Best anchorages and harbours in Alaska
8 documented anchorages and harbours in Alaska, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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- 1HarbourSkagway, United States
Skagway Small Boat Harbor
4.0Municipal harbour at the head of Lynn Canal in the Alaska Panhandle, in the town of Skagway, southern terminus of the Inside Passage cruise route.
2HarbourJuneau, United StatesStatter Harbor
3.6Transient harbour in Auke Bay, 12 miles by road north of downtown Juneau, used by fishing boats, charters and visiting yachts in south-east Alaska.
3HarbourKetchikan, United StatesKetchikan Thomas Basin
3.4City harbour at the south end of downtown Ketchikan, on Revillagigedo Island in the Inside Passage of south-east Alaska.
- 4HarbourUnited States
Swanson Harbor
1.8State-maintained anchorage and pair of floats in the Couverden Islands at the junction of Icy Strait, Chatham Strait and Lynn Canal, about 25 NM south-west of Juneau.
- 5HarbourAngoon, United States
Funter Bay Seaplane Base
1.6Sheltered bay on the west coast of the Mansfield Peninsula on Admiralty Island, 14 miles south-west of Juneau, with a state marine park and a small public seaplane base.
- 6HarbourElfin Cove, United States
Elfin Cove
Remote fishing community on the north-west side of Chichagof Island, 85 miles west of Juneau, reachable only by boat or float plane.
- 7HarbourKetchikan, United States
Private Dock
Private pontoon on Ketchikan waterfront in south-east Alaska, on the Tongass Narrows opposite Pennock Island.
8HarbourTenakee Springs, United StatesTenakee Springs
Small community harbour on the east shore of Chichagof Island in Tenakee Inlet, southeast Alaska, 45 NM south-west of Juneau on the Inside Passage.