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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61AnchorageUnited StatesLittle Harbor
4.8Cove on the Pacific side of Santa Catalina Island, California, with a campground and fresh water ashore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 62AnchorageUnited States
Live Oak Bay
4.8Anchorage on the lower Neuse River near New Bern, on the North Carolina coast.
- Sheltered E
- 63AnchorageUnited States
Whitehall
4.8Anchorage in Whitehall Bay, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay about 7.5 miles east of Annapolis, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 64AnchorageUnited States
Worton Creek
4.8Anchorage in Worton Creek, a sheltered tributary on the eastern shore of the upper Chesapeake Bay in Kent County, Maryland.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 65AnchorageUnited States
Golden Isles Lake
4.8Sheltered urban anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway at Hallandale Beach, Florida, ringed by condominiums.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 66AnchorageUnited States
Hope Island Mooring Buoys
4.8Mooring buoys off Hope Island, a 200-acre marine state park at the north end of Skagit Bay, Washington, between La Conner and Whidbey Island.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
67AnchorageUnited StatesSandy Hook
4.8Anchorage in Sandy Hook Bay behind the barrier spit of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, at the southern entrance to New York Harbour.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 68AnchorageUnited States
St Augustine
4.8Anchorage in the Matanzas River at St Augustine, Florida, off the historic downtown. Sand bottom, protected from NW through SW winds.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 69AnchorageUnited States
Trippe Creek
4.8Anchorage in Trippe Creek off the Tred Avon River near Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
70AnchorageUnited StatesAshtabula River
4.8Sheltered anchorage on the Ashtabula River in Ashtabula, Ohio, with a mud bottom and protection from all quarters.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 71AnchorageUnited States
Claiborne
4.8Open anchorage off the village of Claiborne, on the point dividing Eastern Bay from the Miles River in Talbot County, Maryland.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
72AnchorageUnited StatesLloyd Harbor
4.8Sheltered harbour branching west off Huntington Bay on the north shore of Long Island, New York. Mud bottom, well protected from all directions.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
73AnchorageUnited StatesNorth Pomeroy Rock
4.8Anchorage off the Fore River near Back Cove, north of the Portland peninsula, Maine. Mud bottom, all-round shelter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 74AnchorageUnited States
Zimmerman Mooring Ball
4.8Mooring buoy on the East River off Mobjack Bay at Cardinal, Virginia, alongside the Zimmerman Marine yard.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 75AnchorageUnited States
Spragues Cove
4.8Anchorage in Sippican Harbour off Marion, Massachusetts, at the head of Buzzards Bay, with a mud and weed bottom and shelter from NW through SW winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 76AnchorageUnited States
Calf Islands
4.8Day anchorage off the Calf Islands in Captain Harbor, fronting the Byram shore of Greenwich, Connecticut, in western Long Island Sound.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 77AnchorageUnited States
Carry Bay
4.8Anchorage in Carry Bay off North Hero on Lake Champlain, Vermont, with a mud bottom and shelter from NW through SE winds.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 78AnchorageUnited States
Galloway Creek
4.8Anchorage on the north shore of Middle River at Bowleys Quarters, upper Chesapeake Bay, about nine miles north of Baltimore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 79AnchorageUnited States
Mandarin Park
4.8Anchorage off Mandarin Park on the St Johns River at Jacksonville, Florida, near the mouth of Julington Creek, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, S, SE
- 80AnchorageUnited States
Skippers Fish Camp
4.8Anchorage off Skipper's Fish Camp on the Darien River at Darien, Georgia. Mud bottom, fresh water available.
81AnchorageUnited StatesEmerald Bay
4.8Mooring cove on the north-west shore of Santa Catalina Island, California, with a sand beach and a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 82AnchorageUnited States
Pelican Bay
4.8Anchorage on the east side of Cayo Costa, between Cayo Costa and Punta Blanca islands in Pine Island Sound, south-west Florida, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 83AnchorageUnited States
Palm Beach Anchorage
4.7Anchorage on Lake Worth between Palm Beach and West Palm Beach, Florida, on a mud bottom, sheltered from the western quarter.
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
84AnchorageUnited StatesPort Ludlow Anchorage
4.7Anchorage in Ludlow Bay off Admiralty Inlet, near the mouth of Hood Canal, on the Olympic Peninsula side of Puget Sound.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 85AnchorageUnited States
Pumpkin Key
4.7Anchorage off a 26-acre private island in Card Sound, north of Key Largo, Florida, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered E
- 86AnchorageUnited States
South Creek
4.7Anchorage at the mouth of South Creek on the West River near Galesville, Maryland, with a mud bottom and shelter on all sides.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 87AnchorageUnited States
South Wolf Bay
4.7Anchorage in the southern end of Wolf Bay, off the Intracoastal Waterway near Orange Beach, Alabama. Mud bottom, sheltered from east through south-east.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
- 88AnchorageUnited States
Blake Island South
4.7Mooring buoys off the south shore of Blake Island, in Puget Sound about 8 miles south-west of Seattle, Washington.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE
- 89AnchorageUnited States
Peck Lake
4.7Anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway at Hobe Sound, Florida, set against the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 90AnchorageUnited States
Thomas Creek
4.7Creek anchorage off the East River in Mobjack Bay, Mathews County, Virginia, with a mud bottom and good holding.
- Sheltered W, SW, S