Landing at Gander, Deer Lake or St. John's?

Portugal Cove ferry terminal

15 min + ferry · from St. John's

Portugal Cove ferry terminal, for the Bell Island ferry, is 10.6 km and about 15 minutes from St. John's airport via Route 40.

Codroy Valley

34 min · from Port aux Basques

Off the boat at Port aux Basques, the Codroy Valley is 40 km and about 34 minutes on the Trans-Canada and Route 407 — the one short drive from that dock.

Cape Spear

34 min · from St. John's

St. John's Airport to Cape Spear: 23.5 km and 34 minutes on Routes 40 and 11, out to the National Historic Site on Canada's most easterly point of land.

Marble Mountain

39 min · from Deer Lake

You land at Deer Lake and Marble Mountain is 47 km southwest. 39 minutes on the Trans-Canada down the Humber Valley to the base lodge at Steady Brook.

Witless Bay

46 min · from St. John's

St. John's airport to Witless Bay: 45.6 km and about 46 min, on Routes 40, 2, 3 and 10 down the Southern Shore Highway.

Corner Brook

47 min · from Deer Lake

You land at Deer Lake and Corner Brook is 57 km southwest. About 47 minutes down the Humber Valley to the west coast's city and Captain Cook's lookout.

Lewisporte

53 min · from Gander

You land at Gander and Lewisporte is 63 km north-west. About 53 minutes: the Trans-Canada west, then Routes 340 and 341 north to the bay.

Salmonier Nature Park

57 min · from St. John's

Salmonier Nature Park is a 57-minute, 68 km drive from St. John's airport: Route 40, the Trans-Canada southwest, then Route 90, the Salmonier Line.

Terra Nova

1h 3m · from Gander

A national park an hour from Gander: 77.8 km, straight down the Trans-Canada, with no ferry and no season to plan around.

Lewisporte

1h 9m

Off the Fogo and Change Islands ferry, Lewisporte is 74 km and about 1h09 on Routes 335, 331, 340 and 341 — the road home from the boat.

Brigus

1h 9m · from St. John's

St. John's Airport to Brigus is 75 km and 69 minutes on Routes 40, 1, 2 and 60 — a short Avalon drive to a National Historic Site town.

Cape St. Mary's

1h 13m · from Argentia

Off the boat at Argentia, Cape St. Mary's is 71 km and about 1h13 straight down Route 100 — less than half the drive from the nearest airport.

Botwood

1h 15m · from Gander

92.1 km and about 1h15 to the town where the transatlantic flying boats landed — the other half of the story Gander airport is famous for.

Dover

1h 15m · from Gander

You land at Gander and Dover is 73 km northeast. About 1h15 via Routes 1 and 320 to the mapped fault line where two ancient continents meet.

Grand Falls-Windsor

1h 17m · from Gander

98.3 km and about 1h17 straight down the Trans-Canada — the largest town between the two airports, and the one with everything open.

St. Brendan's

1h 19m + ferry · from Gander

94.3 km and about 1h19 to the Burnside wharf — nearer than Twillingate — then an hour on the water to an island almost nobody plans for.

Salvage

1h 21m · from Gander

You land at Gander and Salvage is 97 km southeast. About 1h21 via Routes 1 and 310 — through the Eastport beaches to one of the oldest fishing villages on the coast.

Ferryland

1h 24m · from St. John's

St. John's airport to Ferryland: 86 km and about 1h24, on Routes 40, 2, 3 and 10 down the Irish Loop to the Colony of Avalon.

Harbour Grace

1h 24m · from St. John's

The drive from St. John's airport to Harbour Grace is 107.5 km, about 84 minutes, on Routes 40, 1, 75 and 70 around Conception Bay.

Musgrave Harbour

1h 25m · from Gander

You land at Gander and the Straight Shore is 91 km northeast. About 1h25 on Route 330 — one road, no turns to argue about, and kilometres of mapped beach at the end.

