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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- 421AnchorageUnited States
Cullie Creek
2.8Quiet creek anchorage off the ICW in eastern North Carolina, with a mud bottom and shelter from most directions except the west.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
422AnchorageUnited StatesGreat Marsh Island
2.8Anchorage off Great Marsh Island, near the junction of Sisters Creek and the St Johns River, east of Jacksonville, Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
423AnchorageUnited StatesSunset Cove
2.8Anchorage on the Florida Bay side of Key Largo, Florida, with a sand bottom. Sheltered from east through south.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
424AnchorageUnited StatesJekyll Island
2.7Anchorage off Jekyll Island, one of Georgia's Golden Isles, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway near Brunswick.
- Sheltered E, SE
- 425AnchorageUnited States
Lanning cove
2.7Small open cove on Santa Cruz Island, off the California coast, with a sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
426AnchorageUnited StatesPipes Cove
2.7Sheltered cove between Greenport and Shelter Island on the North Fork of Long Island, New York. Mud bottom, six berths, fresh water available.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
427AnchorageUnited StatesVineyard Haven Harbour
2.7Harbour between East Chop and West Chop on Martha's Vineyard, in the town of Tisbury, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 428AnchorageUnited States
Wright River
2.7Tidal river anchorage on the South Carolina side of the Intracoastal Waterway, near the Georgia border above Savannah.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 429AnchorageUnited States
Islandale Anchorage
2.7Anchorage in Rosario Strait among the San Juan Islands of Washington, between Lopez Island and James Island.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 430AnchorageUnited States
Big Drakes Bay
2.7Anchorage off Peacock Park in Coconut Grove, on the western shore of Biscayne Bay, Miami.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 431AnchorageUnited States
South Lake
2.7Man-made lake south of Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Florida, opening to the Intracoastal Waterway through a short inlet.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
432AnchorageUnited StatesBechers bay
2.7Broad semicircular bay on the north-east side of Santa Rosa Island, the main point of entry to the island in Channel Islands National Park, California.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
433AnchorageUnited StatesCalf Pasture Beach
2.7Anchorage off Calf Pasture Beach at the eastern point of Norwalk, Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 434AnchorageUnited States
Phil Foster Park
2.7Anchorage off Phil Foster Park at Riviera Beach, Florida, near the foot of the Blue Heron Bridge.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S
- 435AnchorageUnited States
Dog Hammock Spit
2.6Anchorage off Dog Hammock Spit on the Sapelo River, coastal Georgia, mud bottom, used as a stop on the Intracoastal Waterway.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
436AnchorageUnited StatesMatanzas Pass
2.6Municipal mooring field in Matanzas Pass at Fort Myers Beach, Florida, run by the town on Estero Island.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
437AnchorageUnited StatesHarbor Road
2.6Anchorage in the West Ocean City harbour basin on the Isle of Wight Bay, Ocean City, Maryland, behind the barrier island.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 438AnchorageUnited States
Vilano Beach Anchorage
2.6Anchorage on the Tolomato River near St Augustine, Florida, just off the Intracoastal Waterway on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered E, SW, W
439AnchorageUnited StatesSan Juan Island
2.6Anchorage off San Juan Island, in the San Juan archipelago of Washington State. Sand and weed bottom, sheltered from east through south-west.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 440AnchorageUnited States
Capers Iland
2.6Anchorage off Capers Island, an undeveloped barrier island north of Isle of Palms in South Carolina, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 441AnchorageUnited States
Sunken Island
2.5Anchorage off a spoil island in Hillsborough Bay, in the upper reaches of Tampa Bay, Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 442AnchorageUnited States
Oyster bay
2.5Inner bay on the Wilderness Waterway within Everglades National Park, Florida, about 18 miles north of Flamingo via Whitewater Bay.
- Sheltered SE
443AnchorageUnited StatesSheepshead Bay
2.3Sheltered bay on the southern shore of Brooklyn, New York, lined with marinas and a long-established party-fishing fleet, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 444AnchorageUnited States
Clipper Cove
2.2Anchorage between Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, California, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 445AnchorageUnited States
Lovers Cove
2.1Open anchorage off Santa Catalina Island, California, on sand. It lies about 22 nautical miles south of San Pedro across the channel.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
- 446AnchorageUnited States
Harmon Harbor
1.7Sheltered anchorage on Georgetown Island near the mouth of the Sheepscot River, in mid-coast Maine, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
447AnchorageUnited StatesMount Sinai
1.7Anchorage in Mount Sinai Harbor on the north shore of Long Island, about a mile north-east of Port Jefferson, New York, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
448AnchorageUnited StatesClearwater Beach North
1.6Anchorage off Clearwater Beach on the Florida Gulf coast, on a mud bottom, between two marinas.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
449AnchorageUnited StatesCumberland Bay anchorage
1.6Anchorage in Cumberland Bay on Lake Champlain, off Plattsburgh on the New York shore.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
- 450AnchorageUnited States
Leason cove
1.4Sheltered cove off Back Creek near Solomons, on the lower Patuxent River in Calvert County, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE