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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361AnchorageUnited StatesBon Secour South Fork
3.5Anchorage on the South Fork of the Bon Secour River, near Gulf Shores, Alabama, on a mud bottom with all-round shelter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 362AnchorageUnited States
Caesar Creek
3.5Anchorage in the channel separating Elliott Key and Old Rhodes Key, within Biscayne National Park south of Miami, Florida.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
363AnchorageUnited StatesChesapeake bay
3.5Anchorage in a cove off the Sassafras River near Georgetown, in the upper Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 364AnchorageUnited States
Nichol's Point
3.5Anchorage near The Gut, the narrow passage between North Hero and South Hero islands on Lake Champlain, Vermont.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
365AnchorageUnited StatesCape May anchorage
3.5Anchorage in Cape May Harbour at the southern tip of New Jersey, on a mud bottom, at the southern end of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 366AnchorageUnited States
Ellis Island
3.5Free anchorage in Upper New York Bay off Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, on the New Jersey side, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 367AnchorageUnited States
Sausalito
3.5Anchorage in Richardson Bay off Sausalito, California, on a mixed rock and mud bottom near the head of San Francisco Bay.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
368AnchorageUnited StatesHalifax River
3.5Anchorage on the Halifax River off Daytona Beach, on the Intracoastal Waterway near ICW mile 830, in Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
369AnchorageUnited StatesJuneau
3.5Anchorage on Gastineau Channel off downtown Juneau, the capital of Alaska. Rock and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, W, SW, S
- 370AnchorageUnited States
Point Judith Harbor Refuge
3.5Anchorage inside the Point Judith Harbor of Refuge at Narragansett, Rhode Island, at the south-western tip of Narragansett Bay, on sand and mud.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 371AnchorageUnited States
Quamino rock bay
3.5Anchorage in Cohasset Harbour, Massachusetts, beside Big Quamino Rock, a barren islet off the inner harbour.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 372AnchorageUnited States
Belfast Anchorage
3.4Anchorage at Belfast Harbour, at the north end of Penobscot Bay where the Passagassawakeag River meets the bay, in Maine. Sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 373AnchorageUnited States
Little Fishermans Cove
3.4Open anchorage on the coast of Santa Catalina Island, California, with a sand bottom. It sits about 20 nautical miles south-west of San Pedro.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
- 374AnchorageUnited States
Cape Florida Channel
3.4Channel anchorage along the south-west shore of Key Biscayne, Florida, inside Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
375AnchorageUnited StatesGravesend Bay
3.4Designated anchorage in south-west Brooklyn, north of Coney Island, off Lower New York Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
376AnchorageUnited StatesA9 "Cruiser" Anchorage
3.4Designated cruisers anchorage in San Diego Bay, California, off the eastern tip of Harbor Island, with fresh water available nearby.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 377AnchorageUnited States
Burbank Point
3.4Marsh anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway in Cumberland Sound, on Georgia's southernmost stretch of coast near St Marys.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
- 378AnchorageUnited States
Ponce de Leon Inlet
3.4Anchorage at Ponce de Leon Inlet, where the Halifax River and Intracoastal Waterway meet the Atlantic on Florida's east coast, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
379AnchorageUnited StatesAndrew’s Bay
3.4Cove on the west side of Seward Park on Lake Washington, Seattle, and the busiest anchorage on the lake.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 380AnchorageUnited States
Marina Jack Mooring Fields
3.4Mooring buoy field off downtown Sarasota on Florida's Gulf coast, with around 60 numbered moorings on a sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
381AnchorageUnited StatesGoddard Memorial State Park
3.4Anchorage off Goddard Memorial State Park, on the shore of Greenwich Cove and Greenwich Bay at Warwick, Rhode Island.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
382AnchorageUnited StatesNeuse River
3.4Anchorage on the Neuse River off New Bern, North Carolina, where the Neuse meets the Trent River, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW
383AnchorageUnited StatesOffatts Bayou
3.3Anchorage in a bayou on the south side of Galveston Island, Texas, with sand and mud bottom and protection from the S and SW.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 384AnchorageUnited 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
- 385AnchorageUnited 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
- 386AnchorageUnited States
Indian Rock
3.3Open anchorage off Santa Catalina Island, California, on a sand bottom. It lies roughly 19 nautical miles south-west of San Pedro.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
- 387AnchorageUnited States
Wrangell Airport
3.3Anchorage off the Wrangell Airport shore on the east side of Wrangell Island, along Zimovia Strait in South-East Alaska.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
388AnchorageUnited StatesCatalina Harbor
3.3Mooring off the West End of Santa Catalina Island, California, near Howland's Landing, set on a sand bottom with all-round shelter.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 389AnchorageUnited States
Ratz Harbor
3.3Bay indenting the north-east coast of Prince of Wales Island on the west side of Clarence Strait, Southeast Alaska.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 390AnchorageUnited States
Big Island
3.3Anchorage near the mouth of the Alligator River on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, coastal North Carolina.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE