Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Dowry Creek Marina

Marina on the Pungo River at ICW mile 131.5, about 4 miles north of Belhaven, North Carolina.

Doyne's Marine

Family-run marina and boatyard at Portage, Indiana, on Burns Waterway with direct access to Lake Michigan.

Dredge Harbor Boat Center

Full-service marina and boatyard on a sheltered basin off the Delaware River at Delran, New Jersey.

Drenckhahn Boat Basin

Full-service marina on the Mianus River at Cos Cob, Connecticut, with around 114 berths.

Driftwood Marina

Marina of 210 berths on the San Joaquin River at Oakley, west of the Antioch Bridge in the California Delta.

Driscoll Mission Bay

Full-service boatyard and marina at 1500 Quivira Way, on Quivira Basin in Mission Bay, San Diego.

Drummond Island Yacht Haven

Full-service marina on the south shore of Drummond Island in Lake Huron, at the eastern tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Drury's Marina

Marina with 40 berths on the northern prong of St Jerome's Creek at Ridge, in St Mary's County, Maryland.

Duck Cove Marina

Family-owned full-service marina on the bay side of Long Beach Island at Brant Beach, New Jersey, with a 25-ton travel lift and engine repair.

Duck Creek Marina & Boatyard

Working marina and boatyard on Duck Creek off the Neuse River, near New Bern, North Carolina.

Dudley's Marina Inc

Full-service marina near Cedar Point on the Intracoastal Waterway by Swansboro, North Carolina, in business since 1949.

Duffy Creek Marina

Family-run marina in the sheltered cove of Duffy Creek off the Sassafras River at Georgetown, Maryland, 8.5 miles upriver from the Chesapeake Bay.

Duncan Boat Dock

Family-run boat dock on Fort Loudoun Lake at Knoxville, Tennessee, on the impoundment of the Tennessee River.

Duncan Bay Boat Club

Private 263-slip marina in Duncan Bay on Lake Huron, 3 km east of Cheboygan in the Straits of Mackinac.

Duncan Clinch Marina

Municipal marina on West Grand Traverse Bay at Traverse City, with 65 seasonal and 54 transient berths.

Dundee Creek Marina

State-run marina on Dundee Creek near the mouth of the Gunpowder River, in Gunpowder Falls State Park, Maryland.

Dunedin Marina

Municipal marina of 192 slips on Main Street in downtown Dunedin, on St Joseph Sound off the Gulf coast of Florida.

DuSable Harbor

Downtown Chicago harbour at the foot of Randolph Street, the only harbour with berths close to the Loop.

Dutch Harbor Boat Yard

Full-service boatyard and mooring field on the West Passage of Narragansett Bay, between Dutch Island and Jamestown, Rhode Island.

Dutch Wharf Boat Marina

Family-run boatyard marina on the Branford River at Branford, Connecticut, just off Long Island Sound.

Duwamish Yacht Club

Private freshwater yacht club on the Duwamish River, 4.5 nautical miles upriver from Elliott Bay, in the South Park neighbourhood of Seattle.

Dysart's Great Harbor Marina

Full-service marina at the head of Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine, gateway to Acadia National Park.

E&P Marine Services

Small marina and haul-out yard at 1 Violet Road, Mastic Beach, New York, on the Forge River off Moriches Bay.

Eagle Harbor Marina

Private marina on the south shore of Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island, directly across from the Washington State Ferry terminal at Winslow.

Eagle Pointe Harbor

Marina on a 60-acre riverside site on the St. Joseph River, upstream of Marina Island near St. Joseph.

Eagle Rock

Anchorage within Morro Bay harbour, central California, the only all-weather small-craft harbour between Monterey and Santa Barbara. Mud bottom.

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East 55th Street Marina

Cleveland Metroparks marina on the south shore of Lake Erie, three miles east of downtown Cleveland.

East Bank Marina

Public marina and ramp on the east bank of the Chagrin River at Eastlake, Ohio, near the river mouth on Lake Erie.

East Bay Harbor Marina

The only marina on the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, at Williamsburg, Michigan, with 70 full-service berths.

East Beach Marina

Marina in the East Beach community on Pretty Lake, off Little Creek and the Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk, Virginia.