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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- 691HarbourSan Juan, Puerto Rico
Club Náutico de San Juan
3.6Yacht club and marina of 117 berths on the San Antonio Channel in Miramar, San Juan, beside Isla Grande airport.
692AnchorageUnited StatesGeorgetown anchorage
3.6Anchorage on the Sampit River off the ICW at Georgetown, South Carolina, with sand and mud holding and shelter from all directions.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 693AnchorageUnited States
Live Oak Point
3.6Anchorage off Live Oak Point on the Halifax River, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, near Ponce Inlet, south of Daytona Beach, Florida.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, S
- 694AnchorageUnited States
Mattituck Creek anchorage
3.6Anchorage in Mattituck Creek on the North Fork of Long Island, reached from the south shore of Long Island Sound.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
695AnchorageUnited StatesNorth Point State Park
3.6Anchorage off North Point State Park, a peninsula between the Patapsco and Back rivers near the head of the Chesapeake Bay, at Edgemere in Baltimore County.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
696HarbourStamford, United StatesSafe Harbor Yacht Haven
3.6Full-service marina of more than 380 berths on the East Branch of Stamford Harbour, Connecticut, taking vessels up to 200 feet, with a maximum draught of about 4 metres.
- 697AnchorageUnited States
Camp Island
3.6Anchorage off Camp Island in the Merchant Row archipelago, between Stonington and Isle au Haut, midcoast Maine. Sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 698AnchorageUnited States
Chisam Creek
3.6Tidal creek off the Poquoson River near Seaford, Virginia, on the lower Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
699AnchorageUnited StatesDyckman Marina
3.6Small marina at the west end of Dyckman Street, on the Hudson River in the Inwood neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York, opposite the New Jersey Palisades.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 700HarbourWarwick, United States
Oasis Marinas at East Greenwich
3.6Marina in Greenwich Cove, a deep-water basin off Narragansett Bay at East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
- 701AnchorageUnited States
Vero Beach anchorage
3.6Free anchorage in the Indian River Lagoon at Vero Beach, on Florida's east coast. Sand and mud bottom, sheltered from every direction, fresh water available ashore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 702HarbourNaval Air Station Key West, United States
Cayo Hueso
3.6Cruising anchorage off the north-west side of Key West, in the lee of Fleming Key and the Naval Air Station shoreline, Florida.
- 703AnchoragePuerto Rico
Playa Doña Lala
3.6Anchorage off Playa Doña Lala at Rincón, on the west coast of Puerto Rico, 0.6 NM north of Playa Córcega.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
704AnchorageUnited StatesSouth Boston Yacht Club
3.6Yacht club mooring field in Dorchester Bay, off South Boston, Massachusetts, inside the inner harbour.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 705AnchorageUnited States
Whitestone Rock
3.6Anchorage near Whitestone Rock, an islet off the north-west coast of Baranof Island, south-east Alaska.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
706AnchorageUnited StatesBeaufort SC downtown
3.6Anchorage off downtown Beaufort on the Beaufort River, South Carolina, beside the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway around ICW Mile 536.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 707AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía Sucia
3.6Anchorage in Bahía Sucia, the bay beside the Los Morrillos lighthouse at the south-west tip of Puerto Rico, 0.9 NM east of Bahía Salinas.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 708AnchorageUnited States
Davis Cove
3.6Small cove anchorage on the western side of Penobscot Bay, Maine. Mud bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 709HarbourChesapeake City, United States
Free Town Dock Chesapeake City
3.6Free transient floating dock at the entrance to Back Creek, on the north bank of the C&D Canal in Maryland.
710AnchorageUnited StatesHospital Point
3.6Anchorage on the Elizabeth River at the start of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, between Norfolk and Portsmouth in Virginia, at mile marker 0.2.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 711AnchoragePuerto Rico
Isla Caja de Muertos
3.6Anchorage off Caja de Muertos, an uninhabited island 8.4 km off the coast and 6.7 NM south of Ponce, protected as a nature reserve since 1980.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 712AnchorageUnited States
North River anchorage
3.6Anchorage on the North River along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, near Coinjock in north-eastern North Carolina, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S
713HarbourOgdensburg, United StatesOgdensburg Municipal Marina
3.6City marina of more than 70 berths on the St. Lawrence River at Ogdensburg, New York, near the mouth of the Oswegatchie River.
- 714AnchoragePuerto Rico
Playa Melones
3.6Anchorage off Playa Melones, the closest beach to Dewey on the west coast of Culebra, 0.6 NM from town.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
715HarbourNew Haven, United StatesPequonnock Yacht Club
3.5Private yacht club at City Point, New Haven, on the west side of New Haven Harbor in Connecticut.
- 716HarbourUnited States
Salt Pond
3.5Sheltered inlet on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay at Hampton, Virginia, about 4 miles north-east of the city.
- 717AnchoragePuerto Rico
Playa Tamarindo
3.5Anchorage off Playa Tamarindo on the west coast of Culebra, facing Cayo Luis Peña, 1.4 NM north-west of Dewey.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 718AnchorageUnited States
Uganik Passage
3.5Anchorage along Uganik Passage, the channel between Uganik Island and the mainland of Kodiak Island, Alaska.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
719AnchorageUnited StatesYork Town
3.5Anchorage off the historic town of Yorktown on the York River in Virginia, with mud holding and fresh water available ashore.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 720HarbourStock Island, United States
Buddy's Boatyard and Marina
3.5Working boatyard on Stock Island, just east of Key West, on the south side of Safe Harbor channel.
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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.