Cow Head

1h 36m · from Deer Lake

You land at Deer Lake and Cow Head is 119 km north. About 1h36 up Route 430 through Gros Morne to the park's quieter northern shore and Shallow Bay's sand.

Placentia

1h 43m · from St. John's

St. John's Airport to Placentia is 132 km and about 1h43, on Routes 40, 1 and 100 — to the old French and English capital of Newfoundland.

King's Point

1h 45m · from Deer Lake

132.7 km and about 1h45 from Deer Lake — the closest call between the two airports on this site, and where the coast's best-known trail is.

Heart's Content

1h 49m · from St. John's

Heart's Content is 132 km and about 1h49 from St. John's Airport, via the Trans-Canada then Routes 75, 70, 74 and 80 up the west side of Conception Bay.

New-Wes-Valley

1h 56m · from Gander

You land at Gander and New-Wes-Valley is 119 km northeast. About 1h56 via Routes 1 and 320 to Wesleyville's amalgamated coast, with the Newtown spur beyond.

Clarenville

1h 57m · from Gander

Clarenville is 147 km and about 1h57 from Gander on Routes 330 and 1 — Gander is the closest of the three airport doors.

White Hills

2h · from Gander

Gander to the White Hills ski resort at Clarenville: 148 km and about 2 hours on the Trans-Canada, and the nearest airport door to the hill.

Greenspond

2h 6m · from Gander

You land at Gander and Greenspond is 124 km northeast. About 2h06 via Routes 1 and 320 to an island outport joined to the coast by causeway.

Leading Tickles

2h 10m · from Gander

You land at Gander and Leading Tickles is 148 km northwest. About 2h10 on the Trans-Canada and Route 350, up the peninsula that walls the Bay of Exploits.

Baie Verte

2h 16m · from Deer Lake

Baie Verte is 159 km from Deer Lake, about 2h16 on the Trans-Canada and Route 410 — and an hour and a half closer than flying into Gander.

Mistaken Point

2h 17m · from St. John's

St. John's airport to Mistaken Point is 144 km and about 2h17, on Routes 40, 2, 3 and 10 — the last of them the Irish Loop Drive.

Long Island

2h 22m + ferry · from Deer Lake

171 km and about 2h22 from Deer Lake to the Pilley's Island wharf, then a short crossing to Long Island on a sixteen-car boat.

Triton

2h 24m · from Deer Lake

You land at Deer Lake and Triton is 174 km northeast. About 2h24 on the Trans-Canada and Route 380, island-hopping by causeway into the middle of Green Bay.

Clarenville

2h 28m · from St. John's

From St. John's Airport, Clarenville is 191 km and about 2h28 on Route 40 then the Trans-Canada (Route 1) — the one destination on this site where Gander is the closer door.

Trepassey

2h 28m · from St. John's

Trepassey is 155.9 km and about 2h28 south of St. John's Airport: Routes 40, 2 and 3 out of the city, then Route 10, the Irish Loop Drive.

Cape St. George

2h 42m · from Deer Lake

You land at Deer Lake and Cape St. George is 188 km southwest. About 2h 42m through Stephenville to the island's French Shore — the peninsula where Newfoundland speaks French and the cliffs face Quebec.

King's Point

2h 42m · from Gander

King's Point is 207 km and 162 minutes from Gander via the Trans-Canada (1) and Routes 390 and 391 to Green Bay.

Grand Falls-Windsor

2h 45m · from Deer Lake

212.8 km and about 2h45 east on the Trans-Canada (Route 1) — Gander is far closer for this town.

Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve

2h 47m · from St. John's

Cape St. Mary's is 176 km and about 2h47 southwest of St. John's airport — Route 40 to the Trans-Canada, then 90, 91, 92 and 100 down the Cape Shore.

Trinity (Trinity Bay)

2h 50m · from Gander

You land at Gander and Trinity is 200 km southeast. About 2h50 via Routes 1, 230 and 239 to the saltbox town everyone tells you to see — and they're right.

Pilley's Island

2h 59m · from Gander

220 km and about 2h59 from Gander to the Pilley's Island ferry terminal, via the Trans-Canada and Routes 380 and 382.

