Best anchorages and harbours in Chesapeake Bay
77 documented anchorages and harbours in Chesapeake Bay, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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1AnchorageUnited StatesActon Cove
5.0Anchorage on Spa Creek in the Eastport neighbourhood of Annapolis, Maryland, sand bottom, sheltered from most directions but open to the east.
- Sheltered N, NE, S, SW, W, NW
- 2AnchorageUnited States
Backway to St. Michael
5.0Anchorage in the Miles River off St. Michaels, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Eastern Shore. Sand and mud bottom, sheltered from most directions.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 3AnchorageUnited States
Cedar point
5.0Anchorage near Cedar Point on the Yeocomico River, a tidal tributary of the lower Potomac in the Northern Neck of Virginia.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
4AnchorageUnited StatesCambridge roadstead
5.0Open roadstead anchorage on the Choptank River off Cambridge, Maryland, near the mouth of Cambridge Creek.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 5AnchorageUnited States
Claiborne
5.0Open anchorage off the village of Claiborne, on the point dividing Eastern Bay from the Miles River in Talbot County, Maryland.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
- 6AnchorageUnited States
Donovans Pier
5.0Anchorage off the Donovans Pier shore on the South River, at Edgewater in Maryland, within the wider Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
- 7AnchorageUnited States
East River and Put In Creek
5.0Anchorage in the East River, a tributary of Mobjack Bay in Mathews County, Virginia, with Put In Creek branching off at its head.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 8AnchorageUnited States
Fairlee Creek
5.0Well-protected creek on the upper Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, with a mud bottom and fresh water available.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 9AnchorageUnited States
Galloway Creek
5.0Anchorage on the north shore of Middle River at Bowleys Quarters, upper Chesapeake Bay, about nine miles north of Baltimore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 10AnchorageUnited States
Great Wicomico River - Sandy Point
5.0Anchorage off Sandy Point on the Great Wicomico River, a tidal tributary on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 11AnchorageUnited States
Harness Creek
5.0Sheltered anchorage in Harness Creek off the South River, about 3 miles south-west of Annapolis, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 12AnchorageUnited States
Hunts Cove
5.0Anchorage off the Piankatank River on Virginia's Middle Peninsula, with a mud bottom and good shelter from the northern sector.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 13AnchorageUnited States
Inner Worton Creek
5.0Anchorage in the inner basin of Worton Creek on Maryland's Eastern Shore, about 1.5 miles inside the Chesapeake Bay north of Rock Hall.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
14AnchorageUnited StatesJackson Creek West
5.0Protected anchorage in the western branch of Jackson Creek at Deltaville, Virginia, off the Piankatank River near Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 15AnchorageUnited States
Mallard Point Anchorage
5.0Anchorage on the Maryland Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, near the mouth of the Chester River, set on a sand bottom with all-round shelter.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 16AnchorageUnited States
Mill Creek
5.0Anchorage in Mill Creek off the Patuxent River at Solomons, Maryland, with mud holding.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
17AnchorageUnited StatesRedhouse Cove
5.0Anchorage in a cove of the Magothy River by Gibson Island, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 18AnchorageUnited States
Sarah Creek
5.0Sheltered creek opening off the York River at Gloucester Point, Virginia, opposite Yorktown on the Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 19AnchorageUnited States
Selby Bay
5.0Anchorage off the South River on the Chesapeake Bay, about 5 miles south of Annapolis in Maryland. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW
- 20AnchorageUnited States
Sellman Creek
5.0Anchorage in Sellman Creek, a tidal creek of the Rhode River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 21AnchorageUnited States
South Creek
5.0Anchorage at the mouth of South Creek on the West River near Galesville, Maryland, with a mud bottom and shelter on all sides.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 22AnchorageUnited States
Southwest Branch Back River
5.0Anchorage on the Southwest Branch of the Back River, between Hampton and Poquoson in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 23AnchorageUnited States
Spa Creek end
5.0Anchorage at the head of Spa Creek, off downtown Annapolis on the Severn River, Maryland.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 24AnchorageUnited States
Sterling Creek
5.0Quiet creek off the Severn River, one of the four rivers feeding Mobjack Bay on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 25AnchorageUnited States
Thomas Creek
5.0Creek anchorage off the East River in Mobjack Bay, Mathews County, Virginia, with a mud bottom and good holding.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 26AnchorageUnited States
Town creek
5.0Sheltered creek anchorage off Solomons Island, at the mouth of the Patuxent River in Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, S
- 27AnchorageUnited States
Trippe Creek
5.0Anchorage in Trippe Creek off the Tred Avon River near Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
28AnchorageUnited StatesWashington D.C. the Wharf
5.0Mooring field in the Washington Channel of the Potomac River, at The Wharf in Washington D.C.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 29AnchorageUnited States
Whitehall
5.0Anchorage in Whitehall Bay, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay about 7.5 miles east of Annapolis, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 30AnchorageUnited States
Zimmerman Mooring Ball
5.0Mooring buoy on the East River off Mobjack Bay at Cardinal, Virginia, alongside the Zimmerman Marine yard.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE