Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Big Break Marina Holdings LLC

Marina of 120 berths on Big Break, a tidal slough off the San Joaquin River near Oakley, in the California Delta.

Big Daddy's Boat Yard

Marina and boatyard in Bolles Harbor at Monroe, Michigan, on the western basin of Lake Erie. The site was formerly LaPlaisance Creek Marina.

Big Salmon Resort

Private fishing marina and tackle base at Neah Bay, on the Makah Reservation, 200 metres west of Makah Marina along Bayview Avenue.

Big Six Marina

State-park marina on the west side of Grand Island, on a tributary of the Upper Niagara River.

Big Pine Key

Anchorage off Big Pine Key in the Lower Florida Keys, between Big Pine, the Torch Keys and Ramrod Key, around Newfound Harbor.

Bill Bird Marina

County-run marina in Haulover Park, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway at 10800 Collins Avenue, north Miami Beach.

Bill Dye Marina

Waterfront marina on the Trout River, a tributary of the St Johns River, in the Northside area of Jacksonville, Florida.

Billfish Marina

Gated marina and boatyard at 2965 West State Road 84, Fort Lauderdale, on the New River about 7 miles inland.

Billington Cove Yacht Club

Gated dockominium community at the north end of Point Judith Pond in Wakefield, Rhode Island.

Biloxi Port Division

Municipal harbour authority running the public harbours and piers of Biloxi, Mississippi, on the Mississippi Sound.

Birbarie Marine Sales

Family-run marina and service yard on the Branford River at Branford, Connecticut, off Long Island Sound.

Bird Key (E)

Anchorage in the Manatee River off Snead Island, near the entrance to Tampa Bay in Florida. Sand and mud bottom, shelter from all directions.

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

Bird Key Harbor

Anchorage in Dry Tortugas National Park, about 68 miles west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida.

Bird Key Yacht Club

Private members' yacht club with a 42-berth marina on the edge of Sarasota Bay, at 301 Bird Key Drive, Sarasota.

Biscayne Bay

Daytime anchorage in Biscayne Bay near the Venetian Islands, off Miami, with the city skyline to the west.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W

Boca Chita Key

Anchorage off Boca Chita Key in Biscayne National Park, Florida, 22 miles south of Miami, with a mud and sand bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Bitter End Marina

Marina with over 100 berths on Scenic Bay at Bayview, Idaho, on the southern end of Lake Pend Oreille.

Bittersweet Landing Boatyard

Boatyard on The Gut at South Bristol, Maine, the narrow channel linking John's Bay to the Damariscotta River.

Black Creek anchorage

Anchorage in the protected lagoon off Black Creek, on the north side of Lake St. Clair near Harrison Township, Michigan.

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

Black Creek Marina

Marina on Black Creek at Green Cove Springs, 1 nm off the St Johns River south of Jacksonville, Florida.

Black Point Boat Launch

County-run public marina and boat ramp at Cutler Bay, south of Miami, Florida, opening onto Biscayne Bay.

Blackbeards Cove Marina

Marina on Pungo Creek near downtown Belhaven, on the Pungo River along the Intracoastal Waterway in North Carolina. Formerly Pungo Creek Marina.

Blackstone Marina

Deep-water marina on Cuckold Creek off the Patuxent River at Hollywood, Maryland, in operation since 1963.

Blackwell Point Marina

Small marina on Smith Creek at Oriental, North Carolina, off the Neuse River near ICW mile 181.

Blaine Harbor Boating Center

Port of Bellingham marina on Drayton Harbor, near the Canadian border. 629 berths behind a rock breakwater, plus 700 feet of visitor moorage at Gate 2.

Blake Island

Forested island of 476 acres in Puget Sound, about 8 nm west of downtown Seattle, run as a marine state park with no road or ferry access.

Blake's Bar Harbor Marina

Marina in the Bar Harbor community on Rock Creek at Pasadena, off the Patapsco River near Baltimore.

Blakely Island Marina

Small private-island marina at the north tip of Blakely Island, off Rosario Strait in the San Juan Islands.

Blanchard Bay

Privately owned marina at the mouth of Westpoint Slough in Redwood City, California, on the southern reaches of San Francisco Bay.

• Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S

Blenker Boatworks & Marina

Family-run repair marina at the mouth of the Manatee River in Bradenton, by channel markers 7 and 8.