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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61AnchorageUnited StatesNorth Point State Park
3.6Anchorage off North Point State Park, a peninsula between the Patapsco and Back rivers near the head of the Chesapeake Bay, at Edgemere in Baltimore County.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 62AnchorageUnited States
Chisam Creek
3.6Tidal creek off the Poquoson River near Seaford, Virginia, on the lower Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
63AnchorageUnited StatesHospital Point
3.6Anchorage on the Elizabeth River at the start of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, between Norfolk and Portsmouth in Virginia, at mile marker 0.2.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
64AnchorageUnited StatesYork Town
3.5Anchorage off the historic town of Yorktown on the York River in Virginia, with mud holding and fresh water available ashore.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
65AnchorageUnited StatesBack Creek, Solomons Island
3.5Anchorage further up Back Creek at Solomons Island, Maryland, set among the working marinas off the Patuxent River.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
66AnchorageUnited StatesChesapeake bay
3.5Anchorage in a cove off the Sassafras River near Georgetown, in the upper Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 67AnchorageUnited States
Timber point
3.3Anchorage off Timber Point on Elk Neck, in the upper Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Bohemia River, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 68AnchorageUnited States
Town Creek
3.3Anchorage in Town Creek at Oxford, a tributary of the Tred Avon River on Maryland's Eastern Shore, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
69AnchorageUnited StatesKiptopeke
3.3Anchorage at Kiptopeke on the lower Eastern Shore of Virginia, near Cape Charles, mud bottom, sheltered behind a line of sunken concrete ships.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 70AnchorageUnited States
Mill Creek
3.1Anchorage on Mill Creek, a tributary of the Magothy River off Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 71AnchorageUnited States
Leason cove
1.4Sheltered cove off Back Creek near Solomons, on the lower Patuxent River in Calvert County, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 72AnchorageUnited States
Back River
Estuarine inlet of Chesapeake Bay between Hampton and Poquoson, Virginia. Mud bottom anchorage with good holding.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 73AnchorageUnited States
Browns Cove
Anchorage in a cove off Mill Creek on the Magothy River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, south of the Patapsco.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 74AnchorageUnited States
Homewood Cove
Anchorage on Whitehall Creek off Whitehall Bay, just inside the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Maryland, on a sand bottom with shelter from every direction.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
75AnchorageUnited StatesMattawoman Creek entrance
Anchorage at the mouth of Mattawoman Creek where it opens onto the Potomac River, near Indian Head, Maryland.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
76AnchorageUnited StatesMattawomen Creek
Anchorage in a tidal Potomac River tributary near Indian Head, Maryland, around 30 miles south of Washington.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, S, SE
- 77AnchorageUnited States
Wilton Creek
Sheltered creek off the Piankatank River near Deltaville, Virginia, regarded as one of the Chesapeake's best hurricane holes.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE