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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451HarbourSolomons, United StatesCalvert Marina Solomons
4.2Large marina and boatyard on a 123-acre site at Dowell on Back Creek, Solomons, on the Patuxent River in Maryland.
- 452AnchorageUnited States
Charles Island
4.2Anchorage by Gumbys Head in the Westport River, near Westport Point, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
- 453AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Hassel Island, north-west side
4.2Anchorage off the north-west side of Hassel Island in Charlotte Amalie harbour on St. Thomas, opposite Frenchtown and close to Haulover Cut. Most of the island belongs to Virgin Islands National Park.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
454HarbourMackinac Island, United StatesMackinac Island State Harbor
4.2Public harbour of refuge on the south shore of Mackinac Island, in the Straits of Mackinac between Lakes Michigan and Huron.
455HarbourOceanside, United StatesOceanside Harbor
4.2Small craft harbour on the Pacific coast of San Diego County, immediately south of the Del Mar Boat Basin at Camp Pendleton.
- 456AnchoragePuerto Rico
Patillas
4.2Anchorage off the beach at Patillas, on the south-east coast of Puerto Rico, 17.5 NM east of Salinas.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
457HarbourCape Canaveral, United StatesPort Canaveral Yacht Club
4.2Member-owned yacht club with a deep-water marina inside Port Canaveral, on Florida's central east coast at 910 Mullet Road, Cape Canaveral.
458AnchorageUnited StatesSt Michaels
4.2Anchorage off St Michaels on the Miles River, Maryland Eastern Shore, mud bottom, sheltered from W through SE.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 459AnchorageUnited States
West Buck Island
4.2Anchorage in the North River just north of Buck Island, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in coastal North Carolina.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 460AnchoragePuerto Rico
Playa Carlos Rosario
4.2Mooring field off Playa Carlos Rosario, on the north-west coast of Culebra, 2.1 NM from Dewey and 0.9 NM west of Flamenco.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 461AnchorageUnited States
Fanshaw Bay
4.2Bay indenting the eastern shore of Frederick Sound, on the north-east side of Cape Fanshaw in the Alexander Archipelago, about 83 miles south of Juneau.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 462AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Francis Bay
4.2Bay on the north shore of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, with 29 moorings and one of the park's two designated anchorages offshore.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 463AnchoragePuerto Rico
Mosquito Bay
4.2Anchorage off the mouth of Puerto Mosquito, the bioluminescent bay of Vieques listed by Guinness World Records as the brightest in the world, 1.7 NM east of Esperanza.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
464AnchorageUnited StatesPort Angeles
4.2Large natural harbour on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, sheltered behind the Ediz Hook sand spit, on the north shore of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
- 465AnchorageUnited States
Cuyler Harbor
4.2Bight on the north-east shore of San Miguel Island, the westernmost of California's Channel Islands and part of the national park.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 466HarbourFort Lauderdale, United States
Sunrise Harbor Marina
4.2Private megayacht marina at 1030 Seminole Drive in Fort Lauderdale, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway just inside the Las Olas area.
- 467AnchoragePuerto Rico
Monte Pirata SW
4.2Anchorage on the south-west coast of Vieques below Monte Pirata, the highest point of the island at about 290 metres, 5.8 NM west of Esperanza.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 468AnchorageUnited States
Northport Harbour
4.2Anchorage basin off the village of Northport, at the southeastern end of Northport Bay on the north shore of Long Island, New York.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
469HarbourCharleston, United StatesSafe Harbor Charleston City
4.2Large marina on the Ashley River in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, with over 200 berths across 40 acres of water.
470AnchorageUnited StatesSeguin Island
4.2Mooring field in Seguin Cove on the north side of Seguin Island, a high plateau 2.5 nautical miles off the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 471HarbourSkagway, United States
Skagway Small Boat Harbor
4.2Municipal harbour at the head of Lynn Canal in the Alaska Panhandle, in the town of Skagway, southern terminus of the Inside Passage cruise route.
472AnchorageUnited StatesRockhouse Creek
4.2Anchorage inside Ponce de Leon Inlet between Ponce Inlet and New Smyrna Beach, on the Atlantic coast of Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
473AnchorageUnited StatesGumbys Head
4.2Anchorage by Gumbys Head in the Westport River, near Westport Point, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
474AnchorageUnited StatesHanalei Bay
4.2Wide semicircular bay on the north shore of Kauai, Hawaii, with a sand and rock bottom and good holding.
- Sheltered NE, SW, S, SE
- 475AnchoragePuerto Rico
Playa del Medio
4.2Anchorage off Playa del Medio on the west coast of Vieques, 0.4 NM south of Punta Arenas, inside the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 476AnchorageUnited States
Southold
4.2Anchorage off Southold on the North Fork of Long Island, New York, in the Peconic Bay system between Town Creek and Jockey Creek.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 477AnchorageUnited States
Swan Creek Marina Moorings
4.2Mooring field on Swan Creek, off Rock Hall on the upper Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 478AnchorageUnited States
Harris Creek
4.2Anchorage on Harris Creek at Hampton, Virginia, a side creek off the lower James River and Hampton Roads.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 479AnchorageUnited States
Oxford
4.2Anchorage off the town of Oxford on Maryland's Eastern Shore, where the Tred Avon River meets the Choptank in Talbot County.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 480AnchorageUnited States
Rock Hall
4.2Anchorage off Rock Hall on the upper Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, mud bottom, with all-round shelter and fresh water available ashore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
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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.