Best anchorages and harbours in Pacific Northwest
31 documented anchorages and harbours in Pacific Northwest, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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- 1MouillageUnited States
Blake Island
5.0Anchorage in Puget Sound, Washington, off Blake Island, on a sand bottom, with fresh water available.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 2MouillageUnited States
Blake Island South
5.0Mooring buoys off the south shore of Blake Island, in Puget Sound about 8 miles south-west of Seattle, Washington.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE
3MouillageUnited StatesDyes Inlet Anchorage
5.0Anchorage in Dyes Inlet on the Kitsap Peninsula, reached from Port Orchard through the Port Washington Narrows behind Bremerton.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 4MouillageUnited States
Echo Bay Sucia Island State Park
5.0Echo Bay is the largest and deepest bay on Sucia Island, a marine state park in the San Juan Islands of Washington.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 5MouillageUnited States
Fossil Bay Sucia Island State Park
5.0Fossil Bay is a sheltered bay on the south side of Sucia Island, a marine state park in the San Juan Islands of Washington.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S, SE
- 6MouillageUnited States
Hope Island Mooring Buoys
5.0Mooring buoys off Hope Island, a 200-acre marine state park at the north end of Skagit Bay, Washington, between La Conner and Whidbey Island.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
7MouillageUnited StatesIllahee State Park
5.0Marine state park with 1,785 feet of saltwater frontage on Port Orchard Bay, on the Kitsap Peninsula between Bremerton and Bainbridge Island.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 8MouillageUnited States
Jones Island State Park
5.0Jones Island is a small marine state park west of Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington, with anchorages at its North and South coves.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 9MouillageUnited States
Liberty Bay
5.0Anchorage in Liberty Bay, a sheltered arm of Puget Sound on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington, off the town of Poulsbo.
- Sheltered NE, W, SW
- 10MouillageUnited States
McMicken Island
5.0Forested 11.5-acre island in Case Inlet, South Puget Sound, on the east side of Harstine Island, Washington. A marine state park reached only by boat.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
11MouillageUnited StatesPatos Island Marine State Park
5.0Anchorage and two mooring buoys at Active Cove, the northernmost San Juan island in Washington, close to the Canadian border.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 12MouillageUnited States
Pelican Beach
5.0Anchorage off Cypress Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington, on a rocky bottom, with shelter from the west but open to the east along Bellingham Channel.
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
13MouillageUnited StatesPort Ludlow Anchorage
5.0Anchorage in Ludlow Bay off Admiralty Inlet, near the mouth of Hood Canal, on the Olympic Peninsula side of Puget Sound.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
14MouillageUnited StatesPort of Silverdale
5.0Public waterfront moorage at Old Town Silverdale, on the north shore of Dyes Inlet on the Kitsap Peninsula.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 15MouillageUnited States
Sequim Bay State Park
5.0Marine state park on the south shore of Sequim Bay, behind Travis Spit, on the Olympic Peninsula coast of the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 16MouillageUnited States
Stuart Island
5.0Stuart Island is a marine state park north-west of San Juan Island in Washington, with two well-sheltered harbours: Reid Harbor and Prevost Harbor.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
17MouillageUnited StatesSpencer Spit
4.5Anchorage off Spencer Spit State Park on the eastern shore of Lopez Island, San Juan Islands, Washington, overlooking Lopez Sound.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
18MouillageUnited StatesCoupeville Wharf
4.0Anchorage and public wharf in Penn Cove off the town of Coupeville, on Whidbey Island, Washington. Mud bottom, sheltered from south-west through south to south-east.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 19MouillageUnited States
Matia Island
4.0Anchorage in East Sound, the long inlet that cuts into Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
- 20MouillageUnited States
Matia Island State Park
4.0Marine state park anchorage in the San Juan Islands, Washington, off Rolfe Cove on the northwest side of Matia Island.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 21MouillageUnited States
Patos Island
4.0Patos Island is the north-westernmost point of the contiguous United States, a marine state park in the San Juan Islands of Washington reached only by boat.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
22MouillageUnited StatesPort Townsend
4.0Anchorage off the waterfront of Port Townsend, on the northeast corner of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, at the entrance to Admiralty Inlet.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
23MouillageUnited StatesAndrew’s Bay
3.0Cove on the west side of Seward Park on Lake Washington, Seattle, and the busiest anchorage on the lake.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 24MouillageUnited States
Islandale Anchorage
3.0Anchorage in Rosario Strait among the San Juan Islands of Washington, between Lopez Island and James Island.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
25MouillageUnited StatesSan Juan Island
3.0Anchorage off San Juan Island, in the San Juan archipelago of Washington State. Sand and weed bottom, sheltered from east through south-west.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 26MouillageUnited States
Coveland
Anchorage at the head of Penn Cove off Whidbey Island, Washington, on the site of the former Coveland settlement.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
27MouillageUnited StatesGig Harbor
Almost landlocked bay on the west side of Puget Sound, Washington, with a sand and mud bottom and good all-round shelter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 28MouillageUnited States
John Wayne Park
Anchorage in Sequim Bay on the north Olympic Peninsula of Washington, next to John Wayne Marina.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
29MouillageUnited StatesPort Townsend
Anchorage off the Port Townsend waterfront on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N
30MouillageUnited StatesRoche Barbor
Anchorage off Roche Harbor on the north-west tip of San Juan Island, Washington, with a mud bottom and shelter from most directions.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE