Best anchorages and harbours in Great Lakes

Manistee Municipal Marina

City-run marina on the Manistee River channel, next to downtown Manistee, between Lake Michigan and Manistee Lake in west Michigan.

Manitou Beach Marina

Private marina on Braddock Bay, south shore of Lake Ontario, in the town of Greece west of Rochester, New York.

Manitowoc Marina

Marina of about 250 floating deep-water berths on the western shore of Lake Michigan, just south of the Manitowoc River in Wisconsin.

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.

Sandusky Bay anchorage

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

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Marina Shores At Dune Harbor

Marina at Portage, Indiana, on Burns Waterway near the Indiana Dunes, about 30 miles from downtown Chicago.

Marine City Marina & MHP

Marina and mobile home park at 7401 E Harbor Road on East Harbor, Marblehead peninsula, Ohio, on the western basin of Lake Erie.

Mariner's Cove Marina

Seasonal marina on the Pigeon River in Caseville, Michigan, a short walk from downtown and the Saginaw Bay shore of Lake Huron.

Marinette Visitor Dock

City transient dock on the south bank of the Menominee River in Marinette, Wisconsin, near the river mouth on the western shore of Green Bay.

Marquette Yacht Club

Members' yacht club marina on Burns Waterway at Portage, Indiana, with floating-dock access to Lake Michigan.

Martin's Marina Inc

Family marina on the St Lawrence River at Cape Vincent, New York, where Lake Ontario drains into the river. Established in 1969.

Tidesides Marine

Full-service marina on the west side of Sodus Bay, one mile south of Sodus Point village on the southern shore of Lake Ontario.

McGarvey's Landing

Public dock on the east bank of the Vermilion River in Harbour Town, Vermilion, Ohio, with direct access to Lake Erie.

McKinley Marina Roundhouse

Milwaukee County's public lakefront marina on Lake Michigan, north of the Summerfest grounds and east of Veterans Park.

Meinke Marina East

Full-service marina on the Western Basin of Lake Erie at Curtice, Ohio, the eastern of the family-run Meinke marinas opened in 1979.

Meinke Marina Laraine's Landing

Gas dock and marina service point of the Meinke marinas, on the Cooley Canal near Reno Beach, on the Western Basin of Lake Erie, Ohio.

Meinke Marina-West

The larger of the family-run Meinke marinas on the Western Basin of Lake Erie, near Reno Beach, Ohio, also known as Laraine's Landing.

Menominee Marina

Municipal marina on the western shore of Green Bay at Menominee, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, at the mouth of the Menominee River.

Mentor Lagoons Nature Preserve & Marina

Municipal marina on the south shore of Lake Erie at Mentor, Ohio, set inside a 450-acre city nature reserve with crescent-shaped lagoons.

Mid River Marina

Full-service marina on the upper Niagara River at 3670 River Road, Tonawanda, on the east bank opposite Grand Island.

Middle Bass Island Yacht Club

Private yacht club on the south side of Middle Bass Island, in the western basin of Lake Erie, sharing the harbour with Middle Bass Island State Park Marina.

Midway Marina Inc

Full-service marina on West Harbor at the foot of Catawba Island, on NE Catawba Road near Port Clinton, Lake Erie.

Miller Marina

Family-run marina at the west end of Put-in-Bay harbour on South Bass Island, Ohio, opened in 1995.

Miller's Marine Center

Full-service marina and boatyard at Portage, Indiana, on Burns Waterway within a mile of Lake Michigan.

Milwaukee Yacht Club

Private yacht club at McKinley Marina, on Lake Michigan in downtown Milwaukee, by the north anchorage of Milwaukee Harbour.

Mitidieri Marina

Small private marina on the Black River at South Haven, Michigan, a few minutes upriver from Lake Michigan.

Monroe Marina

Family-run marina at Barcelona Harbor in Westfield, on the Lake Erie shore of Chautauqua County, New York.

MONTAGUE MARINA

Marina on the Montague shore of White Lake in west Michigan, sharing the Goodrich Street basin with Maple Beach Yacht Club.

Montrose Harbor

Chicago Harbors marina on Lake Michigan, on the northern edge of Lincoln Park, with 711 berths and mooring cans for boats from 25 to 50 feet.