Guam Highway 7 is one of the primary automobile highways in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 territory of Guam

Guam

Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...

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Route description

The route provides access to two primary locations: US Naval Hospital, Guam, on the north side of the road, and the community of Agana Heights

Agana Heights, Guam

Agana Heights is one of the 19 villages of Guam. It is located in the hills south of Hagåtña , in the central part of the island. The U.S. Naval Hospital is located in this largely residential village.-Education:...

, on the south side. It runs from a Y-junction with GH-6

Guam Highway 6

Guam Highway 6 is one of the primary automobile highways in the United States territory of Guam.-Route description:The route creates a diversion along part of GH-1 between Piti and Asan and is the primary means of reaching Nimitz Hill...

 near that highway's junction with GH-1

Guam Highway 1

Guam Highway 1, also known as Marine Corps Drive, is one of the primary automobile routes in the United States territory of Guam. It runs in a southwest to northeast direction, from the main gate of Naval Base Guam in the western community of Santa Rita in a general northeasterly direction to the...

 eastward toward Tatuhan Park, a unique hilled and triangle-shaped traffic junction just within Hagåtña

Hagåtña, Guam

Hagåtña , formerly English Agana and in Spanish Agaña, is the capital of the United States island territory of Guam. It is the island's second smallest village in both area and population. From the 18th through mid 20th century, it was Guam's population center...

. At Tatuhan Park, GH-7 comes down the hill to end at West O'Brien Drive, an unnumbered road that runs roughly south of and roughly parallel to GH-1

Guam Highway 1

Guam Highway 1, also known as Marine Corps Drive, is one of the primary automobile routes in the United States territory of Guam. It runs in a southwest to northeast direction, from the main gate of Naval Base Guam in the western community of Santa Rita in a general northeasterly direction to the...

 and continues eastward to GH-4

Guam Highway 4

Guam Highway 4 is one of the primary automobile highways in the United States territory of Guam.-Route description:GH-4 is the major highway along the southeastern coast of Guam, comprising the majority of a loop around the southern half of the island...

 and eventually GH-8

Guam Highway 1

Guam Highway 1, also known as Marine Corps Drive, is one of the primary automobile routes in the United States territory of Guam. It runs in a southwest to northeast direction, from the main gate of Naval Base Guam in the western community of Santa Rita in a general northeasterly direction to the...

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In addition to the Naval Hospital, GH-7 also provides access to Guam's Governor's House, the island's Office of Homeland Security and Civil Defense

Civil defense

Civil defense, civil defence or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state from military attack. It uses the principles of emergency operations: prevention, mitigation, preparation, response, or emergency evacuation, and recovery...

, and the historic Fort Santa Agueda.

Major intersections

Location	Mile	Destination	Notes
Asan Asan, Guam Asan is a village located on the western shore of the U.S. territory of Guam. The municipality of Asan-Maina combines Asan with Maina, a community in the hills to the east. It was a primary landing site for United States Marines during Guam's liberation from the Japanese in World War II. Asan...
Hagåtña Hagåtña, Guam Hagåtña , formerly English Agana and in Spanish Agaña, is the capital of the United States island territory of Guam. It is the island's second smallest village in both area and population. From the 18th through mid 20th century, it was Guam's population center...		West O'Brien Drive	Connects to GU-4 Guam Highway 4 Guam Highway 4 is one of the primary automobile highways in the United States territory of Guam.-Route description:GH-4 is the major highway along the southeastern coast of Guam, comprising the majority of a loop around the southern half of the island...