Best anchorages and harbours in Great Lakes
22 documented anchorages and harbours in Great Lakes, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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1AnchorageUnited StatesAshtabula River
5.0Sheltered anchorage on the Ashtabula River in Ashtabula, Ohio, with a mud bottom and protection from all quarters.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
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Fisher’s Landing
5.0Anchorage on the St. Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands, between Clayton and Alexandria Bay, New York.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
3AnchorageUnited StatesPresque Isle Beach 11
5.0Anchorage off Beach 11 at the tip of Presque Isle, the sandy peninsula reaching into Lake Erie about 4 miles west of Erie, Pennsylvania.
- Sheltered N, SE, S, SW, W, NW
4AnchorageUnited StatesPut-in-Bay
5.0Anchorage in Put-in-Bay harbour off South Bass Island, Lake Erie, Ohio, with a sand bottom and shelter from the east, south-east, south and south-west.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
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Ram Island
5.0Anchorage on the Grand River just inland of the Fairport Harbor entrance to Lake Erie, in Ohio, on a mud bottom with all-round shelter.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 6AnchorageUnited States
Smugglers Island
5.0Anchorage off a small wooded island in the St. Lawrence River, near Thousand Island Park on Wellesley Island, New York.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
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Stone Cove
5.0Anchorage off South Bass Island in Lake Erie, Ohio, with a weed bottom and shelter from the north, north-east, east and south-east.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
8AnchorageUnited StatesWaterson State Park
5.0Boat-only state park on Wellesley Island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the Thousand Islands of New York.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
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Duncan Bay
4.0Sheltered bay on Lake Huron about 2 miles east of Cheboygan, Michigan, within the Straits of Mackinac.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
10AnchorageUnited StatesLittle Bayou
4.0Enclosed anchorage on Pentwater Lake at Pentwater, off the Lake Michigan shore.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
11AnchorageUnited StatesBlack Creek anchorage
Anchorage in the protected lagoon off Black Creek, on the north side of Lake St. Clair near Harrison Township, Michigan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
12AnchorageUnited StatesEdgewater Park Beach
Anchorage off Edgewater Park on the Lake Erie shore of Cleveland, Ohio, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
13AnchorageUnited StatesLorain
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
14AnchorageUnited StatesLudington entrance anchorage
Anchorage just outside the Ludington harbour entrance on Lake Michigan, sand bottom.
- Sheltered E, SE
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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
16AnchorageUnited StatesNicolet Bay
Bay within Peninsula State Park on the Door County shore of Green Bay, Wisconsin, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
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North Island
Anchorage off North Island on the eastern shore of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, Michigan, on sand and mud.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
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North point
Open anchorage off North Point near Manistee on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
19AnchorageUnited StatesOswego
Anchorage off the mouth of the Oswego River on the south shore of Lake Ontario, sand bottom, protected from SE, S and SW winds.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
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Oyster Bay
Tree-lined anchorage on Lake Charlevoix in Michigan, just outside the town of Charlevoix, with depths of 8 to 12 feet over mud.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 21AnchorageUnited States
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
22AnchorageUnited StatesPedersens 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