Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Belleair North

Anchorage on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near the Belleair Causeway, off Belleair Beach in Pinellas County, Florida.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE

Blue Hill Inner Harbor

Inner harbour at the head of Blue Hill Bay in Maine, separated from the outer harbour by Parker Point and Sculpin Point.

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

Burlington

Mooring field off the Burlington waterfront on the Vermont shore of Lake Champlain, with a sand bottom.

• Paid
• Sheltered SW, W

Cementon Dock

Small creek-side dock on the Hudson River at Cementon, a hamlet of the Town of Catskill in Greene County, New York.

Dowry Creek Marina

Anchorage off Dowry Creek Marina on the Pungo River near Belhaven, North Carolina, beside ICW Mile 131.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

East Cove

Open anchorage on the east side of Apalachicola Bay in Florida, near St. George Island and the East Hole shoals, sand bottom.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Long Key Bight

Anchorage off Long Key in the Florida Keys, on a bottom of sand and weed. Sheltered from the south-east only.

• Sheltered SE

Lou Mac

Anchorage off the village of Oriental, on the Neuse River in eastern North Carolina, beside Lou Mac Park.

• Sheltered NW, N

Monterey Basin General Anchorage

Open anchorage in Monterey Harbour, on the Monterey Peninsula in California, within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Titusville

Anchorage on the Indian River off Titusville, Florida, on the Intracoastal Waterway near Mile 878, with a sand, mud and weed bottom and shelter from NW through SE winds.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW

Great Lameshur Bay

Bay on the south coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, home of the Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station, VIERS.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Illahee State Park

Marine state park with 1,785 feet of saltwater frontage on Port Orchard Bay, on the Kitsap Peninsula between Bremerton and Bainbridge Island.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Sea Breeze Anchorage

Anchorage at Carolina Beach, North Carolina, on the Intracoastal Waterway, with a mud bottom and good holding.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW

Skipjack Cove

Anchorage in a sheltered cove off the Sassafras River near Georgetown, Maryland, about seven miles up from the river mouth.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Back Creek, Solomons Island

Anchorage in Back Creek at Solomons Island, Maryland, the inlet off the Patuxent River where most of the town's marinas lie.

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

Turtle Cove, Buck Island

Cove with mooring buoys on Buck Island, a National Wildlife Refuge off the south-east coast of St. Thomas, where snorkellers come to see green and hawksbill turtles feeding on the seagrass.

• Free
• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Cape Charles Yacht Center

Deep-water marina on Virginia's Eastern Shore, inside the dredged Cape Charles harbour at the southern tip of the Delmarva peninsula, on the bayside of the Chesapeake.

Emery Cove Yacht Harbor

Private 430 berth marina on the Emeryville Peninsula, East Bay shore one nautical mile north of the San Francisco Bay Bridge.

Hans Marina

Small marina on the Waccamaw River near Bucksport, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway south of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Isle of Shoals

Anchorage at the Isles of Shoals, a small archipelago about 6 miles off the New Hampshire and Maine coast. Gosport Harbour lies between Star, Cedar and Smuttynose islands.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Palm Beach Sailing Club

Private sailing club on the west bank of Lake Worth Lagoon in West Palm Beach, at 4600 N Flagler Drive.

Vinoy Marina

Resort marina of about 74 berths on the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront, next to the Vinoy hotel, taking vessels up to roughly 120 feet.

Buck Island, West Beach

Anchorage off West Beach on Buck Island, about 1.5 miles off the north-east coast of St. Croix, within Buck Island Reef National Monument.

• Sheltered NE, E

Charlestown Marina

Marina set in the historic Charlestown Navy Yard on Boston Harbor, occupying berths on Piers 6 and 8 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

Fisher’s Landing

Anchorage on the St. Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands, between Clayton and Alexandria Bay, New York.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Wando River anchorage

Anchorage on the Wando River near Charleston, South Carolina, above the river's junction with the Cooper River.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Liberty Bay

Anchorage in Liberty Bay, a sheltered arm of Puget Sound on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington, off the town of Poulsbo.

• Sheltered NE, W, SW

Arabella's Landing Marina

Private marina of 135 berths in downtown Gig Harbor, on the east shore of the inlet.

Sanibel

Anchorage off the east end of Sanibel Island in San Carlos Bay, south-west Florida, on a weed bottom, protected from N through W winds.

• Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW

Schaefers restaurant & Canal bar

Transit marina on the north bank of the C&D Canal at Chesapeake City, Maryland, on the Intracoastal Waterway between Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay.