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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- 151AnchorageUnited States
Wando River anchorage
4.6Anchorage on the Wando River near Charleston, South Carolina, above the river's junction with the Cooper River.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 152AnchorageUnited States
Liberty Bay
4.6Anchorage in Liberty Bay, a sheltered arm of Puget Sound on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington, off the town of Poulsbo.
- Sheltered NE, W, SW
- 153AnchorageUnited States
Sanibel
4.6Anchorage off the east end of Sanibel Island in San Carlos Bay, south-west Florida, on a weed bottom, protected from N through W winds.
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
154AnchorageUnited StatesVenice
4.6Anchorage in Roberts Bay at Venice, Florida, just inside the Venice Inlet on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, with a sand bottom and shelter on all sides.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
155AnchorageUnited StatesPease Ledge
4.6Anchorage off Pease Ledge in the north-western approach to Cuttyhunk, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. The ledge itself uncovers at low water.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
156AnchorageUnited StatesPort Clyde
4.6Anchorage at the southern tip of the St. George peninsula in mid-coast Maine, on a mud bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 157AnchorageUnited States
Town creek
4.6Sheltered creek anchorage off Solomons Island, at the mouth of the Patuxent River in Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, S
- 158AnchorageUnited States
Matanzas Bay
4.6Mooring buoy field in Matanzas Bay off the historic centre of St. Augustine, Florida, on a mud bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 159AnchorageUnited States
Newport
4.6Anchorage and mooring field in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, on the east side of the East Passage of Narragansett Bay, with a mud bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 160AnchorageUnited States
Samsing Cove
4.6Remote anchorage in south-east Alaska on the inland side of Baranof Island, in the Alexander Archipelago.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
161AnchorageUnited StatesSitka
4.6Anchorage off Sitka, on the west coast of Baranof Island in Sitka Sound, south-east Alaska.
- Sheltered NW, NE, E, SE
162AnchorageUnited StatesBack Harbor (Sandy Bay)
4.6Anchorage in Sandy Bay off Rockport, Cape Ann, with a sand bottom and the Sandy Bay Yacht Club 0.2 nm to the south-east.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 163AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía Fosforescente
4.6Bioluminescent bay 2 NM east of La Parguera, one of the three bays of its kind in Puerto Rico, inside the La Parguera nature reserve.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 164AnchorageUnited States
Blake Island
4.6Anchorage in Puget Sound, Washington, off Blake Island, on a sand bottom, with fresh water available.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 165AnchoragePuerto Rico
Mangrove islands
4.6Anchorage off the outer mangrove cays, 3.5 NM south-east of Marina de Salinas on the south coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 166AnchorageUnited States
Matinicus Harbor
4.6Harbour on the east side of Matinicus Island, the most seaward inhabited island of Penobscot Bay, Maine, 22 nm from Rockland.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
- 167AnchorageUnited States
Mill Creek
4.6Sheltered creek off the Patuxent River at Solomons, in Calvert County, Maryland, a much used anchorage on the lower Chesapeake.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, S, SE
168AnchorageUnited StatesRockland Harbor
4.6Working harbour on the western shore of Penobscot Bay, Maine, sheltered by a granite breakwater nearly a mile long.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 169AnchorageUnited States
Backway to St. Michael
4.6Anchorage in the Miles River off St. Michaels, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Eastern Shore. Sand and mud bottom, sheltered from most directions.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 170AnchorageUnited States
Live Oak Bay
4.6Anchorage on the Neuse River near Fairfield Harbour, North Carolina, with a mud bottom and shelter from the north, north-east, east and north-west.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 171AnchorageUnited States
Lantana Anchorage
4.6Anchorage in the Lake Worth Lagoon at Lantana, southern Palm Beach County, Florida. Sand and mud bottom, sheltered from most directions.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 172AnchorageUnited States
Sheep Island
4.6Mooring in Castine Harbor at the mouth of the Bagaduce River, head of Penobscot Bay, Maine, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W
173AnchorageUnited StatesBaltimore
4.6Anchorage on the Patapsco River off the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, on the north-western Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 174AnchorageUnited States
Echo Bay Sucia Island State Park
4.6Echo Bay is the largest and deepest bay on Sucia Island, a marine state park in the San Juan Islands of Washington.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
175AnchorageUnited StatesHerb River
4.6Anchorage on the Herb River just south of Thunderbolt near Savannah, Georgia, mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 176AnchorageUnited States
Tolomato River (S)
4.6Anchorage on the Tolomato River just north of St Augustine, Florida, close to ICW Mile 776 and the St Augustine Inlet.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW
- 177AnchorageUnited States
Long beach point
4.5Anchorage off Long Beach Point, the low sandbar that separates Orient Harbor from Gardiners Bay at the tip of Long Island's North Fork, New York.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 178AnchorageUnited States
Majors Harbor
4.5Anchorage on the south-east side of Gardiners Island, set on the east side of Gardiners Bay between the forks of eastern Long Island, New York.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
- 179AnchorageUnited States
Menemsha Bight
4.5Anchorage in Menemsha Bight on the north-west shore of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, about 2.5 miles east of Gay Head, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 180AnchorageUnited States
Nowell Creek
4.5Tidal creek anchorage off the Wando River near Daniel Island, South Carolina, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, SE