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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- 31AnchorageUnited States
Butler Island
4.9Mooring on the Waccamaw River north of Georgetown, South Carolina, on the Intracoastal Waterway.
- Sheltered N, NE, SE, S
- 32AnchorageUnited States
Milliken Cove
4.9Anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway at Little River, South Carolina, near the Little River Inlet. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, S, NW
33AnchorageUnited StatesRachel Carson Reserve
4.9Anchorage off the Rachel Carson Reserve in Taylor's Creek, across from Beaufort, North Carolina. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S
34AnchorageUnited StatesFort Pierce
4.9Anchorage in the Indian River Lagoon off Fort Pierce, on Florida's Treasure Coast. Sand and mud bottom, sheltered from all directions.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
35AnchorageUnited StatesSpa Creek
4.9Municipal mooring field on Spa Creek at Annapolis, Maryland, between the city dock and the Spa Creek bridge.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
- 36AnchorageUnited States
Stone Cove
4.9Anchorage off South Bass Island in Lake Erie, Ohio, with a weed bottom and shelter from the north, north-east, east and south-east.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 37AnchorageUnited States
Burnt Coat Harbour Swans Island
4.9Anchorage at Burnt Coat Harbour, Swans Island, in outer Blue Hill Bay, Maine, on a sand and mud bottom with shelter from NW through E round to SE.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
38AnchorageUnited StatesCambridge roadstead
4.9Open roadstead anchorage on the Choptank River off Cambridge, Maryland, near the mouth of Cambridge Creek.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 39AnchorageUnited States
Glorietta Bay
4.9Managed anchorage in a small bay on the east side of San Diego Bay, off Coronado, southern California.
- Sheltered W, SW
40AnchorageUnited StatesRedhouse Cove
4.9Anchorage in a cove of the Magothy River by Gibson Island, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 41AnchorageUnited States
Ruskin Commongood Park
4.9Anchorage off Ruskin Commongood Park on the Little Manatee River, Hillsborough County, Florida, on a bottom of mud and weed.
- Sheltered W
- 42AnchorageUnited States
Sarah Creek
4.9Sheltered creek opening off the York River at Gloucester Point, Virginia, opposite Yorktown on the Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 43AnchorageUnited States
Selby Bay
4.9Anchorage off the South River on the Chesapeake Bay, about 5 miles south of Annapolis in Maryland. Mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW
- 44AnchorageUnited States
Callaway Bayou
4.9Sheltered anchorage in a small cove on the Florida coast, on a sand bottom, with protection from wind on every quarter.
- Sheltered N, E, S, W
45AnchorageUnited StatesAvalon Harbor
4.9Main harbour of Santa Catalina Island, on the south-east shore below the town of Avalon, with a sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW
46AnchorageUnited StatesBarnegat Inlet
4.9Anchorage just inside Barnegat Inlet on the New Jersey coast, near High Bar Harbor at the north end of Long Beach Island.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 47AnchorageUnited States
McMicken Island
4.9Forested 11.5-acre island in Case Inlet, South Puget Sound, on the east side of Harstine Island, Washington. A marine state park reached only by boat.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 48AnchorageUnited States
Sellman Creek
4.9Anchorage in Sellman Creek, a tidal creek of the Rhode River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 49AnchorageUnited States
Tices Shoal (Very Popular Anchoring Spot)
4.9Shallow-water anchorage in Barnegat Bay along the back side of Island Beach State Park, New Jersey.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 50AnchorageUnited States
Amelia River
4.8Anchorage on the Amelia River along the Florida ICW near Fernandina Beach, mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
51AnchorageUnited StatesEncinal Basin
4.8Anchorage in Encinal Basin on the Alameda side of the Oakland Estuary, California, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
52AnchorageUnited StatesGreat Harbor
4.8Mooring field in Great Harbor at Woods Hole, the village at the south-western tip of Cape Cod, in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
- 53AnchorageUnited States
Mallard Point Anchorage
4.8Anchorage on the Maryland Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, near the mouth of the Chester River, set on a sand bottom with all-round shelter.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 54AnchorageUnited States
Inner Worton Creek
4.8Anchorage in the inner basin of Worton Creek on Maryland's Eastern Shore, about 1.5 miles inside the Chesapeake Bay north of Rock Hall.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
55AnchorageUnited StatesMonhegan
4.8Mooring buoys in Monhegan Harbour, off Monhegan Island in the Gulf of Maine, about 12 nautical miles from the mainland. Mixed rock, weed and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, E, SW, S, SE
- 56AnchorageUnited States
Donovans Pier
4.8Anchorage off the Donovans Pier shore on the South River, at Edgewater in Maryland, within the wider Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
57AnchorageUnited StatesSandy Neck Lighthouse
4.8Anchorage off Beach Point at the tip of Sandy Neck, the barrier beach at the entrance to Barnstable Harbour, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 58AnchorageUnited States
Tarpon Basin
4.8Anchorage in Florida Bay on the bayside of Key Largo, Florida, west of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
59AnchorageUnited StatesWaterson State Park
4.8Boat-only state park on Wellesley Island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the Thousand Islands of New York.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 60AnchorageUnited States
Bristol Harbour
4.8Mooring and anchorage off the town of Bristol on the east side of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, with fresh water available ashore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E