Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Ellis Island

Free anchorage in Upper New York Bay off Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, on the New Jersey side, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Sausalito

Anchorage in Richardson Bay off Sausalito, California, on a mixed rock and mud bottom near the head of San Francisco Bay.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Uganik South

Anchorage in the South Arm of Uganik Bay, a fjord on the north coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska, off Shelikof Strait.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Halifax River

Anchorage on the Halifax River off Daytona Beach, on the Intracoastal Waterway near ICW mile 830, in Florida.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Juneau

Anchorage on Gastineau Channel off downtown Juneau, the capital of Alaska. Rock and mud bottom.

• Sheltered NE, W, SW, S

Point Judith Harbor Refuge

Anchorage inside the Point Judith Harbor of Refuge at Narragansett, Rhode Island, at the south-western tip of Narragansett Bay, on sand and mud.

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

Great Bridge Free Dock

Municipal free dock on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Great Bridge, Chesapeake, Virginia, at ICW Mile 12 of the Virginia Cut route.

Quamino rock bay

Anchorage in Cohasset Harbour, Massachusetts, beside Big Quamino Rock, a barren islet off the inner harbour.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Acushnet River Safe Boating

Members' marina of the Acushnet River Safe Boating Club at 80 Middle Street, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on the east bank of the Acushnet River opposite New Bedford.

Belfast Anchorage

Anchorage at Belfast Harbour, at the north end of Penobscot Bay where the Passagassawakeag River meets the bay, in Maine. Sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Little Fishermans Cove

Open anchorage on the coast of Santa Catalina Island, California, with a sand bottom. It sits about 20 nautical miles south-west of San Pedro.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

Marina Puerto Real

Marina of 70 berths in Puerto Real, a small fishing village with a well-sheltered harbour on the lower west coast of Puerto Rico, municipality of Cabo Rojo.

Wacca Wache Marina

Marina on the Waccamaw River at Intracoastal Waterway marker 383, near Murrells Inlet in South Carolina, with about 100 berths.

Billings Diesel & Marine

Full-service boatyard founded in 1967 at Moose Island, Stonington, on the southern tip of Deer Isle in Penobscot Bay.

Cape Florida Channel

Channel anchorage along the south-west shore of Key Biscayne, Florida, inside Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, on a mud bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Gravesend Bay

Designated anchorage in south-west Brooklyn, north of Coney Island, off Lower New York Bay.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Gulfport Municipal Marina

City-run marina with direct access to Boca Ciega Bay, at Gulfport near St Petersburg, Florida.

Punta Montalva

Anchorage off Punta Montalva, 3.8 NM east of La Parguera, on the edge of the Bahía Montalva mangrove protected by the La Parguera nature reserve.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Annapolis Town Dock

Alongside transient dockage on Ego Alley off Spa Creek, in downtown Annapolis, Maryland.

Bay Harbor Marina

408-berth full-service marina on the Saginaw River in Bay City, Michigan, less than two miles from Saginaw Bay.

Burton Chase Park Dooking

Public guest dock attached to Burton W. Chace Park in the middle of Marina del Rey, the large man-made harbour on the coast of Los Angeles County.

Salt Pond Bay

Bay on the south-east coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, at the start of the Ram Head trail.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

A9 "Cruiser" Anchorage

Designated cruisers anchorage in San Diego Bay, California, off the eastern tip of Harbor Island, with fresh water available nearby.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Atlantic Highlands Municipal Harbor Offices

Municipal harbour on Sandy Hook Bay, the largest in the area, with a long breakwater and a fuel berth.

Burbank Point

Marsh anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway in Cumberland Sound, on Georgia's southernmost stretch of coast near St Marys.

• Sheltered E, S, SE

Cayo Santiago

Anchorage off Cayo Santiago, the monkey island 0.5 NM off Punta Santiago at Humacao, east coast of Puerto Rico, home to a rhesus macaque colony since 1938.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Ponce de Leon Inlet

Anchorage at Ponce de Leon Inlet, where the Halifax River and Intracoastal Waterway meet the Atlantic on Florida's east coast, on a mud bottom.

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

Rickenbacker Marina

Full-service marina on Virginia Key, on Biscayne Bay along the Rickenbacker Causeway between downtown Miami and Key Biscayne.

Andrew’s Bay

Cove on the west side of Seward Park on Lake Washington, Seattle, and the busiest anchorage on the lake.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Cayo Lobo

Day anchorage at Cayo Lobo, a rocky cay 2.4 NM west of Cayo Luis Peña, off Culebra, known as a boat dive site.

• Sheltered N, NE, E