Best anchorages and harbours in United States
3702 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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- 271MouillageUnited 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
- 272PortSaranac Lake, United States
Saranac Lake Marina
4.6Full-service marina on Lower Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks, gateway to 27 miles of connected waterways.
- 273MouillageUnited 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
274PortSt. Petersburg, United StatesSt. Petersburg Municipal Marina
4.6City-run marina of about 640 berths on Demens Landing point, on the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront, with berths up to roughly 120 feet.
275MouillageUnited 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
- 276MouillageUnited 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
277MouillageUnited 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
278PortUnited StatesKey West Bight
4.6City-run marina in the Historic Seaport at the heart of Key West, Florida, on a twenty-acre waterfront.
- 279MouillageUnited 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
280PortLong Beach, United StatesAlamitos Bay Marina
4.5Largest of the three City of Long Beach marinas, on Alamitos Bay between Naples Island and Seal Beach, California.
- 281MouillageUnited 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
- 282MouillageUnited 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
- 283MouillageUnited 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
- 284MouillageUnited 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
- 285MouillageUnited States
Port San Luis
4.5Open harbour on the central California coast, about 1.3 miles west of Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
- 286MouillageUnited States
South Montauk Lake
4.5Anchorage at the southern end of Lake Montauk, a 900-acre embayment on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 287MouillageUnited States
Stuart Island
4.5Stuart Island is a marine state park north-west of San Juan Island in Washington, with two well-sheltered harbours: Reid Harbor and Prevost Harbor.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 288MouillageUnited States
Warren XOVE
4.5Temporary anchorage in the southern reach of Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts, off Warren Avenue between Plymouth Beach and Rocky Point.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
289MouillageUnited StatesA1 ‘La playa’ anchorage
4.5Designated weekend anchorage in the Shelter Island Yacht Basin, San Diego Bay, between San Diego and Southwestern Yacht Clubs.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 290MouillageUnited States
Belden Point
4.5Mooring field off the west side of City Island in Eastchester Bay, the Bronx, New York, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
291MouillageUnited StatesDescanso Bay
4.5Mooring field and anchorage on the east end of Santa Catalina Island, California, immediately north-west of Avalon Harbour.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S
292MouillageUnited StatesEdgartown Harbour
4.5Harbour on the east side of Martha's Vineyard, with anchoring permitted in the outer harbour over a sand bottom.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
293PortIsland Heights, United StatesIsland Heights public dock
4.5Public pier on the north bank of the Toms River, Ocean County, 1.7 miles upstream of Barnegat Bay.
- 294MouillageU.S. Virgin Islands
Little Saba Island
4.5Anchorage off Little Saba, a small island south-west of St. Thomas, next to Saba Island.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
295MouillageUnited StatesMorro Bay
4.5Anchorage in Morro Bay harbour on the central California coast, set behind the 23-million-year-old volcanic plug of Morro Rock, on a sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 296MouillageUnited States
Oyster Bay anchorage
4.5Anchorage in Oyster Bay on the north shore of Long Island, off Centre Island, opening onto Long Island Sound.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 297PortSt. Augustine, United States
Camachee Cove Yacht Harbor
4.5Full-service marina in a sheltered cove off the Tolomato River, north of downtown St. Augustine, Florida, with 218 slips.
- 298MouillageUnited States
Fairlee Creek
4.5Well-protected creek on the upper Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, with a mud bottom and fresh water available.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 299MouillageUnited States
Foggy Bay
4.5Anchorage on the east shore of Revillagigedo Channel, about 50 miles north of Prince Rupert, on the Inside Passage route to Ketchikan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 300PortRichmond, United States
KKMI Richmond
4.5Working boatyard and dock facility on the south side of Point Richmond in San Francisco Bay, on Brickyard Cove, opposite Angel Island.
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Penobscot Bay anchorages, Maine, Mount Desert Island and Somes Sound, Casco Bay and the Midcoast: Portland to Port Clyde, Boston Harbor and its islands: Charlestown to Scituate, North Shore and Portsmouth: Marblehead to the Isles of Shoals, Elizabeth Islands: Cuttyhunk, Tarpaulin Cove and Hadley Harbor, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket harbours, Cape Cod harbours: Provincetown to Woods Hole, Buzzards Bay harbours: Onset, Marion, New Bedford and Padanaram, Narragansett Bay and Block Island: Newport, Jamestown and Great Salt Pond, Peconic Bays: Shelter Island, Greenport and Sag Harbor, Fishers Island, Mystic and Stonington, Long Island Sound harbours: Connecticut and the North Shore, New York Harbor: marinas and the Statue of Liberty anchorage, Hudson River marinas and anchorages, Manhattan to Albany, New Jersey shore: Barnegat Bay, Atlantic City and Cape May, Upper Chesapeake Bay: Annapolis, Rock Hall and the northern creeks, Eastern Shore: St. Michaels, Oxford and the Choptank, Lower Chesapeake: Solomons, Deltaville and Norfolk, Charleston, Beaufort and the Lowcountry, Georgia coast: Savannah to Cumberland Island, North Carolina: Beaufort, Oriental and Cape Lookout, North Carolina sounds: Dismal Swamp, Albemarle and Roanoke Island, Intracoastal Waterway stops: Norfolk to Beaufort, South Carolina, Stopover marinas of Florida's east coast, Fernandina to Key West, St. Augustine and north-east Florida, Space Coast and Indian River Lagoon: Ponce Inlet to Stuart, Biscayne Bay and Miami anchorages, Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale along the Intracoastal, Florida Keys anchorages, Key Largo to Key West, Key West backcountry and the Marquesas, Pine Island Sound: Cayo Costa, Sanibel and Boca Grande, Sarasota and Tampa Bay harbours and anchorages, Florida Panhandle: Pensacola to Carrabelle, Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound: Orange Beach to Bay St. Louis, Texas coast: Galveston Bay to Corpus Christi, Culebra and Vieques: Spanish Virgin Islands anchorages, Puerto Rico's south coast: Fajardo to Boquerón, St. John: Virgin Islands National Park moorings, St. Thomas and St. Croix harbours and anchorages, Lake Superior: the Apostle Islands, Duluth and Isle Royale, Lake Michigan: the northern harbours, Leland to Mackinac, Door County: the harbours of the Wisconsin peninsula, Lake Huron: Mackinac Island, Les Cheneaux and Drummond Island, Lake Erie islands: Put-in-Bay and Kelleys Island, Thousand Islands: Cape Vincent to Ogdensburg, Lake Ontario south shore: Niagara to Sackets Harbor, Lake Champlain anchorages, Rouses Point to Westport, Catalina Island coves and moorings, Channel Islands national park anchorages, San Diego to Santa Barbara: the coastal stopovers, Central California: Half Moon Bay to Port San Luis, San Francisco Bay anchorages and marinas, San Juan Islands anchorages and marine parks, Puget Sound: Blake Island, Port Townsend and Poulsbo, Oregon coast and Columbia River: the bar harbours, Southeast Alaska: Inside Passage anchorages, Prince William Sound and Kenai Fjords anchorages, Hawaiian Islands harbours and anchorages, Hilo to Hanalei.