Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Great Bay Marine

Year-round full-service marina and boatyard on the Piscataqua River at Newington, New Hampshire, about 6 miles up from the harbour mouth.

Great Brewster North Anchorage

Anchorage on the north side of Great Brewster Island, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, sand bottom, sheltered only from the north.

• Sheltered N

Great Cove Boat Yard

Boatyard and marina on Penataquit Creek at Bay Shore, on the Great South Bay, Long Island.

Great Kills Harbor

Sheltered harbour on the south shore of Staten Island, within the Gateway National Recreation Area, New York City.

Great Kills Yacht Club

Member-owned yacht club on Great Kills Harbour, on the south shore of Staten Island, New York.

Great Lakes Marina

Full-service marina on Lake Michigan at Naval Station Great Lakes, North Chicago, Illinois, open to the public.

Great Lakes Steel Boat Club

Members' boat club on the Detroit River at River Rouge, Michigan, with a public fuel berth and a few transient berths.

Great Lakes Yacht Club

Private sail and power boat club at 23900 Jefferson Avenue on the Nautical Mile in St. Clair Shores, Michigan.

Greater Wildwood Yacht Club

Private yacht club founded in 1938 on Sunset Lake at Wildwood Crest, on the New Jersey back bays.

Green Cove Marina

Family-run full-service marina on the Metedeconk River at Brick, New Jersey, in operation since 1973.

Green cove North of port

Anchorage on the west bank of the St Johns River off Green Cove Springs, Florida, about 40 miles upriver from the ICW junction.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Green Point Landing Marina

Family-owned marina on Worton Creek, near Worton on Maryland's Eastern Shore, less than a mile from the upper Chesapeake Bay.

Greene Point Marina

Family-run marina on Sandy Pond next to Lake Ontario, in Oswego County, New York, with over 200 berths.

Greene's Creek Marina

Marina and boatyard at 83 Atlantic Avenue in West Sayville, on a protected creek off the Great South Bay, Long Island.

Greenhaven Marina

Marina near the mouth of the Pawcatuck River at Pawcatuck, Connecticut, opposite Westerly, Rhode Island.

Greens Point Boatyard

Boatyard on Ipswich Bay at Greens Point, Ipswich, Massachusetts, the only waterfront yard in the town.

Gregg Neck Boat Yard

Family-owned boatyard on the Sassafras River near Galena, on Maryland's upper Chesapeake Bay, north of the river drawbridge.

Grove Harbour Marine Sales

Full-service marina at 2640 South Bayshore Drive in Coconut Grove, Miami, in the Dinner Key basin off Biscayne Bay.

Grove Isle Marina

Deepwater marina on Grove Isle, a private 20-acre island off Coconut Grove on Biscayne Bay, with around 85 slips for boats up to 120 ft.

Guest Mooring up to 55'

Guest mooring field at Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo Bay, California, for vessels up to 55 feet. Sand bottom, sheltered behind the harbour breakwater.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S

Guilford Town Marina

Town-run marina at the foot of Whitfield Street, at the mouth of the East River in Guilford, Connecticut, with access to Long Island Sound.

Guilford Yacht Club

Marina on the West River, a tributary off Guilford Harbour in Connecticut, with access to Long Island Sound and a road link just off Interstate 95.

Gulf Coast Marina

Small marina at Weeki Wachee Gardens on Florida's Nature Coast, on the Weeki Wachee River near its mouth at Bayport.

Gulf Harbor Marina

Marina at Nokomis on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, on the West Florida coast between Sarasota and Boca Grande.

Gulf Harbors Yacht Club Inc

Members' yacht club marina on the North Channel at New Port Richey, on the Gulf coast of Florida.

Gulf Harbour Yacht

Marina of 186 deep-water berths on the Caloosahatchee River at Iona, within a gated yacht and country club.

Gulf Shores Anchorage

Sheltered anchorage in the inland waters behind Orange Beach, Alabama, about 5.8 nm west of the Cotton Bayou marinas.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW

Gulf Star Marina

Dry-stack and wet-slip marina near the Fort Myers Beach bridge, on Matanzas Pass in south-west Florida.

Gulfport

Anchorage off the town of Gulfport in Boca Ciega Bay, on the inland side of St Petersburg, Florida.

• Sheltered N, NE

APG Gunpowder Neck Marina

Military marina on Gunpowder Neck at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, between the Bush and Gunpowder rivers on the upper Chesapeake Bay.