Best anchorages and harbours in Great Lakes

Moorings Associations

Dock condominium community on New Buffalo harbour, Lake Michigan, in south-west Michigan. The largest boating facility in the harbour with 369 docks.

Nauti Marina

Full-service marina and boat rental base in McGregor, Iowa, on the Upper Mississippi opposite Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

Navy Point Marine

Deepwater marina in Sackets Harbor on eastern Lake Ontario, on the site of the former US Navy yard, in upstate New York.

New Buffalo Yacht Club

Private members' yacht club on the Galien River at New Buffalo, Michigan, on Channel A near the river entrance.

Newfane Marina

Town-run public marina in the mouth of Eighteenmile Creek at Olcott Beach, designated harbour of refuge on the south shore of Lake Ontario.

Newport Marina

Private freshwater marina at 500 Newport Road, on the west shore of Irondequoit Bay in Rochester, New York.

Newport Yacht Club

Private dinghy and small-boat club at 694 Seneca Road on the west shore of Irondequoit Bay, Rochester, New York.

Nicolet Bay

Bay within Peninsula State Park on the Door County shore of Green Bay, Wisconsin, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

North Channel Yacht Club

Private destination yacht club on a four-acre island where the North Channel meets the north-east corner of Lake St Clair, near Algonac, Michigan.

North Coast Marina & Campgrounds

Marina and campground on the Ashtabula River in Ashtabula, Ohio, about a 20-minute cruise upstream from Lake Erie.

North East Marina

Public marina behind a breakwall on the south shore of Lake Erie at North East, Pennsylvania, run by the North East Community Marina Association.

North Island

Anchorage off North Island on the eastern shore of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, Michigan, on sand and mud.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

North point

Open anchorage off North Point near Manistee on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

North Point Marina

Large freshwater marina at Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, on Lake Michigan between Chicago and Milwaukee, just south of the Wisconsin state line.

North Shore Marina

Full-service marina of around 205 berths on the Grand Haven channel near the Grand River mouth, about a quarter of a mile from Lake Michigan in Spring Lake, Michigan.

Northeast Michigan Marine

Small private marina and dealership on the lower Au Sable River at Oscoda, just upstream of the US 23 bridge.

Northern Marine Inc

Year-round full-service marina and boatyard in Spicer Bay, on the St Lawrence River east of Clayton, New York.

Northwest Marine Yacht Club

Private dockominium marina of 207 berths on Round Lake at Charlevoix, Michigan, opened in 1981.

Northwind Harbor

Twenty-six berth marina with floating pontoons on the western shore of Great Sodus Bay, in Sodus Point, New York.

Oak Orchard Yacht Club

Private yacht club on the west bank of Oak Orchard Creek, about 0.7 mile from the mouth at Point Breeze, on Lake Ontario.

Oak Park Marina

Resort marina at the south end of Sodus Bay, on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, with restaurant, cabins, and inn alongside the berths.

Battery Park Marina

Large marina in downtown Sandusky directly across the bay from Cedar Point, run by Oasis Marinas, with 650 berths.

Oasis Marinas at North Coast Harbor

Public marina in Cleveland's inner harbour, downtown on the Lake Erie waterfront.

Oasis Marinas at Port Lorain

Full-service marina on the west bank of the Black River in Lorain, Ohio, near the river mouth at Lake Erie's south shore.

Oconto Yacht Club

Members' yacht club on the Oconto River at Oconto, on the Green Bay shore of Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, set on nine wooded acres.

Off Shore Marina

Small private marina at 5 Lytle Avenue inside Harbor Beach harbour of refuge, Lake Huron, Michigan.

Olcott Yacht Club

Private members' club at the mouth of Eighteenmile Creek in Olcott, on the south shore of Lake Ontario, founded in 1920.

Olde River Yacht Club

Private deep-water yacht club on the Cuyahoga River at Whiskey Island, Cleveland, just inside the river mouth on Lake Erie.

Ontonagon Marina

Village marina at the mouth of the Ontonagon River on the south shore of Lake Superior, at the foot of the Porcupine Mountains in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Oselka's Snug Harbor Marina

Family-run full-service marina on the Galien River at New Buffalo, Michigan, near the southern tip of Lake Superior's neighbour, Lake Michigan.