America’s Great Loop
The Greatest Trip You’ve Never Heard Of
America’s Great Loop is a 6,000-mile journey by boat around the East Coast into Canada, the Great Lakes, and then back down the Midwest Rivers. America’s Great Loop is the trip of a lifetime, where the journey is the destination.
Optionally, navigate through 18 states, three countries, all 5 Great Lakes, and an innumerable number of smaller rivers and lakes on this amazing voyage. Check out our interactive America’s Great Loop map!
We created videos of our everyday life on the Loop during our time aboard Pivot from April 2021 until June 2023 to share the adventure and inspire others to take the leap! Watch our Great Loop Documentary to learn what this journey is all about!
Great Loop Boats
What qualities make a good Great Loop boat? We’ve listed all of the qualities that make an excellent boat for this adventure and what to look for in your boat search!
Great Loop Preparation
Preparing for this trip of a lifetime can be overwhelming. To help make your transition easier, we’ve written guides with printable checklists on everything we wish we had known before embarking on the Great Loop.
Great Loop Expenses
How much does it cost to complete America’s Great Loop? We documented our expenses and shared monthly expense reports.
Side Trips
Multiple side trips along the Great Loop route offer extra sights and waterways to explore by boat.
Great Loop Travel Guides
Planning your Great Loop experience can be daunting. We created travel guides to help you optimize your time at each destination. We also listed several Great Loop destinations in our Great Loop Interactive Map.
How to Document Your Loop
There are countless ways to document your trip when going on an adventure of a lifetime. We compiled the various methods we saw used throughout our trip and how we created daily vlogs, including copyright-free music, camera gear, and editing software.
Great Loop Videos
We documented our Great Loop journey through daily vlogs on YouTube. This playlist lists our Great Loop videos in order.