Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Locust Point Marina

Marina at Locust Point near Oak Harbor, Ohio, on the western basin of Lake Erie.

Locust Point Yacht Club

Private members' yacht club at the tip of the Locust Point peninsula in the Bronx, on Eastchester Bay near the Throgs Neck Bridge.

Loggerhead Marina

Marina at 2700 Donald Ross Road in Palm Beach Gardens, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, used as a staging stop for crossings to the Bahamas and runs along the Florida coast.

Loggerhead Marina

Marina on the Intracoastal Waterway at Vero Beach, set inside the gated Grand Harbor community on the Florida Treasure Coast.

Loggerhead Marina St. Petersburg

Wet-slip and dry-storage marina on Frenchman's Creek in south St. Petersburg, Florida, with access to both Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

Loggerhead Marina - Jupiter

Marina at 3238 Casseekey Island Road in Jupiter, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, a short run from the Jupiter Inlet and the Gulf Stream.

Londontowne Marina

Family-owned full-service marina on Glebe Bay, off the South River at Edgewater, Maryland, in operation since 1972.

Long Beach

Public marina in downtown Long Beach, California, between Shoreline Village and the Aquarium of the Pacific.

Long Beach Marina

Full-service marina on Frog Mortar Creek at Bowleys Quarters, off Middle River on the upper Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, with around 319 berths.

Long Beach Yacht Club

Private yacht club on the shore of Alamitos Bay in Long Beach, California, founded 1929.

Long Branch Ice Boat & Yacht

Member-operated yacht club with a boat ramp on the Shrewsbury River at Long Branch, New Jersey, on the Pleasure Bay reach.

Long Key Marina

Family-run marina on the mainland shore of Barnegat Bay at Waretown, New Jersey, about a quarter mile up Waretown Creek.

Long Key Yacht Club

Marina and yacht club on Barnegat Bay at Waretown, New Jersey, part of the Long Key operation off Waretown Creek.

Long Point Marina

Marina on the Bohemia River at Earleville, Maryland, in the upper Chesapeake. About 150 berths plus 16 moorings, vessels up to 45 ft.

Longboat Key Club Moorings

Deep-water marina of 291 berths on Longboat Key, Florida, set behind the barrier island on the Intracoastal Waterway near ICW marker 15.

Longbranch Improvement Club Marina

Public guest marina run by the Longbranch Improvement Club on Filucy Bay, southern Key Peninsula in South Puget Sound.

Longreach Marina

Small marina on the tidal Maurice River at Bivalve, just south of Port Norris in southern New Jersey, about 1.4 miles up from Delaware Bay.

Lorain

Anchorage at the mouth of the Black River on Lake Erie, at Lorain, Ohio, about 30 miles west of Cleveland.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Stonington Harbor

Anchorage in Stonington Harbour, off Fishers Island Sound in south-eastern Connecticut, on a sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Lost Peninsula Marina

Marina on Maumee Bay at the western end of Lake Erie, on the Lost Peninsula near Erie, Michigan.

Lost Peninsula Marina

Year-round marina on Lake Erie at Erie, Michigan, right on the Michigan and Ohio state line northeast of Toledo.

Lotteryville Marina

Family-run marina on the Pawcatuck River at Westerly, Rhode Island, about a 20-minute run from the open sea.

Louis Engel Waterfront Park

Anchorage off Louis Engel Waterfront Park at Ossining, on the east bank of the Hudson River in New York State.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Lowrie Yacht Harbor

Family-run marina at 40 Point San Pedro Road in San Rafael, on the San Rafael Canal, north San Francisco Bay.

Lucky Dog Landing

Marina of about 90 berths on the south shore of White Lake at Whitehall, Michigan, at 220 S Lake Street.

Ludington entrance anchorage

Anchorage just outside the Ludington harbour entrance on Lake Michigan, sand bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE

Ludington Municipal Marina

City-run full-service marina on Pere Marquette Lake at Ludington, Michigan, two blocks from Lake Michigan.

Ludington Yacht Club

Members' club on the east shore of Pere Marquette Lake at Ludington, Michigan, with over 40 berths and deep-water access to Lake Michigan.

Luna Pier Harbor Club

Marina with direct Lake Erie access at Luna Pier, Michigan, near the western end of the lake.

Lynn Brother's Seafood & Marina

Seafood dealer and small marina on the St Marks River at St Marks, on Florida's Big Bend coast.