Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Manteo Waterfront Marina

Municipal marina of 53 berths on Shallowbag Bay at Manteo, on Roanoke Island in the North Carolina sounds.

Maple Avenue Marina

Marina on Penataquit Creek at Bay Shore, on the Great South Bay, Long Island, with around 150 berths on fixed and floating pontoons.

Maple Beach Yacht Club

Marina basin off Goodrich Street at the Montague end of White Lake, west Michigan, operated together with Montague Marina.

Maple Grove Marina & Park

Municipal marina and park on the Vermilion River, just south of the river mouth on Lake Erie, in Vermilion, Ohio.

Mar-Marina

Marina and boatyard near the head of the Anclote River, where it meets the Intracoastal Waterway, at Tarpon Springs, Florida.

Marbella Yacht Club

Marina behind the Marbella condominiums at 770 Harbor Boulevard, on the north shore of Destin Harbour, Florida.

Marblehead Yacht Club

Yacht club on Marblehead Harbour, north of Boston in Massachusetts, in the old Shipyard neighbourhood.

Marco Island Marina

Marina of 122 berths on the Big Marco River at Marco Island, with access to the Gulf of Mexico near the Jolley Bridge.

Marin Yacht Club

Private yacht club and 27 acre marina at the mouth of the San Rafael Canal, San Rafael, with 115 berths.

Marina

Small marina inside Three Mile Harbor, a narrow inlet of Gardiner's Bay at East Hampton on Long Island's South Fork.

Newport Dunes Marina

Full-service marina at 1131 Back Bay Drive, where Upper Newport Bay meets the main harbour, in Newport Beach, California.

Marina 59

Five-acre marina at 59-14 Beach Channel Drive on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, New York, set in Somerville Basin off Jamaica Bay.

Marina anchorage

Anchorage on the Beaufort River near Port Royal, South Carolina, on a mud bottom alongside the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, SE

Marina at Admirals Hill

A 140-berth marina on the Mystic River at Chelsea, just upstream of Boston inner harbour, with bridge-free access.

Marina at American Wharf

Marina at the head of the Thames River in downtown Norwich, Connecticut, where the Yantic and Shetucket rivers meet.

Marina At Factory Bay

Full-service marina of 77 berths in Factory Bay on Marco Island, with access to the Gulf of Mexico and the Ten Thousand Islands.

Marina At Skipanon

Private marina at the mouth of the Skipanon River in Warrenton, Oregon, near the confluence with Youngs Bay and the Columbia River.

Marina Bay Harbor

Indoor dry-stack storage marina and service centre at Clear Lake Shores, Texas, on the channel between Clear Lake and Galveston Bay.

Marina Bay Marina

Gated marina of 168 berths on the Dania Cutoff Canal at Fort Lauderdale, within the Marina Mile yachting corridor.

Herbert Hoover Marina

Boat ramp and full-service marina at Convoy Point on Biscayne Bay, next to the Biscayne National Park headquarters in Homestead, Florida.

Marina Club at Blackwater Snd

Marina on Blackwater Sound at Key Largo, in the upper Florida Keys.

Marina Cortez B Dock

B Dock at Marina Cortez on Harbor Island, San Diego Bay, California. The marina has 70 berths and takes vessels up to 90 feet.

Venice Marina

Large fishing marina at Venice, the last road-accessible point on the Mississippi River, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

Marina Del Ray

Large marina on the Tchefuncte River at Madisonville, Louisiana, around 2.5 km from the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.

Marina Del Rey

Man-made small-craft harbour on the coast of Los Angeles County, California, between Venice Beach and Playa del Rey, completed in 1965.

Marina Delray Inc

Family-run full-service marina on the Intracoastal Waterway at Delray Beach, on Palm Trail beside the George Bush Boulevard bridge.

Safe Harbor Gaines

Full-service marina at Rouses Point on northern Lake Champlain, one mile south of the Canadian border at the head of the Richelieu River.

Marina Jack Yacht Basin

Large transient marina in Bayfront Park, downtown Sarasota, Florida, on the Intracoastal Waterway of Sarasota Bay.

Sandusky Bay anchorage

Open anchorage on Sandusky Bay, off Lake Erie in Ohio, used as a stopover within the bay's shallow waters.

• Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW

Marina Mart Moorings

Roughly 200 berths spread across four docks on Westlake Avenue North, on the west side of South Lake Union in central Seattle.