Best anchorages and harbours in Inside Passage

13 documented anchorages and harbours in Inside Passage, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.

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    AnchorageUnited States

    Samsing Cove

    4.6

    Remote anchorage in south-east Alaska on the inland side of Baranof Island, in the Alexander Archipelago.

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

    4.6

    Anchorage off Sitka, on the west coast of Baranof Island in Sitka Sound, south-east Alaska.

    • Sheltered NW, NE, E, SE
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    Foggy Bay

    4.5

    Anchorage on the east shore of Revillagigedo Channel, about 50 miles north of Prince Rupert, on the Inside Passage route to Ketchikan.

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

    4.2

    Bay indenting the eastern shore of Frederick Sound, on the north-east side of Cape Fanshaw in the Alexander Archipelago, about 83 miles south of Juneau.

    • Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
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    Red Bay

    4.1

    Bay on the north coast of Prince of Wales Island, opening northeast into Sumner Strait in Southeast Alaska.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
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    AnchorageUnited States

    Petersburg

    4.1

    Fishing town on the northern tip of Mitkof Island, at the junction of Wrangell Narrows and Frederick Sound in South-East Alaska.

    • Sheltered NW, N, E, S, SE
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    AnchorageUnited States

    Harbor Point

    4.1

    Anchorage on the Mansfield Peninsula in Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska, with a mud and weed bottom.

    • Sheltered NW, E, S, SE
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    Horseshoe Bay

    3.6

    Anchorage on Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, a remote stretch of the Inside Passage with no road access.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
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    AnchorageUnited States

    Whitestone Rock

    3.6

    Anchorage near Whitestone Rock, an islet off the north-west coast of Baranof Island, south-east Alaska.

    • Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
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    AnchorageUnited States

    Juneau

    3.5

    Anchorage on Gastineau Channel off downtown Juneau, the capital of Alaska. Rock and mud bottom.

    • Sheltered NE, W, SW, S
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    Wrangell Airport

    3.3

    Anchorage off the Wrangell Airport shore on the east side of Wrangell Island, along Zimovia Strait in South-East Alaska.

    • Sheltered SW, S, SE
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    AnchorageUnited States

    Ratz Harbor

    3.3

    Bay indenting the north-east coast of Prince of Wales Island on the west side of Clarence Strait, Southeast Alaska.

    • Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
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    AnchorageUnited States

    East Clump Blow Hole

    Anchorage in the Tongass Narrows near Ketchikan, southeast Alaska, on a rocky bottom and sheltered from W, SW and S winds.

    • Sheltered W, SW, S