Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Port Hudson Marina

Full-service marina on the Gulf of Mexico at Hudson Beach, on Florida's Nature Coast north of Tampa.

Port Huron River Street Marina

Municipal marina on the Black River in downtown Port Huron, Michigan, near the river mouth on Lake Huron.

Port Huron Yacht Club

Private yacht club on the Black River in Port Huron, Michigan, with visitor wall tie-up.

Port Jefferson Marina

Marina on Port Jefferson Harbour, a deep-water harbour on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York.

Port Mansfield Marina

Marina in the small fishing community of Port Mansfield, on the Laguna Madre about midway along the Texas coast, behind Padre Island.

Safe Harbor Port Milford

Full-service marina on Milford Harbor in Milford, Connecticut, a short walk from the town centre.

Port Muskogee Three Forks Harbor

Inland marina on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System at river mile 393.6, at the confluence of the Arkansas, Verdigris and Grand rivers, in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Port Niantic

Full-service marina on the west bank of the lower Niantic River at East Lyme, Connecticut, at the head of Niantic Bay.

Port Norfolk Yacht Club

Members' boating club on the Neponset River at Port Norfolk in Dorchester, south of Boston.

Port Norris Marina

Launching marina on the Maurice River at Bivalve, Commercial Township, New Jersey, on the old Delaware Bay oyster grounds.

Port of Anacortes

Working commercial port on Guemes Channel made up of Pier 1, Pier 2 and Curtis Wharf, used for break-bulk cargo, project shipments and shipyard moorage rather than pleasure craft.

Port of Bandon

Marina on the Coquille River at Bandon, southern Oregon coast, 86 berths with 13 transient berths.

Port of Brookings Harbor, Office

Marina at the mouth of the Chetco River in southern Oregon, with a reputation as one of the easiest bars on the west coast.

Port of Chinook

Small commercial and recreational harbour on Baker Bay, north shore of the lower Columbia River, about 10 miles from the river mouth in Washington state.

Port of Edmonds

Public marina on the eastern shore of Puget Sound in Edmonds, Washington, about 15 NM north of Seattle and across the sound from Kingston.

Port of Egypt

Full-service marina on a 6-acre site in a protected basin off Southold Bay, on the North Fork of Long Island, New York.

Port of Everett

Largest public marina on the US west coast, on Port Gardner Bay at the mouth of the Snohomish River, with 2,300 permanent berths.

Homer Deep Water Dock

Commercial freight and cruise dock at the tip of the Homer Spit, on Kachemak Bay in Alaska, about 4.5 miles from downtown Homer.

Port of Ilwaco

800-berth marina just inside the Columbia River bar, in the protected basin of Baker Bay south of the Long Beach Peninsula. Largest pleasure harbour on the lower Columbia, with year-round guest moorage.

Port of Los Angeles/Cabrillo Way Marina, Berth 42

Large Port of Los Angeles marina at Berths 42-43 in San Pedro, on the west side of the main harbour behind the federal breakwater.

Port of Newport - Commercial Marina

Working commercial marina along 1,400 feet of waterfront on Bay Boulevard, Yaquina Bay, home to one of the largest fishing fleets on the US West Coast.

Port of Newport South Beach Marina

Recreational marina and RV park on the south shore of Yaquina Bay in Newport, Oregon, run by the Port of Newport.

Port of Peninsula

Port basin at Nahcotta, on the east shore of the Long Beach Peninsula in Willapa Bay. Used primarily by the oyster fleet and small fishing boats; the Port advertises itself as the port at the end of the world.

Port of Rochester Marina

Public marina at the mouth of the Genesee River where it meets Lake Ontario, about 7 miles north of downtown Rochester.

Port of Salisbury Marina

Municipal marina at the head of navigation of the Wicomico River, in downtown Salisbury, Maryland.

Port of the Islands Marina

Inland marina on the Faka Union Canal, south of Naples, Florida, the main boating gateway to the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

Port of Toledo Marina

Public port and boatyard on Depot Slough off the Yaquina River, 7 miles inland from the Oregon coast.

Port Regalle Yacht Club

Private marina serving the Port Regalle condominium community at Great Kills Harbour, Staten Island, New York.

Port Royal Anchorage

Anchorage in Battery Creek off the town of Port Royal, between the creek and the Beaufort River in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

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Port Royal Marina A California Yacht Marina

Private marina inside King Harbor, Redondo Beach, on the South Bay coast of Los Angeles County, California.