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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- 331AnchorageUnited States
Rocky Point
3.6Anchorage in Stirling Basin off Greenport, on the North Fork of Long Island, with sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
332AnchorageUnited StatesGeorgetown anchorage
3.6Anchorage on the Sampit River off the ICW at Georgetown, South Carolina, with sand and mud holding and shelter from all directions.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 333AnchorageUnited States
Live Oak Point
3.6Anchorage off Live Oak Point on the Halifax River, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, near Ponce Inlet, south of Daytona Beach, Florida.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, S
- 334AnchorageUnited States
Mattituck Creek anchorage
3.6Anchorage in Mattituck Creek on the North Fork of Long Island, reached from the south shore of Long Island Sound.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
335AnchorageUnited 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
- 336AnchorageUnited States
Camp Island
3.6Anchorage off Camp Island in the Merchant Row archipelago, between Stonington and Isle au Haut, midcoast Maine. Sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 337AnchorageUnited 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
338AnchorageUnited StatesDyckman Marina
3.6Small marina at the west end of Dyckman Street, on the Hudson River in the Inwood neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York, opposite the New Jersey Palisades.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 339AnchorageUnited States
Vero Beach anchorage
3.6Free anchorage in the Indian River Lagoon at Vero Beach, on Florida's east coast. Sand and mud bottom, sheltered from every direction, fresh water available ashore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
340AnchorageUnited StatesSouth Boston Yacht Club
3.6Yacht club mooring field in Dorchester Bay, off South Boston, Massachusetts, inside the inner harbour.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 341AnchorageUnited States
Whitestone Rock
3.6Anchorage near Whitestone Rock, an islet off the north-west coast of Baranof Island, south-east Alaska.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
342AnchorageUnited StatesBeaufort SC downtown
3.6Anchorage off downtown Beaufort on the Beaufort River, South Carolina, beside the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway around ICW Mile 536.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 343AnchorageUnited States
Davis Cove
3.6Small cove anchorage on the western side of Penobscot Bay, Maine. Mud bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
344AnchorageUnited 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
- 345AnchorageUnited States
North River anchorage
3.6Anchorage on the North River along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, near Coinjock in north-eastern North Carolina, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S
346AnchorageUnited 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
347AnchorageUnited StatesLiberty Park Anchorage
3.5Free anchorage off the Liberty State Park bulkhead in Jersey City, New Jersey, within New York Harbor opposite Lower Manhattan.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
348AnchorageUnited StatesWiscasset
3.5Town anchorage on the Sheepscot River in Maine, about 13 miles above the river mouth, in one of the deepest, ice-free harbours in the state.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 349AnchorageUnited States
Matia Island State Park
3.5Marine state park anchorage in the San Juan Islands, Washington, off Rolfe Cove on the northwest side of Matia Island.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
350AnchorageUnited StatesCompo Beach
3.5Anchorage off Compo Beach in Long Island Sound, near the mouth of the Saugatuck River at Westport, Connecticut.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 351AnchorageUnited States
Queen Mary Island
3.5All-round sheltered anchorage in Kilkenny Creek off the Bear River, just off the Intracoastal Waterway in coastal Georgia, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
352AnchorageUnited StatesMatanzas River
3.5Anchorage on the Matanzas River off downtown St Augustine, Florida, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, mud bottom.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 353AnchorageUnited States
Tropic Isle Anchorage
3.5Anchorage on the Intracoastal Waterway at Delray Beach, Florida, with mud bottom and good all-round shelter.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
354AnchorageUnited StatesBear Island
3.5Anchorage off Bear Island, a 21-acre Maine Coast Heritage Trust conservation island on the eastern edge of Eggemoggin Reach near Deer Isle.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
355AnchorageUnited StatesStillwater Cove
3.5Anchorage on the north shore of Carmel Bay at Pebble Beach, California, in the lee of Pescadero Point.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
356AnchorageUnited StatesApostle Islands Sandscapes
3.5Anchorage among the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior, Wisconsin, within the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 357AnchorageUnited States
Hornbarn Cove
3.5Quiet cove on the lower St. George River in mid-coast Maine, with a mud bottom and shelter from every quarter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
358AnchorageUnited StatesPeacock Park
3.5Members' yacht club marina at Brickyard Cove in Richmond, California, on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 359AnchorageUnited States
Pickering cove
3.5Anchorage off Pickering Island in East Penobscot Bay, Maine, near the western end of Eggemoggin Reach. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
360AnchorageUnited 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