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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211AnchorageUnited StatesManhasset Bay
4.3Anchorage and mooring field in Manhasset Bay off Port Washington, on the south shore of Long Island Sound.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
212AnchorageUnited StatesIndian River
4.3Mooring buoy field on the Eightmile River at Lyme, about eight miles up the Connecticut River from Long Island Sound.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 213AnchorageUnited States
Long Creek
4.3Tidal creek anchorage off the Atlantic ICW behind Isle of Palms, north-east of Charleston, South Carolina.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 214AnchorageUnited States
Ashley River Anchorage
4.3Anchorage on the Ashley River off downtown Charleston, South Carolina, on the Intracoastal Waterway.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 215AnchorageUnited States
Dutchman Creek
4.3Anchorage in a creek off the Intracoastal Waterway near Southport, North Carolina, with a mud bottom and shelter from wind in every quarter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 216AnchorageUnited States
Orient Harbour
4.3Anchorage off the hamlet of Orient at the eastern tip of Long Island's North Fork, in Long Island Sound, New York.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
- 217AnchorageUnited States
Tolchester
4.3Anchorage off Tolchester Beach on the Eastern Shore of the upper Chesapeake Bay, in Maryland, with a sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
218AnchorageUnited StatesPrimary City Harbor Anchorage
4.3Anchorage on the Ashley River off the Charleston City Marina, near ICW mile 469, in South Carolina.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 219AnchorageUnited States
Little Scorpion anchorage
4.3Anchorage on the north-east side of Santa Cruz Island, in Channel Islands National Park, California, a short distance east of Scorpion Anchorage, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 220AnchorageUnited States
Mill Creek
4.3Anchorage on a creek off the Yeocomico River, a tidal tributary of the lower Potomac in the Northern Neck of Virginia.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
221AnchorageUnited StatesBelle Isle anchorage
4.3Anchorage in Biscayne Bay off Belle Isle, the easternmost of the Venetian Islands in Miami Beach.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
222AnchorageUnited StatesPort Townsend
4.3Anchorage off the waterfront of Port Townsend, on the northeast corner of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, at the entrance to Admiralty Inlet.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
223AnchorageUnited StatesPungo River anchorage, Belhaven
4.3Anchorage on the Pungo River at Belhaven, North Carolina, on the ICW, with a mud bottom and shelter from all directions.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
224AnchorageUnited StatesNorth of Yonkers Yacht Club
4.3Hudson River anchorage off Yonkers, New York, about 17 miles above The Battery and within sight of the New Jersey Palisades.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 225AnchorageUnited States
MOONEY HARBOR
4.3Central lagoon of the Marquesas Keys, a ring of mangrove islands about 25 miles west of Key West, Florida.
- Sheltered N, NE
226AnchorageUnited StatesNorth Lake
4.3Man-made lake north of Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Florida, opening to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway near marker MM 1072.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
- 227AnchorageUnited States
Bull Island
4.2Anchorage at Bull Island in Hadley Harbour, at the eastern end of Naushon Island in the Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 228AnchorageUnited States
Charles Island
4.2Anchorage by Gumbys Head in the Westport River, near Westport Point, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
229AnchorageUnited StatesSt Michaels
4.2Anchorage off St Michaels on the Miles River, Maryland Eastern Shore, mud bottom, sheltered from W through SE.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 230AnchorageUnited States
West Buck Island
4.2Anchorage in the North River just north of Buck Island, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in coastal North Carolina.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 231AnchorageUnited States
Fanshaw Bay
4.2Bay indenting the eastern shore of Frederick Sound, on the north-east side of Cape Fanshaw in the Alexander Archipelago, about 83 miles south of Juneau.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
232AnchorageUnited StatesPort Angeles
4.2Large natural harbour on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, sheltered behind the Ediz Hook sand spit, on the north shore of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
- 233AnchorageUnited States
Cuyler Harbor
4.2Bight on the north-east shore of San Miguel Island, the westernmost of California's Channel Islands and part of the national park.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 234AnchorageUnited States
Northport Harbour
4.2Anchorage basin off the village of Northport, at the southeastern end of Northport Bay on the north shore of Long Island, New York.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
235AnchorageUnited StatesSeguin Island
4.2Mooring field in Seguin Cove on the north side of Seguin Island, a high plateau 2.5 nautical miles off the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
236AnchorageUnited StatesRockhouse Creek
4.2Anchorage inside Ponce de Leon Inlet between Ponce Inlet and New Smyrna Beach, on the Atlantic coast of Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
237AnchorageUnited StatesGumbys Head
4.2Anchorage by Gumbys Head in the Westport River, near Westport Point, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 238AnchorageUnited States
Southold
4.2Anchorage off Southold on the North Fork of Long Island, New York, in the Peconic Bay system between Town Creek and Jockey Creek.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 239AnchorageUnited States
Swan Creek Marina Moorings
4.2Mooring field on Swan Creek, off Rock Hall on the upper Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 240AnchorageUnited States
Harris Creek
4.2Anchorage on Harris Creek at Hampton, Virginia, a side creek off the lower James River and Hampton Roads.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE