Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Jekyll Harbor Marina

Full-service marina on the Intracoastal Waterway at Jekyll Island, on the Georgia coast between St Simons Sound and St Andrew Sound.

Mackeral Cove Beach

Cove on the east side of the isthmus that links Beavertail to the main body of Conanicut Island, Jamestown, in Narragansett Bay.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Middle Bay

Anchorage on the New York shore of Lake Champlain, north of Plattsburgh, with a sand bottom and shelter from every quarter.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW

Oat Island

Anchorage on the Waccamaw River near Bucksport, South Carolina, on the ICW, with a mud bottom and shelter from all directions.

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

Port Ludlow Marina

Resort marina on Ludlow Bay off the western shore of Admiralty Inlet, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.

Waterford Harbor Marina

Marina on the north shore of Clear Lake at Kemah, Texas, inside the cut linking the lake to Galveston Bay.

Hoppy's Landing

Anchorage off Hoppys Landing, by the causeway linking West Island to the mainland at Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Little River North Bend

Anchorage in the bend of the Little River on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, just inside the South Carolina state line near Little River Inlet.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Put-in-Bay

Anchorage in Put-in-Bay harbour off South Bass Island, Lake Erie, Ohio, with a sand bottom and shelter from the east, south-east, south and south-west.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW

Schooner Creek

Anchorage in a side creek off the Waccamaw River in South Carolina, with a mud bottom and shelter from wind in every quarter.

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

big marco

Anchorage on the Big Marco River off Marco Island, southwest Florida, on the west bank close to the Gulf of Mexico.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE

Coecles Harbour

Anchorage in Coecles Harbour on the east side of Shelter Island in New York, ringed by tidal creeks and oak woodland, mud bottom.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Fernandina Harbor Marina

City marina managed by Oasis Marinas in downtown Fernandina Beach, on the Amelia River at ICW mile 716, on the Florida and Georgia border.

Onset Bay

Anchorage in Onset Bay on Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, just west of the Cape Cod Canal and the village of Onset.

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

Tolomato River North Anchorage

Anchorage on the Tolomato River along the Intracoastal Waterway north of St. Augustine, in Florida.

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

West Harbor

West Harbor on the north side of Fishers Island, New York, the island's main harbour with the ferry landing and a broad mooring field.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Butler Island

Mooring on the Waccamaw River north of Georgetown, South Carolina, on the Intracoastal Waterway.

• Sheltered N, NE, SE, S

Cabbage Creek Dock

Small dock at the mouth of Cabbage Creek, a mangrove tributary on the south-east side of Tampa Bay near Ruskin, Florida.

Clayton Harbor Municipal Marina

Town-run transient marina at 301 Webb Street in Clayton, on the St. Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands of New York.

Milliken Cove

Anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway at Little River, South Carolina, near the Little River Inlet. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, S, NW

The Perry Marina

Deep-water marina on Stock Island near Key West, Florida, set within the Perry Hotel resort about 5 miles from Old Town.

Salty Sam's Marina

Large marina in Matanzas Bay at Fort Myers Beach, just east of the bridge, in south-west Florida.

Tidewater Yacht Marina

Full-service marina in Crawford Bay, Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia, at Mile Marker 0 of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

Wrightsville Beach Marina

Full-service marina at ICW mile 283.2 on the east bank, one-tenth of a mile south of the Wrightsville Beach drawbridge, in a no-wake zone.

Halifax Harbor Marina

City-owned marina of 550 berths on a 60-acre site on the west bank of the Halifax River in downtown Daytona Beach.

Rachel Carson Reserve

Anchorage off the Rachel Carson Reserve in Taylor's Creek, across from Beaufort, North Carolina. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S

Fort Pierce

Anchorage in the Indian River Lagoon off Fort Pierce, on Florida's Treasure Coast. Sand and mud bottom, sheltered from all directions.

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

Half Moon Bay Marina

Marina on the east bank of the Hudson River at Croton-on-Hudson, about 35 miles north of Manhattan.

Maryland Marina

Full-service marina of 360 berths on Frog Mortar Creek, off Middle River, in Baltimore County north-east of Baltimore.

Pope's Island Marina

Marina on the south side of Pope's Island in New Bedford harbour, Massachusetts, inside the hurricane barrier on the Acushnet River.