Port au Choix

3h 3m · from Deer Lake

You land at Deer Lake and Port au Choix is 236 km north. About 3h 3m up the Viking Trail to six thousand years of archaeology on one limestone point — with The Arches' sea-carved rock on the way.

Triton

3h 3m · from Gander

Triton is 224 km from Gander airport, about 183 minutes west on the Trans-Canada (Route 1) then north on Route 380.

Botwood

3h 9m · from Deer Lake

Botwood sits across the island from Deer Lake — about 3h09 east on the Trans-Canada, then Route 350 north. From Gander it is far closer.

St. Alban's

3h 27m · from Gander

You land at Gander and the south coast is 235 km away. About 3h27 on the Trans-Canada and Route 360 — the long road to Bay d'Espoir, and the only door this site has to the south.

Port aux Basques

3h 28m + ferry · from Deer Lake

You land at Deer Lake and Port aux Basques is 271 km southwest. About 3h 28m down the whole west coast — the Codroy Valley's bird wetlands, Wreckhouse's famous wind, and the island's sea door at the end.

Lewisporte

3h 33m · from Deer Lake

Lewisporte sits across the island from Deer Lake — about 3h33 east on the Trans-Canada, then Routes 340 and 341 north. From Gander it is far closer.

Road to the Isles

3h 34m

The Road to the Isles measured as a circuit: 221.8 km and about 3h34 from Notre Dame Junction to Twillingate and back, on Routes 340 and 345.

Cape Bonavista

3h 45m · from Gander

You land at Gander and Cape Bonavista is 248 km east. About 3h45 to the lighthouse at the road's true end — puffins, the Dungeon and five centuries of shore on the way.

Burgeo

3h 48m + ferry · from Deer Lake

You land at Deer Lake and Burgeo is 266 km south. About 3h48, most of it Route 480 through empty country, ending at the Sandbanks' long beaches.

Baccalieu Coastal Drive

3h 53m

The Baccalieu Coastal Drive measured as a circuit: 238.5 km and about 3h53 from Whitbourne around the peninsula between Trinity and Conception Bays.

Hermitage

4h 4m + ferry · from Gander

You land at Gander and Hermitage is 276 km south. About 4h04 via Routes 1, 360 and 364 to the wharf where the Gaultois ferry crosses to a road-free outport.

Harbour Breton

4h 9m · from Gander

You land at Gander and Harbour Breton is 280 km south. About 4h09 via Routes 1 and 360 — the long interior road to the Connaigre coast's principal town.

Irish Loop

4h 18m

The Irish Loop measured as a circuit: 266.3 km and about 4h18 from Bay Bulls round the southern Avalon by Routes 10 and 90, and back.

Discovery Trail

4h 29m

The Discovery Trail measured as a circuit: 252.2 km and about 4h29 from Clarenville out to Trinity, Cape Bonavista and Elliston, and back.

Roddickton

4h 37m · from Deer Lake

Deer Lake to Roddickton: 351 km and about 4h37 by Routes 430, 432 and 433 into Canada Bay — one of the remotest drives measured from either door.

Road to the Shore

4h 50m

The Road to the Shore measured as a circuit: 286.4 km and about 4h50 from Gambo out to Musgrave Harbour, New-Wes-Valley and Greenspond, and back.

Lewisporte

5h 8m · from St. John's

From St. John's Airport, Lewisporte is 395 km and about 5h08 — Route 40, the Trans-Canada, then Routes 340 and 341. Gander is by far the nearer door.

Fortune

5h 28m + ferry · from Gander

You land at Gander and Fortune is 378 km south. About 5h 28m down the Burin Peninsula to the wharf where a ferry leaves Canada for France — with half a billion years of geology at the headland beside it.

L'Anse aux Meadows

5h 51m · from Deer Lake

You land at Deer Lake and L'Anse aux Meadows is 436 km north. About 5h51 up Routes 430 and 436 — the full Viking Trail, past Gros Morne, to the Norse site at the island's tip.