Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Salmon Harbor Marina

Public marina on the Umpqua River at Winchester Bay, just inside the bar, gateway to the Pacific and the Oregon Dunes.

Aberdeen Creek

Mooring on the South River near Edgewater, Maryland, close to Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay.

• Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW

Duck Island Anchorage, Westbrook

Anchorage behind Duck Island off Westbrook on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, sheltered by the island and its breakwaters.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Owen parc beach

Mooring buoy field off Owen Park, a public park and beach on Vineyard Haven Harbour, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S, SE

Seattle Yacht Club Port Madison Outstation

Seattle Yacht Club outstation on the Inner Harbor at Port Madison, north Bainbridge Island. Reciprocal moorage for visiting club members.

Wisteria Island

Anchorage in Key West Bight, the historic harbour on the north side of Key West, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, NW

Coupeville Wharf

Anchorage and public wharf in Penn Cove off the town of Coupeville, on Whidbey Island, Washington. Mud bottom, sheltered from south-west through south to south-east.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Hilo roadstead

Open roadstead anchorage in Hilo Bay, on the windward coast of the island of Hawaii, behind the long Hilo breakwater.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Gloucester Inner Harbor

Working fishing harbour at Gloucester on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, about 25 miles north-east of Boston, sheltered behind a long breakwater.

Punta Cucharas

Anchorage off Punta Cucharas, 3.2 NM west of the Club Náutico de Ponce, inside the Punta Cucharas nature reserve on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, S

Waterside Marina

Marina in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, on the Elizabeth River at Mile Marker 0 of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

Anclaje Isabela, Isla de Mona

Anchorage off the west coast of Mona island, 0.8 NM south of Sardinera, in the Mona Passage 66 km west of Puerto Rico.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Cayo Norte

Anchorage off the south beaches of Cayo Norte, a private cay 0.6 NM north-east of Culebra, 2.9 NM from Dewey.

• Sheltered N, NE

Piedra del Carabinero, Isla de Mona

Mooring buoy off the Piedra del Carabinero on the south-west coast of Mona island, near Playa Carabinero, 1.3 NM south of the Isabela anchorage.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Rodriguez Key

Reef anchorage off Key Largo in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, marked by a 45-foot lighted steel tower. Sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S

Canal San Antonio

Designated anchorage in the San Antonio Channel, San Juan, just west of San Juan Bay Marina and the Club Náutico de San Juan.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Seville Harbor

Anchorage off the Seville waterfront in downtown Pensacola, Florida, on a mud bottom in Pensacola Bay.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Alexandria Bay Town Dock

Municipal transient dock on the St Lawrence River at Alexandria Bay, in the heart of the Thousand Islands of upstate New York.

Crescent City Harbor anchorage

Anchorage in the outer harbour at Crescent City, on the northern California coast. Rock and mud bottom, open to the south.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE

Red Bay

Bay on the north coast of Prince of Wales Island, opening northeast into Sumner Strait in Southeast Alaska.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Somes Harbor

Anchorage at the head of Somes Sound on Mount Desert Island, Maine, off the village of Somesville at the edge of Acadia National Park.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Big Bay Creek, Edisto Beach

Anchorage on Big Bay Creek behind Edisto Beach, South Carolina, beside The Plantation Course golf course and close to the Intracoastal Waterway.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Bahía de la Punta Conejo

Bay by Punta Conejo on the south coast of Vieques, 5.3 NM east of Esperanza, on the edge of the former US Navy range.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Frenchman Bay

Bay with a beach on the south coast of St. Thomas, east of the entrance to Charlotte Amalie harbour.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Holiday Harbor Cabrillo Marina

Marina at Berth 34 of the Cabrillo Marina complex in San Pedro, within the Port of Los Angeles, southern California.

Kodiak

Anchorage off the town of Kodiak on Kodiak Island, in the Gulf of Alaska, with a sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SE

Little Lameshur Bay

Bay with a beach on the south coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, just west of Great Lameshur Bay.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Luis Pena Beach

Anchorage off a beach on the north side of Cayo Luis Peña, off the west coast of Culebra, 1.9 NM from Dewey.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Petersburg

Fishing town on the northern tip of Mitkof Island, at the junction of Wrangell Narrows and Frederick Sound in South-East Alaska.

• Sheltered NW, N, E, S, SE

Cumberland island

Anchorage on the back side of Cumberland Island, the southernmost barrier island of Georgia, in the marshes between the island and St Marys. Sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE