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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- 211AnchorageUnited States
Sterling Creek
4.5Quiet creek off the Severn River, one of the four rivers feeding Mobjack Bay on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 212AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía Tamarindo Grande
4.5Northern part of the Tamarindo bay on the west coast of Culebra, facing Cayo Luis Peña, 1.8 NM from Dewey.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 213AnchorageUnited States
Blackbeard Creek
4.5Anchorage on Blackbeard Creek between Sapelo and Blackbeard islands on the Georgia coast, mud bottom.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
214AnchorageUnited StatesSag Harbor Bay
4.5Anchorage off the village of Sag Harbor, on Shelter Island Sound at the eastern end of Long Island, New York.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 215AnchorageUnited States
Truman Beach
4.5Anchorage off Key West, Florida, near Wisteria Island, with a sand bottom and shelter from N through NE winds.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 216AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Druif Bay
4.5Bay on the west side of Water Island, south of Charlotte Amalie, backed by Honeymoon Beach.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 217AnchorageUnited States
Lake Sylvia
4.5Circular basin off the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale, the most used overnight anchorage in the area.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 218AnchorageUnited States
Malletts Bay Anchorage
4.5Anchorage on Lake Champlain off Burlington, Vermont, about 4 nautical miles north of Burlington Harbor Marina.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
219AnchorageUnited StatesBoot Key
4.5Harbour on the south side of Marathon in the Florida Keys, the most protected anchorage in the city, set between Sister Creek and the Boot Key Bridge.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 220AnchorageUnited States
Jones Island State Park
4.5Jones Island is a small marine state park west of Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington, with anchorages at its North and South coves.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 221AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Nathaniel Bay
4.5Bay on the east shore of Coral Bay, St. John, just south of Hurricane Hole.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 222AnchorageUnited States
Bull Creek
4.4All-round sheltered anchorage on Bull Creek, a branch of the Waccamaw River between Georgetown and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
223AnchorageUnited StatesDyes Inlet Anchorage
4.4Anchorage in Dyes Inlet on the Kitsap Peninsula, reached from Port Orchard through the Port Washington Narrows behind Bremerton.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
224AnchorageUnited StatesPort of Silverdale
4.4Public waterfront moorage at Old Town Silverdale, on the north shore of Dyes Inlet on the Kitsap Peninsula.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 225AnchoragePuerto Rico
La Parguera Est
4.4Anchorage in the mangroves 3.3 NM east of La Parguera and 0.6 NM north-west of Punta Montalva, on the south-west coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, S, SE
- 226AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Caneel Bay
4.4Bay on the north-west coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, off the former Caneel Bay resort, about 2 km north-east of Cruz Bay.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 227AnchorageUnited States
Great Wicomico River - Sandy Point
4.4Anchorage off Sandy Point on the Great Wicomico River, a tidal tributary on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 228AnchorageUnited States
Kitoi Bay
4.4Anchorage in Kitoi Bay on the south coast of Afognak Island, about 30 miles north of Kodiak, off the west side of Izhut Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 229AnchorageUnited States
Lake Madeline
4.4Anchorage in Offatts Bayou on the north side of Galveston Island, Texas, off West Bay, with a dark mud bottom and shelter from all directions.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 230AnchorageUnited States
Mill Creek
4.4Anchorage in Mill Creek off the Patuxent River at Solomons, Maryland, with mud holding.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 231AnchorageUnited States
Nuka Island
4.4Anchorage at Nuka Island, on the south-western edge of Kenai Fjords National Park, about 26 miles south-east of Homer, Alaska.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
232AnchorageUnited StatesBlock island
4.4Anchorage in the Great Salt Pond at New Harbor on Block Island, Rhode Island, on a sand bottom. It is one of the busiest harbours in the Northeast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 233AnchorageUnited States
Lukens Anchorage
4.4Open anchorage on the Neuse River near Oriental, North Carolina, with a mud bottom and good holding.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 234AnchorageUnited States
Southwest Branch Back River
4.4Anchorage on the Southwest Branch of the Back River, between Hampton and Poquoson in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 235AnchorageUnited States
Threemile Harbor
4.4Anchorage in Three Mile Harbor at East Hampton, New York, sand bottom, sheltered from the west but exposed to winds from the south-west to north-west.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 236AnchorageUnited States
Hunts Cove
4.4Anchorage off the Piankatank River on Virginia's Middle Peninsula, with a mud bottom and good shelter from the northern sector.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 237AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Inner Brass
4.4Anchorage off Inner Brass, the nearer of the two Brass islands off the north coast of St. Thomas.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
238AnchorageUnited StatesCuttyhunk Pond
4.4Enclosed pond at the western end of Cuttyhunk Island, the outermost of the Elizabeth Islands between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
239AnchorageUnited StatesNewport Bay
4.4Mooring and anchorage area in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, around Goat Island near the entrance from Narragansett Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
240AnchorageUnited StatesCreek Sanctuary Solomon's
4.4Anchorage in the creeks behind Solomons, off the Patuxent River in Maryland, with a mud bottom and good shelter from the north through to the south-east.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE