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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- 241MouillageU.S. Virgin Islands
Leinster Bay
4.4Mooring field in Leinster Bay on the north shore of St. John, within Virgin Islands National Park, off Waterlemon Cay and below the ruins of the Annaberg sugar plantation.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 242MouillageUnited States
Back Landing
4.4Mud-bottom anchorage off the Pungo River near Belhaven, North Carolina, sheltered from the NW, N and W.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
243MouillageUnited StatesMariners Basin
4.4Anchorage in the south-west corner of Mission Bay, San Diego, with a sand and mud bottom and protection on every side.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
244MouillageUnited StatesCape lookout
4.3Large natural anchorage inside Cape Lookout Bight, at the southern end of Cape Lookout National Seashore on the North Carolina Outer Banks.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 245MouillageUnited States
Lewis bay
4.3Anchorage off Lewes, Delaware, near the Delaware Bay entrance to the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
246MouillageUnited StatesMoonstone Cove
4.3Anchorage and mooring cove on the north-east shore of Catalina Island, around 20 nm south of Los Angeles Harbour, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
247MouillageUnited Stateswrightsville channel
4.3Anchorage in the channel off Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, beside the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 248MouillagePuerto Rico
Cayo Icacos
4.3Anchorage on the lee side of Cayo Icacos, in La Cordillera Reef Natural Reserve, 2.2 NM north-east of Las Croabas and 3.5 NM from the Fajardo marinas.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 249MouillagePuerto Rico
Villa Parguera
4.3Anchorage off the fishing village of La Parguera, officially Villa Parguera, in the municipality of Lajas on the south-west coast of Puerto Rico, beside Isla Magueyes.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
250MouillageUnited StatesManhasset Bay
4.3Anchorage and mooring field in Manhasset Bay off Port Washington, on the south shore of Long Island Sound.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 251MouillagePuerto Rico
Sardinera, Isla de Mona
4.3Anchorage inside the reef off Playa Sardinera on the west coast of Mona, an uninhabited island in the Mona Passage 66 km west of Puerto Rico and about 43 NM from Puerto Real.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 252MouillagePuerto Rico
Bahía de Almodóvar
4.3Reef-enclosed lagoon on the east coast of Culebra, facing Culebrita, 2.7 NM from Dewey.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
253MouillageUnited StatesIndian River
4.3Mooring buoy field on the Eightmile River at Lyme, about eight miles up the Connecticut River from Long Island Sound.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 254MouillageUnited States
Long Creek
4.3Tidal creek anchorage off the Atlantic ICW behind Isle of Palms, north-east of Charleston, South Carolina.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 255MouillageUnited States
Ashley River Anchorage
4.3Anchorage on the Ashley River off downtown Charleston, South Carolina, on the Intracoastal Waterway.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 256MouillagePuerto Rico
Ensenada, Bahía de Guánica
4.3Anchorage off Ensenada, on the western shore of Guánica bay, a natural harbour on the south-west coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
- 257MouillagePuerto Rico
Cayo Aurora
4.3Anchorage off Cayo Aurora, the western of the three Cayos de Caña Gorda off Guánica, nicknamed Gilligan's Island since the 1970s after the television series.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
- 258MouillageUnited States
Dutchman Creek
4.3Anchorage in a creek off the Intracoastal Waterway near Southport, North Carolina, with a mud bottom and shelter from wind in every quarter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 259MouillageUnited States
Orient Harbour
4.3Anchorage off the hamlet of Orient at the eastern tip of Long Island's North Fork, in Long Island Sound, New York.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
- 260MouillageUnited States
Tolchester
4.3Anchorage off Tolchester Beach on the Eastern Shore of the upper Chesapeake Bay, in Maryland, with a sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
261MouillageUnited StatesPrimary City Harbor Anchorage
4.3Anchorage on the Ashley River off the Charleston City Marina, near ICW mile 469, in South Carolina.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 262MouillageUnited States
Little Scorpion anchorage
4.3Anchorage on the north-east side of Santa Cruz Island, in Channel Islands National Park, California, a short distance east of Scorpion Anchorage, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 263MouillageUnited States
Mill Creek
4.3Anchorage on a creek off the Yeocomico River, a tidal tributary of the lower Potomac in the Northern Neck of Virginia.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
264MouillageUnited StatesBelle Isle anchorage
4.3Anchorage in Biscayne Bay off Belle Isle, the easternmost of the Venetian Islands in Miami Beach.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 265MouillagePuerto Rico
Palm Tree Swing, Esperanza
4.3Anchorage at the western end of the Esperanza bay, south coast of Vieques, 0.3 NM west of the village.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
266MouillageUnited StatesPort Townsend
4.3Anchorage off the waterfront of Port Townsend, on the northeast corner of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, at the entrance to Admiralty Inlet.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 267MouillageU.S. Virgin Islands
Cowpet Bay
4.3Bay on the east end of St. Thomas, home of the St. Thomas Yacht Club, facing Great St. James to the south-east.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
268MouillageUnited StatesPungo River anchorage, Belhaven
4.3Anchorage on the Pungo River at Belhaven, North Carolina, on the ICW, with a mud bottom and shelter from all directions.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 269MouillageUnited States
Cape Horn
4.3Remote anchorage in the Shumagin Islands off the Alaska Peninsula, with sand holding.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
270MouillageUnited StatesNorth of Yonkers Yacht Club
4.3Hudson River anchorage off Yonkers, New York, about 17 miles above The Battery and within sight of the New Jersey Palisades.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE