Best anchorages and harbours in United States

West Neck Harbor

Sheltered anchorage off the south-west shore of Shelter Island, in the Peconic estuary of eastern Long Island, New York.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Kiptopeke

Anchorage 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

Stamford Harbour

Outer harbour anchorage at Stamford on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, about 33 miles east of New York.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Wrightsville Beach

Anchorage in Banks Channel off Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, between the barrier island and the mainland, on a sand bottom.

Englewood

Anchorage in Lemon Bay near Englewood, Florida, in the southern reach of the bay close to Stump Pass.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Joshua Cove

Cove on the Guilford shore of Long Island Sound, Connecticut, just north of the Sachem's Head peninsula, with a bottom of rock and mud.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Oyster Bay Cove

Anchorage in Oyster Bay Harbor on the north shore of Long Island, New York, on the Oyster Bay Cove side east of the mooring fleet, on a mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Hobe Sound R38

Anchorage off red daymark 38 on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Hobe Sound, in Martin County on the Florida Treasure Coast.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

West Tiger Point Anchorage

Anchorage on the west side of the Intracoastal channel at the north end of Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach, Florida.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Monty's Bay Marina

Marina in a bay on the New York shore of Lake Champlain at West Chazy, about 8 miles north of Plattsburgh, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered S

Mother Norton Shoal

Anchorage in Winyah Bay, the brackish estuary at Georgetown, South Carolina, where the Waccamaw, Pee Dee, Black and Sampit rivers meet the sea.

• Sheltered NE, W, SW

West Of Fort

Anchorage in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, west of Fort Sumter, with a sand bottom and shelter from SW through SE winds.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Vero Beach Anchorage

Anchorage in the Indian River Lagoon at Vero Beach, Florida, behind Fritz Island just south of the city mooring field.

• Sheltered W

Homer Gudelsky

Anchorage in Sinepuxent Bay off West Ocean City, Maryland, on a sand bottom just inside the Ocean City Inlet.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Tolomato River anchorage

Anchorage on the Tolomato River north of the St Augustine Inlet, Florida, near ICW Mile 776. Mud bottom, sheltered from N through E winds.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Bay Pines

Anchorage on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway off Madeira Beach, on Florida's Pinellas County coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Cotuit Bay

Bay anchorage on the south coast of Cape Cod, sheltered behind Osterville Grand Island off Nantucket Sound, in the village of Cotuit, Massachusetts.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW

Duck Island

Open anchorage on Watts Bar Lake, a reservoir on the Tennessee River system in eastern Tennessee, with a rock bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W

Lake Worth South

Anchorage in the Lake Worth Lagoon off downtown West Palm Beach, Florida, between the Flagler Memorial and Royal Park bridges.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Mill Creek

Anchorage on Mill Creek, a tributary of the Magothy River off Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S

Andoni's island

Anchorage in Biscayne Bay off Virginia Key, near the Rickenbacker Causeway in Miami, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Half Moon Bay Anchorage

General anchorage inside Pillar Point Harbor at Half Moon Bay, California, in San Mateo County, with a sand bottom and shelter from NW through SW winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Fernandina

Anchorage on the Amelia River off Fernandina Beach, Florida, on the Intracoastal Waterway near the Georgia border, sand bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE

City Harbor Anchorage

Anchorage in the Charleston harbour reach near the City Marina, off the Ashley River mouth, in South Carolina.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Delaware river & city

Anchorage off Delaware City on the Delaware River, near the eastern end of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, mud bottom, sheltered from NW through SW.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Quarry Bay

Anchorage south of Quarry Point on the east side of Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, with sand and mud holding.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Boothbay

Anchorage in the inner harbour of Boothbay Harbor, on the midcoast of Maine, with a mud bottom and fresh water available ashore.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Hillsboro Inlet

Tidal inlet linking the Intracoastal Waterway to the Atlantic between Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, Florida, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Horseshoe Bay

Small cove on the north shore of the Golden Gate at Fort Baker, Sausalito, California, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Canal cape cod

Waiting anchorage off the eastern entrance of the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts, on a sand bottom in Cape Cod Bay.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE