchorage on the Vermont shore of Lake Champlain near Thompson's Point, in the town of Charlotte.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE, S

Point Ogden

Anchorage off Point Ogden on the Manatee River near Palmetto, Florida, close to the Bradenton-Palmetto waterfront on the route to Tampa Bay.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Port Royal Anchorage

Anchorage in Battery Creek off the town of Port Royal, between the creek and the Beaufort River in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE

Port Townsend

Anchorage off the Port Townsend waterfront on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N

Potter Cove, Prudence Island

Sheltered anchorage on the north end of Prudence Island, in the geographic centre of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Powrplnt

Anchorage on the Cumberland River in Kentucky near a power plant, mud bottom, sheltered from NW, W and SW winds.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Prisoners Harbor

Anchorage on Santa Cruz Island, the largest of the California Channel Islands, about 23 NM offshore from Santa Barbara.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

Providence Point

Open anchorage off the Bristol shore of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, with a bottom of rock and mud.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Punta Caballo

Anchorage at Punta Caballo on the north coast of Vieques, 3.3 NM west of Isabel Segunda.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Key West Harbour Anchorage

Open anchorage in Key West harbour, southernmost Florida, on a sand bottom about 1.3 miles south-west of the Historic Seaport.

Redneck Rivera

Anchorage on the Pasquotank River below Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on the route of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Redwing

Anchorage on the Mississippi River near Red Wing, Minnesota, upstream of Lake Pepin, with a rock bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E

Reeds Bay

Small bay within Hilo Bay on Hawaii Island, set between Radio Bay and Wailoa Harbour along Banyan Drive.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Ripper’s Cove

Anchorage on the north shore of Santa Catalina Island, California, about 4 nautical miles east of Isthmus Cove.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Roberts Bayou

Anchorage on Arnica Bay near Josephine, in Baldwin County on the Alabama Gulf coast, on a sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, W, NW