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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- 241AnchorageUnited States
Oxford
4.2Anchorage off the town of Oxford on Maryland's Eastern Shore, where the Tred Avon River meets the Choptank in Talbot County.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 242AnchorageUnited States
Rock Hall
4.2Anchorage off Rock Hall on the upper Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, mud bottom, with all-round shelter and fresh water available ashore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 243AnchorageUnited States
Burton island
4.2Anchorage off Burton Island State Park in the Inland Sea of Lake Champlain, Vermont. Mud bottom, sheltered from the south-west through south-east.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 244AnchorageUnited States
Weston Creek
4.2Anchorage on the East River off Mobjack Bay, Mathews County, Virginia. Mud bottom, sheltered among marsh.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
245AnchorageUnited StatesBoot Key Harbor
4.2Anchorage and mooring harbour at Boot Key, Marathon, in the Florida Keys, sheltered from all directions on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
246AnchorageUnited StatesSt Marys , Georgia
4.2Large anchorage off the waterfront town of St Marys, Georgia, on the St Marys River about 4.5 miles west of the ICW near the Florida border.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 247AnchorageUnited States
Town of Wareham Moorings
4.2Transient mooring buoys managed by the Wareham harbour master on the Wareham River, a tributary of Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 248AnchorageUnited States
Yellow Bank
4.2US Navy recreation marina on Bayou Grande, at the north-east corner of Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
249AnchorageUnited StatesKittery Point
4.2Mooring and anchorage area at Pepperrell Cove, just inside the mouth of the Piscataqua River in southern Maine.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 250AnchorageUnited States
Little River Inlet
4.2Inlet anchorage where the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway meets the sea near Calabash, on the North Carolina and South Carolina line.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
251AnchorageUnited StatesThimble Islands
4.2Archipelago of pink-granite islands and rocky outcrops in Long Island Sound, off Stony Creek in Branford, Connecticut.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
252AnchorageUnited StatesBanana River/ Canaveral
4.2Anchorage in the Banana River near Port Canaveral, by the Canaveral Barge Canal in Brevard County, Florida.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
253AnchorageUnited StatesLog Point
4.2Anchorage off Elliott Key in Biscayne National Park, Florida. Sand bottom with good holding, sheltered from the north through south.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S
254AnchorageUnited StatesSquirrel Creek
4.2Quiet tidal creek anchorage on the lower Eastern Shore of Virginia, off the Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
255AnchorageUnited StatesBlue Bay
4.1Anchorage on Aquia Creek off the Potomac River in northern Virginia, about 45 miles south of Washington.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, NW
256AnchorageUnited StatesBrenton Cove
4.1Anchorage and mooring field in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, off Fort Adams State Park, on a sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 257AnchorageUnited States
Aberdeen Creek
4.1Mooring on the South River near Edgewater, Maryland, close to Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW
- 258AnchorageUnited States
Duck Island Anchorage, Westbrook
4.1Anchorage behind Duck Island off Westbrook on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, sheltered by the island and its breakwaters.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
259AnchorageUnited StatesOwen parc beach
4.1Mooring buoy field off Owen Park, a public park and beach on Vineyard Haven Harbour, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S, SE
260AnchorageUnited StatesWisteria Island
4.1Anchorage in Key West Bight, the historic harbour on the north side of Key West, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, NW
261AnchorageUnited StatesCoupeville Wharf
4.1Anchorage and public wharf in Penn Cove off the town of Coupeville, on Whidbey Island, Washington. Mud bottom, sheltered from south-west through south to south-east.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 262AnchorageUnited States
Rodriguez Key
4.1Reef anchorage off Key Largo in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, marked by a 45-foot lighted steel tower. Sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
263AnchorageUnited StatesSeville Harbor
4.1Anchorage off the Seville waterfront in downtown Pensacola, Florida, on a mud bottom in Pensacola Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
264AnchorageUnited StatesCrescent City Harbor anchorage
4.1Anchorage in the outer harbour at Crescent City, on the northern California coast. Rock and mud bottom, open to the south.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
- 265AnchorageUnited States
Red Bay
4.1Bay on the north coast of Prince of Wales Island, opening northeast into Sumner Strait in Southeast Alaska.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
266AnchorageUnited StatesSomes Harbor
4.1Anchorage at the head of Somes Sound on Mount Desert Island, Maine, off the village of Somesville at the edge of Acadia National Park.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
267AnchorageUnited StatesBig Bay Creek, Edisto Beach
4.1Anchorage on Big Bay Creek behind Edisto Beach, South Carolina, beside The Plantation Course golf course and close to the Intracoastal Waterway.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
268AnchorageUnited StatesPetersburg
4.1Fishing town on the northern tip of Mitkof Island, at the junction of Wrangell Narrows and Frederick Sound in South-East Alaska.
- Sheltered NW, N, E, S, SE
269AnchorageUnited StatesCumberland island
4.1Anchorage on the back side of Cumberland Island, the southernmost barrier island of Georgia, in the marshes between the island and St Marys. Sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
270AnchorageUnited StatesLettuce Lake
4.1Free anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway at Pompano Beach, Florida, set well back from the channel.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE