Depending on which route you decide to cruise, your Great Loop cruise could take you through a total of 23 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces. There are navigable waterways that can take you and your trusty vessel to visit even more states, but they deviate further from the main Great Loop routes and aren’t shown here.

Great Loop map of U.S. states and provinces on the main route.

The main Great Loop route takes you through 17 U.S. states and 1 Canadian province.

  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • South Carolina
  • North Carolina
  • Virginia
  • Maryland
  • Delaware
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Ontario
  • Michigan
  • Indiana
  • Illinois
  • Missouri
  • Kentucky
  • Tennessee
  • Mississippi
  • Alabama
Great Loop map of U.S. states and provinces on alternate routes.

If you choose to cruise alternate routes, you could visit up to 6 additional states and 1 additional province.

  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Vermont
  • Québec
  • Wisconsin
  • Arkansas
  • Louisiana

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