Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Jackson Park Yacht Club

Yacht club in the Jackson Park outer harbour on the south Chicago lakefront, founded in 1896.

Jackson Lake

Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park, near Moran in Wyoming, with the Teton Range rising along the western shore.

Jacobson Marina Resort

Marina of 49 berths on Betsie Lake at Frankfort, Michigan, one block from the town centre.

James River Marina

Full-service marina on 6.5 acres overlooking the mouth of Deep Creek at Newport News, Virginia, on the north shore of the James River.

Jameson Point

Mooring area off Jameson Point on the north side of Rockland Harbor, Penobscot Bay, Maine, with three buoys on a mud bottom.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N

Jantzen Bay Marina

Largest covered marina in Oregon, on the north shore of Hayden Island in the Columbia River, 10 miles north of downtown Portland.

Jarrell's Cove Marina

Private marina on the north-west tip of Harstine Island in South Puget Sound, opposite Jarrell Cove State Park. Summer operation, Memorial Day to Labor Day.

JDF Marina

Small marina of 35 wet slips on Grand Lagoon at Panama City Beach, Florida, set up for small to large craft.

Jean Lafitte Harbor

Full-service marina at Lafitte, Louisiana, on the bayou south of New Orleans, family-run since 1984.

Jean Street Shipyard

Working boatyard and marina on the Hillsborough River in the Seminole Heights district of Tampa, Florida.

JEB Little Creek Cove Marina

Military recreation marina on Little Creek Harbor at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Jeffstar Marina

Family-run marina at 100 Jefferson Street, Freeport, near the Nautical Mile on the south shore of Long Island.

Jersey Shore Marina

Nine-acre full-service marina on the Metedeconk River near Forge Pond at Brick, New Jersey.

Jib Yacht Club & Marina

The only public marina on Jupiter Island, at Tequesta, Florida, on the east side of the Intracoastal Waterway just north of the Jupiter Inlet.

Jimmy's Marina

Small marina on Bridge Street in Port Isabel, on the Lower Laguna Madre at the southern tip of Texas, opposite South Padre Island.

Jims Holiday Harbor

Private marina on Dutch Slough near Bethel Island bridge, in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Jockett's Marina

Family-run marina on the Ottawa River at 6213 Edgewater Drive in Toledo, Ohio, running since the 1930s.

Joe’s place

Anchorage on the North River along the Intracoastal Waterway in North Carolina, with a sand bottom and shelter from NW through SW winds.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Joes Cove

Anchorage on the Indian River near the St Lucie Inlet, off Hutchinson Island in Stuart, Florida. Sand bottom.

• Paid
• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W

John Wayne Marina

Marina on Pitship Point in Sequim Bay, on the south shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington.

John Wayne Park

Anchorage in Sequim Bay on the north Olympic Peninsula of Washington, next to John Wayne Marina.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S

Johns Pass Marina

Marina at the north end of Treasure Island, set right on Johns Pass, the inlet linking the Intracoastal Waterway to the Gulf of Mexico.

Johnson Brothers Boat Works

Boatyard at the north end of the Point Pleasant Canal on Bay Avenue, where the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway meets Barnegat Bay.

Jones Inlet Marine

Full-service marina on South Main Street in Freeport, New York, in a sheltered basin off Jones Inlet on Long Island's south shore.

Journey's End Marina

Full-service marina and boatyard on the west shore of Rockland Harbor, Maine, with 75 seasonal berths and 800 feet of transient pontoon.

Joy Point Marina

Small marina at the head of Cuckold Creek off the Patuxent River, near California, Maryland.

JP's Marine

Small full-service marina and boatyard on the St. Lawrence River at Alexandria Bay, New York.

JSBB Marina

Marina of 144 berths on Bayou Castine at Mandeville, on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana.

Jubilee Yacht Club Inc

Members' yacht club on Water Street in Beverly, Massachusetts, on the Danvers River at the head of Beverly Harbour.

Julie's Landing

Mid-size moorage on the west shore of Lake Union at 2100 Westlake Avenue North, part of the Boatworld Marina group.