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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181AnchorageUnited StatesMiami Sea Aquarium
4.7Anchorage off Virginia Key near the former Miami Seaquarium site, in Biscayne Bay between downtown Miami and Key Biscayne, Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 182AnchorageUnited States
Oyster Bay Harbor
4.7Mooring in Oyster Bay Harbor on the North Shore of Long Island, New York, set on a sand bottom with all-round shelter.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 183AnchorageUnited States
Port Jefferson
4.7Anchorage and mooring field in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, off Fort Adams State Park, on a sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
184HarbourRochester, United StatesRochester Yacht Club
4.7Private yacht club founded in 1877 at the mouth of the Genesee River, Rochester, New York, on the south shore of Lake Ontario.
- 185AnchorageUnited States
Sequim Bay State Park
4.7Marine state park on the south shore of Sequim Bay, behind Travis Spit, on the Olympic Peninsula coast of the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 186HarbourHilton Head Island, United States
Skull Creek Marina
4.7Marina on Skull Creek along the Intracoastal Waterway, on the north side of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, with deepwater access to Port Royal Sound.
- 187AnchorageUnited States
Sloop Bay
4.7Anchorage on Valcour Island in Lake Champlain, New York, on a sand bottom, sheltered from the west but open to the east and north-east.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
188HarbourTierra Verde, United StatesTierra Verde Marina
4.7Full-service marina on Tierra Verde, Florida, between St. Pete Beach and the Pinellas Bayway, with access to Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
- 189HarbourWesterly, United States
Watch Hill Boat Yard
4.7New England boatyard and marina on Pasadena Avenue at Watch Hill, Westerly, Rhode Island, with summer dockage and moorings.
- 190AnchorageUnited States
Carolina Beach Anchorage
4.7Anchorage on Myrtle Grove Sound at Carolina Beach, North Carolina, just off the Intracoastal Waterway, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
191AnchorageUnited StatesFort Matanza
4.7Anchorage in the Matanzas River off the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, near Fort Matanzas National Monument, south of St Augustine, Florida.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 192HarbourCulebra, Puerto Rico
Dewey public marina
4.7Public berthing in Dewey, the only town on Culebra, on the narrow isthmus between Bahía de Sardinas and Ensenada Honda.
- 193AnchoragePuerto Rico
Punta Boca
4.7Anchorage at Punta Boca on the south-west coast of Vieques, 5.9 NM west of Esperanza, inside the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 194AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía Flamenco
4.7Anchorage off Flamenco beach, on the north coast of Culebra, 1.9 NM from Dewey by sea.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 195AnchorageUnited States
Fossil Bay Sucia Island State Park
4.7Fossil Bay is a sheltered bay on the south side of Sucia Island, a marine state park in the San Juan Islands of Washington.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S, SE
196AnchorageUnited StatesEbenecook Harbour, Southport
4.7Anchorage in Ebenecook Harbour on Southport Island, Maine, off the Sheepscot River, on a mud bottom with shelter from most directions.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W
- 197HarbourUnited States
Pillar Point Marina
4.7Public harbour at Princeton near Half Moon Bay, California, on the open Pacific coast about 20 miles south of San Francisco.
198HarbourUnited StatesSouth Beach Harbor
4.7City-run marina on the San Francisco waterfront, set in the South Beach district beside the Giants' ballpark on the Embarcadero.
199AnchorageUnited StatesWashington D.C. the Wharf
4.7Mooring field in the Washington Channel of the Potomac River, at The Wharf in Washington D.C.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
200AnchorageUnited StatesAmelia Island
4.7Anchorage off Amelia Island on the Florida ICW near Fernandina Beach, mud bottom.
201HarbourMonterey, United StatesMonterey Municipal Marina
4.7City-run marina at the south end of Monterey Bay in California, sheltered behind a stone breakwater and adjacent to Old Fisherman's Wharf.
- 202AnchorageUnited States
Pulpit Harbor
4.7Almost landlocked anchorage on the north-west shore of North Haven island, in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Mud bottom with very good holding.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 203AnchorageUnited States
South Bristol Harbor
4.7Anchorage in The Gut, the narrow tidal passage that separates Rutherford Island from the mainland at South Bristol, Maine.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
204AnchorageUnited StatesUpper Matecumbe Key
4.7Anchorage off Little Basin on the bayside of Islamorada, Upper Matecumbe Key, in the Florida Keys.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 205AnchorageUnited States
East River and Put In Creek
4.7Anchorage in the East River, a tributary of Mobjack Bay in Mathews County, Virginia, with Put In Creek branching off at its head.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 206AnchorageUnited States
Eaton's neck lighthouse
4.7Anchorage off Eatons Neck at the entrance to Huntington Bay on Long Island Sound, New York. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
207AnchorageUnited StatesHarpswell harbor - Stover's point bay
4.7Anchorage off Stover's Point in Harpswell, Maine, set among the islands of Casco Bay on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
208AnchorageUnited StatesPresque Isle Beach 11
4.7Anchorage off Beach 11 at the tip of Presque Isle, the sandy peninsula reaching into Lake Erie about 4 miles west of Erie, Pennsylvania.
- Sheltered N, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 209AnchorageUnited States
Town Creek
4.7Anchorage in Town Creek along the Charleston peninsula, between the Cooper and Ashley rivers in South Carolina, with sand holding.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
210HarbourWesterly, United StatesWatch Hill Yacht Club
4.7Yacht club managing around 72 moorings in Watch Hill Cove, on Little Narragansett Bay at Westerly, Rhode Island.
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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.