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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- 151AnchorageUnited States
Galloway Creek
4.8Anchorage on the north shore of Middle River at Bowleys Quarters, upper Chesapeake Bay, about nine miles north of Baltimore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 152AnchorageUnited States
Mandarin Park
4.8Anchorage off Mandarin Park on the St Johns River at Jacksonville, Florida, near the mouth of Julington Creek, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, S, SE
- 153AnchorageUnited States
Skippers Fish Camp
4.8Anchorage off Skipper's Fish Camp on the Darien River at Darien, Georgia. Mud bottom, fresh water available.
154HarbourEast Tawas, United StatesEast Tawas State Dock
4.8State-run harbour of refuge in the centre of East Tawas on the north-west shore of Tawas Bay, Lake Huron, Michigan.
155AnchorageUnited StatesEmerald Bay
4.8Mooring cove on the north-west shore of Santa Catalina Island, California, with a sand beach and a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
156HarbourUnited StatesOceanside Yacht Club
4.8Yacht club founded in 1963 at 1950 North Harbor Drive within Oceanside Harbor, on the Southern California coast.
- 157AnchorageUnited States
Pelican Bay
4.8Anchorage on the east side of Cayo Costa, between Cayo Costa and Punta Blanca islands in Pine Island Sound, south-west Florida, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 158AnchorageUnited States
Palm Beach Anchorage
4.7Anchorage on Lake Worth between Palm Beach and West Palm Beach, Florida, on a mud bottom, sheltered from the western quarter.
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
159AnchorageUnited StatesPort Ludlow Anchorage
4.7Anchorage in Ludlow Bay off Admiralty Inlet, near the mouth of Hood Canal, on the Olympic Peninsula side of Puget Sound.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 160AnchorageUnited States
Pumpkin Key
4.7Anchorage off a 26-acre private island in Card Sound, north of Key Largo, Florida, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered E
- 161AnchorageUnited States
South Creek
4.7Anchorage at the mouth of South Creek on the West River near Galesville, Maryland, with a mud bottom and shelter on all sides.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 162AnchorageUnited States
South Wolf Bay
4.7Anchorage in the southern end of Wolf Bay, off the Intracoastal Waterway near Orange Beach, Alabama. Mud bottom, sheltered from east through south-east.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
163HarbourBar Harbor, United StatesBar Harbor moorings
4.7Fifteen town moorings managed by the harbourmaster in Bar Harbor, on Frenchman Bay at the northeast corner of Mount Desert Island.
164HarbourErie, United StatesBay Harbour Marina
4.7Large full-service marina on Presque Isle Bay at Erie, Pennsylvania, sheltered by the Presque Isle peninsula on Lake Erie.
- 165AnchorageUnited States
Blake Island South
4.7Mooring buoys off the south shore of Blake Island, in Puget Sound about 8 miles south-west of Seattle, Washington.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE
- 166AnchoragePuerto Rico
Cano Quebrado
4.7Anchorage on the east shore of Ensenada Honda, Culebra, 1.1 NM east of Dewey.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
167HarbourRockland, United StatesLandings Marina
4.7Full-service marina in inner Rockland Harbour on the west side of Penobscot Bay in mid-coast Maine, one block from the downtown waterfront.
- 168AnchorageUnited States
Peck Lake
4.7Anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway at Hobe Sound, Florida, set against the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 169AnchorageUnited States
Thomas Creek
4.7Creek anchorage off the East River in Mobjack Bay, Mathews County, Virginia, with a mud bottom and good holding.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 170AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía de Sardinas
4.7Bay on the west side of Dewey, Culebra, where the ferries from the main island berth, 0.2 NM from the town centre.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 171AnchorageUnited States
Hamburg Cove
4.7Marina and RV resort in the Seabrook district of New Orleans, at the junction of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal and Lake Pontchartrain.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 172AnchorageUnited States
Harness Creek
4.7Sheltered anchorage in Harness Creek off the South River, about 3 miles south-west of Annapolis, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 173HarbourLa Conner, United States
La Conner Marina
4.7Port of Skagit marina on the Swinomish Channel at La Conner, between Anacortes and the San Juan Islands in Washington. About 500 berths split across two basins.
174AnchorageUnited StatesManana Island
4.7Mooring buoys in Monhegan Harbour, the channel between Monhegan Island and smaller Manana Island, about 12 nautical miles off the Maine coast. Mud bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 175HarbourRiviera Beach, United States
Riviera Beach City Marina
4.7Municipal marina on the Intracoastal Waterway just north of the Port of Palm Beach, opposite Peanut Island and a short run from the all-weather Lake Worth Inlet.
- 176HarbourBlaine, United States
Semiahmoo Marina
4.7Marina of about 300 berths on the Semiahmoo Spit, west side of Drayton Harbor, opposite Blaine Harbor. Full fuel berth with diesel and 90-octane ethanol-free petrol.
- 177AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía Salina del Sur
4.7Bay on the south coast of the eastern tip of Vieques, 9.7 NM east of Esperanza, inside the former US Navy bombing range.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
178HarbourNewport, United StatesCasey's Marina
4.7Full-service marina on Spring Wharf in downtown Newport, Rhode Island, with 35 berths and a fuel berth.
179AnchorageUnited StatesManatee Pocket
4.7Anchorage in Manatee Pocket, a sheltered inlet off the St. Lucie River at Port Salerno, Florida, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
180HarbourSan Diego, United StatesMarriott Marquis San Diego Marina
4.7Hotel marina in downtown San Diego, California, on San Diego Bay beside Seaport Village and the convention centre.
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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.