Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Blaine Harbor Boating Center

Port of Bellingham marina on Drayton Harbor, near the Canadian border. 629 berths behind a rock breakwater, plus 700 feet of visitor moorage at Gate 2.

Blake Island

Forested island of 476 acres in Puget Sound, about 8 nm west of downtown Seattle, run as a marine state park with no road or ferry access.

Blake's Bar Harbor Marina

Marina in the Bar Harbor community on Rock Creek at Pasadena, off the Patapsco River near Baltimore.

Blakely Island Marina

Small private-island marina at the north tip of Blakely Island, off Rosario Strait in the San Juan Islands.

Blanchard Bay

Privately owned marina at the mouth of Westpoint Slough in Redwood City, California, on the southern reaches of San Francisco Bay.

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Blenker Boatworks & Marina

Family-run repair marina at the mouth of the Manatee River in Bradenton, by channel markers 7 and 8.

Blowing Rocks Marina

Family-run marina on the Intracoastal Waterway at Tequesta, Florida, facing Jupiter Island a short run north of the Jupiter Inlet.

Blu Harbor Marina

Marina of 64 concrete berths at the junction of Smith Slough and Redwood Creek, in Redwood City.

Blue Dolphin Yachting Center

Marina at Seabrook, Texas, on the channel linking Clear Lake to Galveston Bay, a short run from the Gulf.

Blue Marlin Fuel Dock

Fuel berth and store at Seabrook Marina, 1900 Shipyard Drive, Seabrook, Texas, on the channel between Clear Lake and Galveston Bay.

Blue Pelican Marina

Marina at Hernando Beach on Florida's Nature Coast, on the main canal with direct Gulf access.

Blue Turtle Marina

Marina on Old Hickory Lake at Old Hickory, Tennessee, near Nashville on the Cumberland River reservoir.

Blue Water Marina

Full-service marina on the east channel of the Upper Niagara River, Grand Island, halfway between Buffalo and Niagara Falls.

Blue Water Marina

Marina at the foot of the 34th Street Bridge in Ocean City, New Jersey, minutes from Garden State Parkway exit 25. It has 135 floating berths and a dockside depth of about 4 metres.

Blue Water Yacht Club

Full-service marina on Merrick Bay at Merrick, on the south shore of Long Island, New York, between the Meadowbrook and Wantagh Parkways.

Blue Water Yacht Harbor

Marina of 81 berths on Richardson Bay at 55 Liberty Ship Way, in the Marinship area of Sausalito.

Blue Waters Marina Of Tavernier

Liveaboard and transient marina at Tavernier in the upper Florida Keys, minutes off the Atlantic.

Bluepoints Marina

Marina at Port Canaveral with 26 wet berths and a large dry-storage operation, on Scallop Drive in the harbour basin.

Lake Blue Ridge Marina

Marina on Lake Blue Ridge, a 3,290-acre reservoir in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Fannin County, north Georgia.

Bluff Harbor Marina

Full-service marina on the Burlington riverfront, Iowa, at mile 410.5 on the Upper Mississippi, the only such facility in Pool 19.

BluHaven Piers

Marina with 50 berths on Jutland Creek, off Smith Creek and the Potomac River at Ridge, Maryland.

Beaver Dam Boat Basin

Sheltered marina on Beaverdam Creek off Bellport Bay, the northern arm of Great South Bay, at Brookhaven on Long Island's south shore.

Boat Street Marina

90-berth private marina on the north shore of Portage Bay, Seattle, midway between Montlake Bridge and University Bridge.

Boat World Marina

Full-service marina and boatyard on the Maurice River at Leesburg, New Jersey, a few miles up from Delaware Bay.

Boathouse Marina At Locke

Full-service marina at 13900 River Road, Walnut Grove, on the Sacramento River next to the historic village of Locke.

Boathouse Marine Center

Indoor dry-stack marina and service yard at 599 S Federal Highway in Pompano Beach, Florida, on the Intracoastal Waterway.

Boathouse On Longboat

Covered dry-storage marina on the south end of Longboat Key, on Sarasota Bay, at 410 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Boating on the Thames

Family-run marina and boatyard on the Thames River at Waterford, Connecticut, just above the I-95 bridges.

The Boatworks

Boat rental and sales marina on the south end of Chautauqua Lake at Celoron, just west of Jamestown, New York.

Boatworld Marina

Freshwater marina on the western shore of Lake Union, Seattle, at 2450 Westlake Avenue North.