Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Crandon Park Marina

County-run marina inside Crandon Park on Key Biscayne, on the south-west side of the island facing Biscayne Bay.

Hurricane Island

Guest moorings off the east side of Hurricane Island, in the Fox Islands group of Penobscot Bay, Maine. Mud bottom, shelter from north-west through south-west.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Seaport Landing Marina

Municipal marina on the Lynnway in Lynn, Massachusetts, on the north shore of Boston harbour about 10 miles north of Boston.

Southport

Anchorage off Southport, North Carolina, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River where it meets the Intracoastal Waterway, mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Quai de Falls Park

Free city dock at Vergennes Falls Park, on the south bank of Otter Creek below the falls in Vergennes, Vermont.

No name harbor bay

Natural harbour inside Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, at the southern tip of Key Biscayne, Florida.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, S, SE

Portsmouth Yacht Club

Members' yacht club on the Piscataqua River in New Castle, New Hampshire, with a public fuel berth and transient moorings off the clubhouse and in Pepperrell Cove across the river in Maine.

Southall Landings Marina

Marina at the Salt Ponds inlet in Hampton, Virginia, on the lower Chesapeake Bay.

Eastern Cove

Anchorage in Eastern Cove on the south side of Mount Desert Island, midcoast Maine. Sand bottom with patches of weed.

• Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE

Fishing Bay

Sheltered anchorage at the mouth of the Piankatank River, off Deltaville in Virginia, just south of the Rappahannock.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW

Harborwalk Yacht Club

Private full-service marina at Harborwalk, Hitchcock, Texas, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near West Galveston Bay.

Mill Creek - past Leason Cove

Anchorage on Mill Creek at Solomons, off the Patuxent River in Maryland, beyond Leason Cove. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Port Jefferson Moorings and Launch Service

Visitor mooring field run by a launch service in Port Jefferson Harbour, on the north shore of Long Island, New York.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Frenchboro

Anchorage and mooring field at Lunt Harbor, Frenchboro, on Long Island in Blue Hill Bay, Maine, about 8 nm south of Mount Desert Island.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

New-London waterfront

Mooring field and anchorage on the Thames River off downtown New London, Connecticut.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Oak Harbor Marina

Marina on the north side of Whidbey Island, Washington, opening onto Saratoga Passage, with 420 berths for boats from 20 to 60 feet.

Cooper River Marina

County-run marina on the west bank of the Cooper River at North Charleston, about two miles north of the Ravenel Bridge.

Deltaville Boatyard

Full-service boatyard on Jackson Creek at Deltaville, Virginia, on the Chesapeake Bay between the Rappahannock and Piankatank rivers.

Ketchikan Thomas Basin

City harbour at the south end of downtown Ketchikan, on Revillagigedo Island in the Inside Passage of south-east Alaska.

Lakeman Harbour

Tight pond-sized cove off the north-east corner of Roque Harbor, in the Roque Island archipelago of downeast Washington County, Maine. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

North River

Anchorage on the North River, a tidal arm of Mobjack Bay off Chesapeake Bay, in Mathews County, Virginia.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Palmetto Bay Marina

Full-service marina on Broad Creek, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, with 135 berths for vessels from 15 to 250 feet.

Atlantic City Coast Guard Anchorage

Anchorage off the Coast Guard station at Atlantic City, in Absecon Inlet, New Jersey.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Breton Bay - East Anchorage

Anchorage in Breton Bay, a tributary off the Potomac River North near Leonardtown, Maryland. Mud bottom with good holding.

Dunkirk Yacht Club

Private yacht club inside Chadwick Bay, on the south shore of Lake Erie in Dunkirk, New York. The clubhouse stands on pilings over the harbour water.

Grand Street Public Dock

Public launch ramp and short dock on the Oakland Estuary at the north end of Grand Street in Alameda, California, directly across from Coast Guard Island.

Hog Island

Mud-bottom anchorage off Hog Island, at the entrance to Bristol Harbour in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

• Sheltered S

Spoil Island SL

Anchorage off a spoil island in the Indian River Lagoon near Fort Pierce, Florida, with sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Tide Mill Cove

Anchorage in St. Michaels harbour off the Miles River, on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, W, NW

Westport Marina

Full-service marina in Northwest Bay, on the New York shore of Lake Champlain, run by the Carroll family since 1982.