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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631HarbourKetchikan, United StatesKetchikan Thomas Basin
3.7City harbour at the south end of downtown Ketchikan, on Revillagigedo Island in the Inside Passage of south-east Alaska.
- 632AnchorageUnited States
Lakeman Harbour
3.7Tight pond-sized cove off the north-east corner of Roque Harbor, in the Roque Island archipelago of downeast Washington County, Maine. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 633AnchorageUnited States
North River
3.7Anchorage on the North River, a tidal arm of Mobjack Bay off Chesapeake Bay, in Mathews County, Virginia.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 634HarbourHilton Head Island, United States
Palmetto Bay Marina
3.7Full-service marina on Broad Creek, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, with 135 berths for vessels from 15 to 250 feet.
- 635AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía de Salinas
3.7Anchorage in the inner bay of Salinas, 200 m off Marina de Salinas, one of the main cruising stops on the south coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 636AnchorageUnited States
Atlantic City Coast Guard Anchorage
3.7Anchorage off the Coast Guard station at Atlantic City, in Absecon Inlet, New Jersey.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 637AnchorageUnited States
Breton Bay - East Anchorage
3.7Anchorage in Breton Bay, a tributary off the Potomac River North near Leonardtown, Maryland. Mud bottom with good holding.
638HarbourDunkirk, United StatesDunkirk Yacht Club
3.7Private yacht club inside Chadwick Bay, on the south shore of Lake Erie in Dunkirk, New York. The clubhouse stands on pilings over the harbour water.
- 639AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Fish Bay
3.7Bay on the south coast of St. John, between Ditleff Point and Reef Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 640AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Fredericksburg Cove
3.7Anchorage in Charlotte Amalie harbour on St. Thomas, between the downtown waterfront and Yacht Haven Grande.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
641HarbourAlameda, United StatesGrand Street Public Dock
3.7Public launch ramp and short dock on the Oakland Estuary at the north end of Grand Street in Alameda, California, directly across from Coast Guard Island.
- 642AnchorageUnited States
Hog Island
3.7Mud-bottom anchorage off Hog Island, at the entrance to Bristol Harbour in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
- Sheltered S
- 643AnchorageUnited States
Spoil Island SL
3.7Anchorage off a spoil island in the Indian River Lagoon near Fort Pierce, Florida, with sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
644AnchorageUnited StatesTide Mill Cove
3.7Anchorage in St. Michaels harbour off the Miles River, on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, W, NW
- 645HarbourWestport, United States
Westport Marina
3.7Full-service marina in Northwest Bay, on the New York shore of Lake Champlain, run by the Carroll family since 1982.
- 646HarbourCastleton-On-Hudson, United States
Castleton Boat Club
3.7Member-owned marina on the east bank of the Hudson River at mile 136.9, eight miles south of Albany.
647AnchorageUnited StatesRobertson Island
3.7Anchorage in Pensacola Bay, north-west Florida, on a weed bottom, lying 3.5 nautical miles south-west of the Bayou Grande Sailing Marina at NAS Pensacola.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
- 648HarbourOriental, United States
Free Dock no 1
3.7Free public dock on the Hodges Street bulkhead in Raccoon Creek at Oriental, North Carolina, on the ICW at mile 182.
- 649AnchorageUnited States
Patos Island
3.7Patos Island is the north-westernmost point of the contiguous United States, a marine state park in the San Juan Islands of Washington reached only by boat.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
- 650AnchorageUnited States
Tenants Harbor
3.7Working fishing harbour midway down the St. George peninsula in Maine, on a mud bottom, with shelter from nearly every quarter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
651AnchorageUnited StatesWisteria Island
3.7Anchorage off the north side of Wisteria Island, an uninhabited spoil island about 600 yards from Key West, Florida. Locally known as Christmas Tree Island.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
- 652AnchorageUnited States
Chippewa Harbor
3.7Sheltered anchorage on the south shore of Isle Royale, a wilderness national park island in Lake Superior, Michigan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
- 653HarbourRoosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
Puerto del Rey
3.7Safe Harbor Puerto del Rey, one of the largest marinas in the Caribbean, on the east coast of Puerto Rico south of Fajardo, 13.6 NM from Isabel Segunda on Vieques and 19 NM from Dewey on Culebra.
654AnchorageUnited StatesSchoonmaker Beach
3.7Anchorage in Richardson Bay off Sausalito, California, on the north side of San Francisco Bay. The bottom is soft mud.
- Sheltered SW, W
- 655AnchorageUnited States
Siskiwit Bay
3.7Anchorage in Siskiwit Bay on the south shore of Isle Royale, a wilderness national park island in Lake Superior, Michigan.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
656AnchorageUnited StatesSpoil Island
3.7Anchorage off a spoil island in the Indian River Lagoon near Fort Pierce, Florida, with a sand bottom and shelter from wind in every quarter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 657HarbourBeaufort, United States
Beaufort Inlet Boatyard
3.7Working boatyard with transient pontoons on Adams Creek at ICW mile 197.5, just south of the Highway 101 bridge in Beaufort, North Carolina.
- 658AnchorageUnited States
Key Lois
3.7Anchorage off Key Lois, an uninhabited mangrove island in the Lower Florida Keys, south of Summerland Key. Algae and mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 659AnchoragePuerto Rico
Snorkel Beach
3.7Anchorage off a small beach on the south-west side of Culebrita, off the east coast of Culebra, 0.4 NM from Bahía Tortuga.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 660AnchorageUnited States
Bruffs Island Anchorage
3.7Anchorage off Bruffs Island where the Wye River splits around Wye Island, on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, 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.