Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Palm Harbor Marina

Marina at Rockport on Aransas Bay, on the Texas Coastal Bend off the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

Palm Harbor Marina

Marina at Rockport on Aransas Bay, on the Texas Coastal Bend off the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

Palm Harbour Marina

Marina at Mile Marker 7 on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, at Cape Haze on Florida's Gulf coast, just minutes from Stump Pass and Boca Grande Pass.

Palm View

Marina on Terra Ceia Bay at Rubonia, north of Palmetto, with road access from interstates 75 and 275.

Palmer Point Marina

Full-service marina on the Mianus River at Cos Cob, in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Palmers Cove Marina

Marina and boatyard at 1023 Groton Long Point Road in Groton, Connecticut, in the sheltered water of Palmer Cove off Fishers Island Sound.

Panama City Marina

City-owned marina in downtown Panama City, on the west basin off St Andrew Bay, under redevelopment since Hurricane Michael in 2018.

Paper District Marina

Public transient marina on Sandusky Bay, opened in 2011 on the former Scott Paper Company factory site west of Jackson Street Pier.

Paradise Marina

Family-run marina of 71 berths on Rockhold Creek at Deale, off Herring Bay on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay.

Paradise Marina

Marina on the Caloosahatchee River at North Fort Myers, on the western leg of the Okeechobee Waterway.

Parish Lake

Sheltered anchorage among the Les Cheneaux Islands on the north shore of Lake Huron, in Michigan's eastern Upper Peninsula.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Parker Marine

Family-run marina at the southern tip of Lake Winnipesaukee, in the village of Alton Bay, New Hampshire.

Parkshore Marina

Private marina of 183 berths on the south-west shore of Lake Washington, opposite Mercer Island in Seattle.

Parrot Cove Marina

Gated wet-slip marina on the south shore of Palma Sola Bay at Cortez, Florida, mixing liveaboard berths with transient stays.

Parson’s Landing

Anchorage off Hoppys Landing, by the causeway linking West Island to the mainland at Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

• Sheltered S, SE

Pasadena Marina

Marina of 125 berths on Boca Ciega Bay at South Pasadena, in southern Pinellas County, Florida.

Pass Christian Harbor

Municipal harbour at the foot of Market Street in Pass Christian, Mississippi, on the Gulf Coast.

Pass-A-Grille Marina

Full-service marina at St. Pete Beach, Florida, near the southern tip of the barrier island and the Gulf of Mexico.

Pastures Campground

Riverside campground with boating access on the Connecticut River at Orford, New Hampshire, the only privately owned campground on this stretch of river.

Patchogue Shores Marina

Family-run marina at the mouth of the Patchogue River in East Patchogue, on the south shore of Long Island, New York.

Pattaconk Yacht Club

Member-run yacht club on the west bank of the Connecticut River at Chester, mainly a power boat club.

Pawtuxet Cove Marina

Marina inside Pawtuxet Cove at Cranston, on the Providence River near the head of Narragansett Bay, set against Pawtuxet Village.

Peanut Island

Anchorage off Peanut Island in Lake Worth at Riviera Beach, Florida, sand bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE, S

Pedersens Bay

Anchorage in Pedersens Bay on Washington Island, in Detroit Harbor at the top of the Door County peninsula in Wisconsin.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Pelican Bay

Sheltered anchorage behind Pelican Island at the western end of Dauphin Island, Alabama, near the mouth of Mobile Bay.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Pelican Bay Marina

Small private marina of 20 berths on Boca Ciega Bay at Gulfport, in southern St Petersburg, Florida.

Pelican Harbor

Miami-Dade County public marina on Biscayne Bay, on the north side of the 79th Street Causeway between mainland Miami and North Bay Village.

Pelican Harbour

Marina of 90 berths on Richardson Bay at 200 Johnson Street, on the downtown Sausalito waterfront.

Pelican Isle Yacht Club

Private island yacht club marina on the Cocohatchee River in North Naples, Florida, with 190 berths and direct Gulf of Mexico access.

Pelican Pier Marina

Small fuel and supply marina on the west bank of the Marco River, the first marina a quarter of a mile inside the river from the Gulf of Mexico.