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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121MouillageUnited StatesMonterey Basin General Anchorage
4.7Open anchorage in Monterey Harbour, on the Monterey Peninsula in California, within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
122MouillageUnited StatesTitusville
4.7Anchorage on the Indian River off Titusville, Florida, on the Intracoastal Waterway near Mile 878, with a sand, mud and weed bottom and shelter from NW through SE winds.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW
123MouillageUnited StatesIllahee State Park
4.7Marine state park with 1,785 feet of saltwater frontage on Port Orchard Bay, on the Kitsap Peninsula between Bremerton and Bainbridge Island.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 124MouillageUnited States
Sea Breeze Anchorage
4.7Anchorage at Carolina Beach, North Carolina, on the Intracoastal Waterway, with a mud bottom and good holding.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
125MouillageUnited StatesSkipjack Cove
4.7Anchorage in a sheltered cove off the Sassafras River near Georgetown, Maryland, about seven miles up from the river mouth.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 126MouillageUnited States
Back Creek, Solomons Island
4.6Anchorage in Back Creek at Solomons Island, Maryland, the inlet off the Patuxent River where most of the town's marinas lie.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
127MouillageUnited StatesIsle of Shoals
4.6Anchorage at the Isles of Shoals, a small archipelago about 6 miles off the New Hampshire and Maine coast. Gosport Harbour lies between Star, Cedar and Smuttynose islands.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 128MouillageUnited States
Fisher’s Landing
4.6Anchorage on the St. Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands, between Clayton and Alexandria Bay, New York.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 129MouillageUnited States
Wando River anchorage
4.6Anchorage on the Wando River near Charleston, South Carolina, above the river's junction with the Cooper River.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 130MouillageUnited States
Liberty Bay
4.6Anchorage in Liberty Bay, a sheltered arm of Puget Sound on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington, off the town of Poulsbo.
- Sheltered NE, W, SW
- 131MouillageUnited States
Sanibel
4.6Anchorage off the east end of Sanibel Island in San Carlos Bay, south-west Florida, on a weed bottom, protected from N through W winds.
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
132MouillageUnited StatesVenice
4.6Anchorage in Roberts Bay at Venice, Florida, just inside the Venice Inlet on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, with a sand bottom and shelter on all sides.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
133MouillageUnited StatesPease Ledge
4.6Anchorage off Pease Ledge in the north-western approach to Cuttyhunk, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. The ledge itself uncovers at low water.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
134MouillageUnited StatesPort Clyde
4.6Anchorage at the southern tip of the St. George peninsula in mid-coast Maine, on a mud bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 135MouillageUnited States
Town creek
4.6Sheltered creek anchorage off Solomons Island, at the mouth of the Patuxent River in Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, S
- 136MouillageUnited States
Matanzas Bay
4.6Mooring buoy field in Matanzas Bay off the historic centre of St. Augustine, Florida, on a mud bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 137MouillageUnited States
Newport
4.6Anchorage and mooring field in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, on the east side of the East Passage of Narragansett Bay, with a mud bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 138MouillageUnited States
Samsing Cove
4.6Remote anchorage in south-east Alaska on the inland side of Baranof Island, in the Alexander Archipelago.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
139MouillageUnited StatesSitka
4.6Anchorage off Sitka, on the west coast of Baranof Island in Sitka Sound, south-east Alaska.
- Sheltered NW, NE, E, SE
140MouillageUnited StatesBack Harbor (Sandy Bay)
4.6Anchorage in Sandy Bay off Rockport, Cape Ann, with a sand bottom and the Sandy Bay Yacht Club 0.2 nm to the south-east.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 141MouillageUnited States
Blake Island
4.6Anchorage in Puget Sound, Washington, off Blake Island, on a sand bottom, with fresh water available.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 142MouillageUnited States
Matinicus Harbor
4.6Harbour on the east side of Matinicus Island, the most seaward inhabited island of Penobscot Bay, Maine, 22 nm from Rockland.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
- 143MouillageUnited States
Mill Creek
4.6Sheltered creek off the Patuxent River at Solomons, in Calvert County, Maryland, a much used anchorage on the lower Chesapeake.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, S, SE
144MouillageUnited StatesRockland Harbor
4.6Working harbour on the western shore of Penobscot Bay, Maine, sheltered by a granite breakwater nearly a mile long.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 145MouillageUnited States
Backway to St. Michael
4.6Anchorage in the Miles River off St. Michaels, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Eastern Shore. Sand and mud bottom, sheltered from most directions.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 146MouillageUnited States
Live Oak Bay
4.6Anchorage on the Neuse River near Fairfield Harbour, North Carolina, with a mud bottom and shelter from the north, north-east, east and north-west.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 147MouillageUnited States
Lantana Anchorage
4.6Anchorage in the Lake Worth Lagoon at Lantana, southern Palm Beach County, Florida. Sand and mud bottom, sheltered from most directions.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 148MouillageUnited States
Sheep Island
4.6Mooring in Castine Harbor at the mouth of the Bagaduce River, head of Penobscot Bay, Maine, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W
149MouillageUnited StatesBaltimore
4.6Anchorage on the Patapsco River off the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, on the north-western Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 150MouillageUnited States
Echo Bay Sucia Island State Park
4.6Echo Bay is the largest and deepest bay on Sucia Island, a marine state park in the San Juan Islands of Washington.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE