Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Emerald Bay

Mooring cove on the north-west shore of Santa Catalina Island, California, with a sand beach and a sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Emery Cove Yacht Harbor

Private 430 berth marina on the Emeryville Peninsula, East Bay shore one nautical mile north of the San Francisco Bay Bridge.

Encinal Basin

Anchorage in Encinal Basin on the Alameda side of the Oakland Estuary, California, on a mud bottom.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

F3 Marina

Fully automated dry-stack marina at 1335 SE 16th Street in Fort Lauderdale, on the Intracoastal Waterway. Indoor storage for 254 power boats in a 40-metre-high building.

Fairlee Creek

Well-protected creek on the upper Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, with a mud bottom and fresh water available.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Faro Blanco Marina

Full-service marina on the gulf side of Marathon in the Florida Keys, with 74 berths taking vessels from 18 to 185 feet.

Fisher’s Landing

Anchorage on the St. Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands, between Clayton and Alexandria Bay, New York.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Foggy Bay

Anchorage on the east shore of Revillagigedo Channel, about 50 miles north of Prince Rupert, on the Inside Passage route to Ketchikan.

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

Fort Matanza

Anchorage in the Matanzas River off the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, near Fort Matanzas National Monument, south of St Augustine, Florida.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

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

Fossil Bay Sucia Island State Park

Fossil Bay is a sheltered bay on the south side of Sucia Island, a marine state park in the San Juan Islands of Washington.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S, SE

Galloway Creek

Anchorage on the north shore of Middle River at Bowleys Quarters, upper Chesapeake Bay, about nine miles north of Baltimore.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Georgetown Yacht Basin

Full-service marina on the Sassafras River at Georgetown, on Maryland's upper Chesapeake Bay, with around 300 berths and a large boatyard.

Glorietta Bay

Managed anchorage in a small bay on the east side of San Diego Bay, off Coronado, southern California.

• Sheltered W, SW

Golden Isles Lake

Sheltered urban anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway at Hallandale Beach, Florida, ringed by condominiums.

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

Great Harbor

Mooring field in Great Harbor at Woods Hole, the village at the south-western tip of Cape Cod, in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S

Great Wicomico River - Sandy Point

Anchorage off Sandy Point on the Great Wicomico River, a tidal tributary on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Green Island

Anchorage off Green Island, a 48-acre Maine Coast Heritage Trust conservation island in the Merchant Row archipelago between Stonington and Isle au Haut.

• Sheltered NW, N

Green Turtle Bay

Resort marina at Grand Rivers, Kentucky, on Lake Barkley near the point where it meets Kentucky Lake in the Land Between the Lakes.

Hamburg Cove

Marina and RV resort in the Seabrook district of New Orleans, at the junction of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal and Lake Pontchartrain.

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

Hans Marina

Small marina on the Waccamaw River near Bucksport, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway south of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Harborage Marina - St. Pete

Marina on Salt Creek in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, set off Tampa Bay on the city's eastern waterfront.

Harness Creek

Sheltered anchorage in Harness Creek off the South River, about 3 miles south-west of Annapolis, Maryland.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Harpswell harbor - Stover's point bay

Anchorage off Stover's Point in Harpswell, Maine, set among the islands of Casco Bay on a mud bottom.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Hartge Yacht Harbor

Family-run marina and boatyard on the West River off Chesapeake Bay, in Galesville, Maryland. Around 270 berths plus mooring buoys in a well-sheltered harbour.

Herb River

Anchorage on the Herb River just south of Thunderbolt near Savannah, Georgia, mud bottom.

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

Homer Smith Docks and Marina

Marina on Town Creek at Beaufort, North Carolina, taking vessels up to about 45 metres.

Hop-O-Nose Marina

Full-service marina on Catskill Creek at Catskill, New York, near Hudson River mile 112.

Hope Island Mooring Buoys

Mooring buoys off Hope Island, a 200-acre marine state park at the north end of Skagit Bay, Washington, between La Conner and Whidbey Island.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

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