Best anchorages and harbours in United States
580 documented anchorages and harbours in United States, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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1AnchorageUnited StatesBlock Island Hotel
5.0Anchorage off Old Harbor on the east side of Block Island, Rhode Island, an artificial harbour formed by two breakwaters.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
2AnchorageUnited StatesNorwalk River anchorage
5.0Anchorage on the Norwalk River off South Norwalk, Connecticut, behind the Norwalk Islands on the north shore of Long Island Sound.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
3AnchorageUnited StatesCamden
5.0Harbour on the western shore of Penobscot Bay in Camden, Maine, with a mud bottom and fresh water available.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 4AnchorageUnited 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
- 5AnchorageUnited States
Green Island
5.0Anchorage off Green Island, a 48-acre Maine Coast Heritage Trust conservation island in the Merchant Row archipelago between Stonington and Isle au Haut.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 6AnchorageUnited States
Hull Bay
5.0Open anchorage off the town of Hull, on the western side of Hingham Bay in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
7AnchorageUnited StatesLake Worth Beach anchorage
5.0Anchorage in Lake Worth Lagoon near Lake Worth Beach, on Florida's east coast. Sand bottom, sheltered from north-west through south-west but open to the east.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW
- 8AnchorageUnited States
Little Marsh Island
5.0ICW anchorage near Little Marsh Island, off Sister Creek east of Jacksonville in north-east Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
9AnchorageUnited StatesPatos Island Marine State Park
5.0Anchorage and two mooring buoys at Active Cove, the northernmost San Juan island in Washington, close to the Canadian border.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 10AnchorageUnited States
Ram Island
5.0Anchorage in Smith Cove, on Cape Rosier across the Bagaduce River from Castine, in eastern Penobscot Bay, Maine. Sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
- 11AnchorageUnited States
Mile hammock bay
5.0Man-made basin just off the Intracoastal Waterway inside the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base in North Carolina, on a bottom of sand and mud.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 12AnchorageUnited States
SL1 South
5.0Anchorage on the Caloosahatchee River in the Fort Myers area of Florida, part of the Okeechobee Waterway between the Gulf and Lake Okeechobee.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 13AnchorageUnited States
Stage Island
5.0Anchorage inside Stage Island in Wood Island Harbour, near Biddeford Pool, in Maine, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
14AnchorageUnited StatesBackcreek Anchorage
5.0Anchorage on Back Creek, on the eastern side of Annapolis, Maryland, off the Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 15AnchorageUnited States
Duck Harbour Isle au Haut
5.0Anchorage on the west side of Isle au Haut, Maine, within Acadia National Park, on a sand and mud bottom with shelter from N through E and round to SE.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 16AnchorageUnited States
Sheepsco River
5.0Anchorage on the Sheepscot River in midcoast Maine, on a mud bottom, sheltered from north through to south-east.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
17AnchorageUnited 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
18AnchorageUnited 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
- 19AnchorageUnited States
Mackeral Cove Beach
5.0Cove on the east side of the isthmus that links Beavertail to the main body of Conanicut Island, Jamestown, in Narragansett Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 20AnchorageUnited States
Middle Bay
5.0Anchorage on the New York shore of Lake Champlain, north of Plattsburgh, with a sand bottom and shelter from every quarter.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
- 21AnchorageUnited States
Oat Island
5.0Anchorage on the Waccamaw River near Bucksport, South Carolina, on the ICW, with a mud bottom and shelter from all directions.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 22AnchorageUnited States
Hoppy's Landing
5.0Anchorage off Hoppys Landing, by the causeway linking West Island to the mainland at Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 23AnchorageUnited States
Little River North Bend
5.0Anchorage in the bend of the Little River on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, just inside the South Carolina state line near Little River Inlet.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
24AnchorageUnited StatesPut-in-Bay
5.0Anchorage in Put-in-Bay harbour off South Bass Island, Lake Erie, Ohio, with a sand bottom and shelter from the east, south-east, south and south-west.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
- 25AnchorageUnited States
Schooner Creek
5.0Anchorage in a side creek off the Waccamaw River in South Carolina, with a mud bottom and shelter from wind in every quarter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 26AnchorageUnited States
big marco
4.9Anchorage on the Big Marco River off Marco Island, southwest Florida, on the west bank close to the Gulf of Mexico.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 27AnchorageUnited States
Coecles Harbour
4.9Anchorage in Coecles Harbour on the east side of Shelter Island in New York, ringed by tidal creeks and oak woodland, mud bottom.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 28AnchorageUnited States
Onset Bay
4.9Anchorage in Onset Bay on Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, just west of the Cape Cod Canal and the village of Onset.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 29AnchorageUnited States
Tolomato River North Anchorage
4.9Anchorage on the Tolomato River along the Intracoastal Waterway north of St. Augustine, in Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 30AnchorageUnited States
West Harbor
4.9West Harbor on the north side of Fishers Island, New York, the island's main harbour with the ferry landing and a broad mooring field.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE