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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271AnchorageUnited StatesLittle Bayou
4.1Enclosed anchorage on Pentwater Lake at Pentwater, off the Lake Michigan shore.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
272AnchorageUnited StatesSanta Barbara anchorage (Seasonal)
4.1Seasonal open-roadstead anchorage off Santa Barbara on the southern California coast, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 273AnchorageUnited States
First Sassafras Bend
4.1Anchorage on the first bend of the Sassafras River above its mouth, upper Chesapeake Bay, with the marinas of Georgetown to the east.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
274AnchorageUnited StatesHarbor Point
4.1Anchorage on the Mansfield Peninsula in Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska, with a mud and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, E, S, SE
- 275AnchorageUnited States
Coecles Harbor anchorage
4.1Anchorage inside Coecles Harbor on Shelter Island, at the eastern end of New York's Peconic Bays, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
276AnchorageUnited StatesIndian Key Anchorage
4.0Anchorage off Indian Key, an 11-acre historic island in the Florida Keys near Islamorada, lying just inside the Hawk Channel passage south-east of U.S. 1.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
277AnchorageUnited StatesSpencer Spit
4.0Anchorage off Spencer Spit State Park on the eastern shore of Lopez Island, San Juan Islands, Washington, overlooking Lopez Sound.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 278AnchorageUnited States
Windmill
4.0Anchorage in the cove behind Windmill Point on the Ware River, Mobjack Bay, Virginia, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S, SE
279AnchorageUnited StatesEdgartown Mooring field
4.0Town mooring field in Edgartown harbour on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 280AnchorageUnited States
Abel Marina
4.0Mooring field off the Henry R. Abel boatyard at the head of Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
281AnchorageUnited StatesAyala Cove, Angel Island
4.0Mooring field on the north side of Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, off Tiburon, with a mud bottom and shelter from the prevailing westerlies.
- Free
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 282AnchorageUnited States
Fishing point
3.9Anchorage at Fishing Point near Solomons on the Patuxent River, Maryland, mud bottom, sheltered from SW through SE.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
283AnchorageUnited StatesEmerson Point Preserve
3.9Anchorage off Snead Island at the mouth of the Manatee River, opposite the DeSoto Point anchorage in Florida.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
284AnchorageUnited StatesCauseway Beach, Hutchinson Island
3.9Anchorage off the northern tip of South Hutchinson Island, on the Indian River Lagoon near Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 285AnchorageUnited States
Lake Boca
3.9Sheltered lagoon off the Intracoastal Waterway at Boca Raton, Florida, with anchoring on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
286AnchorageUnited StatesLongboat Key
3.9Anchorage on the Sarasota Bay side of Longboat Key, a barrier island on Florida's Gulf coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S, SE
287AnchorageUnited StatesLinekin Bay Resort
3.9Resort moorings in Lewis Cove on the west side of Linekin Bay, near Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
288AnchorageUnited StatesWest Palm Beach
3.9Anchorage in the Lake Worth Lagoon off downtown West Palm Beach, Florida, along the Intracoastal Waterway. Sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
289AnchorageUnited StatesAtlantic Highlands
3.8Anchorage behind the municipal harbour breakwater at Atlantic Highlands, on Sandy Hook Bay in New Jersey.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 290AnchorageUnited States
Hurricane Island
3.8Guest moorings off the east side of Hurricane Island, in the Fox Islands group of Penobscot Bay, Maine. Mud bottom, shelter from north-west through south-west.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 291AnchorageUnited States
Southport
3.8Anchorage off Southport, North Carolina, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River where it meets the Intracoastal Waterway, mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
292AnchorageUnited StatesNo name harbor bay
3.8Natural harbour inside Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, at the southern tip of Key Biscayne, Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, S, SE
- 293AnchorageUnited States
Eastern Cove
3.8Anchorage in Eastern Cove on the south side of Mount Desert Island, midcoast Maine. Sand bottom with patches of weed.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 294AnchorageUnited States
Fishing Bay
3.8Sheltered anchorage at the mouth of the Piankatank River, off Deltaville in Virginia, just south of the Rappahannock.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
- 295AnchorageUnited States
Mill Creek - past Leason Cove
3.8Anchorage on Mill Creek at Solomons, off the Patuxent River in Maryland, beyond Leason Cove. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
296AnchorageUnited StatesPort Jefferson Moorings and Launch Service
3.8Visitor mooring field run by a launch service in Port Jefferson Harbour, on the north shore of Long Island, New York.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
297AnchorageUnited StatesFrenchboro
3.8Anchorage and mooring field at Lunt Harbor, Frenchboro, on Long Island in Blue Hill Bay, Maine, about 8 nm south of Mount Desert Island.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 298AnchorageUnited States
New-London waterfront
3.8Mooring field and anchorage on the Thames River off downtown New London, Connecticut.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 299AnchorageUnited States
Lakeman Harbour
3.7Tight pond-sized cove off the north-east corner of Roque Harbor, in the Roque Island archipelago of downeast Washington County, Maine. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 300AnchorageUnited States
North River
3.7Anchorage on the North River, a tidal arm of Mobjack Bay off Chesapeake Bay, in Mathews County, Virginia.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E