Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Slaughter Creek Marina

Marina on Slaughter Creek off the Little Choptank River, 4 miles from the main Chesapeake Bay, at Taylors Island, Maryland. Formerly Taylors Island Marina.

West Of Fort

Anchorage in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, west of Fort Sumter, with a sand bottom and shelter from SW through SE winds.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Cabrillo Way Marina

Large public marina on the West Channel of Los Angeles Harbor, in San Pedro, California.

Vero Beach Anchorage

Anchorage in the Indian River Lagoon at Vero Beach, Florida, behind Fritz Island just south of the city mooring field.

• Sheltered W

Homer Gudelsky

Anchorage in Sinepuxent Bay off West Ocean City, Maryland, on a sand bottom just inside the Ocean City Inlet.

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

Tolomato River anchorage

Anchorage on the Tolomato River north of the St Augustine Inlet, Florida, near ICW Mile 776. Mud bottom, sheltered from N through E winds.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Bay Pines

Anchorage on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway off Madeira Beach, on Florida's Pinellas County coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Cotuit Bay

Bay anchorage on the south coast of Cape Cod, sheltered behind Osterville Grand Island off Nantucket Sound, in the village of Cotuit, Massachusetts.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW

Duck Island

Open anchorage on Watts Bar Lake, a reservoir on the Tennessee River system in eastern Tennessee, with a rock bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W

Lake Worth South

Anchorage in the Lake Worth Lagoon off downtown West Palm Beach, Florida, between the Flagler Memorial and Royal Park bridges.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Mill Creek

Anchorage on Mill Creek, a tributary of the Magothy River off Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S

Andoni's island

Anchorage in Biscayne Bay off Virginia Key, near the Rickenbacker Causeway in Miami, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Harbourgate Marina

Marina with a fuel berth on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, just beyond the Little River swing bridge.

Bay St. Louis Municipal Harbor

Municipal harbour on St. Louis Bay at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on the Gulf Coast west of Pass Christian.

Paradise Cay Yacht Harbor

Public marina on the east side of the Tiburon peninsula in Marin County, on the north shore of San Francisco Bay.

Half Moon Bay Anchorage

General anchorage inside Pillar Point Harbor at Half Moon Bay, California, in San Mateo County, with a sand bottom and shelter from NW through SW winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Crandon Park Marina

County-run marina in Crandon Park on the north side of Key Biscayne, on Biscayne Bay south of Miami.

Great Bridge Free Dock

Free public dock on the Atlantic ICW at statute mile 12, alongside Great Bridge Battlefield and Waterways Park in Chesapeake, Virginia.

West Mooring Basin

Port of Astoria marina on the south bank of the Columbia River, river mile 14, just west of the Astoria-Megler Bridge in Oregon.

Yankee Point Marina

Full-service marina on Myer Creek off the Corrotoman River, in Lancaster County, Virginia, about 12 NM up from the mouth of the Rappahannock and the Chesapeake Bay.

Fernandina

Anchorage on the Amelia River off Fernandina Beach, Florida, on the Intracoastal Waterway near the Georgia border, sand bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE

Free Dock No 2

Free public dock in Raccoon Creek at Oriental, North Carolina, alongside the Oriental Marina fuel berth, on the ICW at mile 182.

R E Mayo Seafood Dock

Working seafood dock and fuel stop on the Intracoastal Waterway at Hobucken, North Carolina, just south of the Hobucken high-rise bridge near ICW marker 21.

Cambridge Yacht Basin

Municipal marina on the Choptank River near the mouth of Cambridge Creek, in downtown Cambridge, Maryland.

Hi Seas Marina

Full-service marina on the Oconto River at Oconto, on the western Green Bay shore of Lake Michigan, Wisconsin.

Bridgeport Harbor Marina

Full-service marina with more than 200 berths on the Steelpointe peninsula, in the main Bridgeport Harbour on Long Island Sound in Connecticut.

Morro Bay State Park Marina

Small state park marina at the south end of Morro Bay, 18 berths and 14 mooring buoys for boats from 7.5 to 12 metres.

DANDY HAVEN MARINA

Family-run marina on the Back River in the Fox Hill area of Hampton, Virginia, about half a mile from Chesapeake Bay.

Quai municipal de Vergennes

Free city dock at Macdonough Park on the east bank of Otter Creek, at the head of navigation in Vergennes, Vermont.

Palm Island Marina

Resort marina at Cape Haze near Rotonda West, on the Intracoastal Waterway behind the Don Pedro and Palm Island barrier islands in south-west Florida.