Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Marina at American Wharf

Marina at the head of the Thames River in downtown Norwich, Connecticut, where the Yantic and Shetucket rivers meet.

Marina At Factory Bay

Full-service marina of 77 berths in Factory Bay on Marco Island, with access to the Gulf of Mexico and the Ten Thousand Islands.

Marina At Skipanon

Private marina at the mouth of the Skipanon River in Warrenton, Oregon, near the confluence with Youngs Bay and the Columbia River.

Marina Bay Harbor

Indoor dry-stack storage marina and service centre at Clear Lake Shores, Texas, on the channel between Clear Lake and Galveston Bay.

Marina Bay Marina

Gated marina of 168 berths on the Dania Cutoff Canal at Fort Lauderdale, within the Marina Mile yachting corridor.

Herbert Hoover Marina

Boat ramp and full-service marina at Convoy Point on Biscayne Bay, next to the Biscayne National Park headquarters in Homestead, Florida.

Marina Club at Blackwater Snd

Marina on Blackwater Sound at Key Largo, in the upper Florida Keys.

Marina Cortez B Dock

B Dock at Marina Cortez on Harbor Island, San Diego Bay, California. The marina has 70 berths and takes vessels up to 90 feet.

Venice Marina

Large fishing marina at Venice, the last road-accessible point on the Mississippi River, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

Marina Del Ray

Large marina on the Tchefuncte River at Madisonville, Louisiana, around 2.5 km from the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.

Marina Del Rey

Man-made small-craft harbour on the coast of Los Angeles County, California, between Venice Beach and Playa del Rey, completed in 1965.

Marina Delray Inc

Family-run full-service marina on the Intracoastal Waterway at Delray Beach, on Palm Trail beside the George Bush Boulevard bridge.

Safe Harbor Gaines

Full-service marina at Rouses Point on northern Lake Champlain, one mile south of the Canadian border at the head of the Richelieu River.

Marina Jack Yacht Basin

Large transient marina in Bayfront Park, downtown Sarasota, Florida, on the Intracoastal Waterway of Sarasota Bay.

Sandusky Bay anchorage

Open anchorage on Sandusky Bay, off Lake Erie in Ohio, used as a stopover within the bay's shallow waters.

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Marina Mart Moorings

Roughly 200 berths spread across four docks on Westlake Avenue North, on the west side of South Lake Union in central Seattle.

Marina Mile Yachting Center

Working boatyard at 2200 Marina Bay Drive East in Fort Lauderdale, on the South Fork of the New River along the Marina Mile.

Marina Mooney bay

Marina at Point au Roche on the New York shore of Lake Champlain, about an hour south of Montreal and three miles off Interstate 87 Exit 40.

Marina One

Boat storage marina on the Hillsboro Canal at Deerfield Beach, Florida, with indoor racks for up to 500 boats.

Marina Palms Yacht Club

Marina of 112 berths on the west side of Maule Lake, off the Intracoastal Waterway at North Miami Beach, Florida.

Marina Plaza Harbor

Public marina of 103 berths on Richardson Bay, in the Marinship district of Sausalito.

Marina Road Boat Yard

Full-service boatyard on the Dania Cut-Off Canal at 3000 West State Road 84, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Marina Shores At Dune Harbor

Marina at Portage, Indiana, on Burns Waterway near the Indiana Dunes, about 30 miles from downtown Chicago.

Marina Shores Marina

Marina on Long Creek, just inside the Lynnhaven inlet, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Marina Towers & Yacht Club

Private marina attached to a nine-storey residential tower at the southern end of Estero Island, Fort Myers Beach, on the Estero Bay side.

Marina Ventures International Ltd

Marina on the Canton waterfront at 2501 Boston Street, on the north shore of the Patapsco River in Baltimore.

Marina Village - San Diego

Large marina in Quivira Basin, Mission Bay, San Diego, about 7 miles north-west of downtown.

Marina Village At Boynton

Residential marina on the Intracoastal Waterway at Ocean Ridge, Florida, with 39 berths set among condominiums and townhouses.

Marina Village Yacht Harbor

Large marina on the Alameda side of the Oakland estuary, 738 berths for boats from 7 to 30 metres on protected estuary waters.

Marina Way Moorage

Small private moorage on the west bank of the Multnomah Channel, just downstream from where the channel branches off the Willamette River near Sauvie Island, north-west of Portland.